The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released data and selected program statistics for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, along with the foreign labor recruiters list for the H-2B program. The releases include: A...
Topic: Immigration Articles
DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap With Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for FY 2025
On November 15, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it expects to make available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2025, on top of the...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Potential Impacts of Another Trump Term on Immigration
Steve commented in an article by The Appeal in Stopping Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda Will Be Harder This Time. "What scares me about another Trump term on immigration? Everything," he said. "We saw how much Trump hurt immigrants in his first administration: the...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Constitutional and Practical Limits to Mass Deportation
Digital Journal quoted Steve in Trump Mass Deportation Pledge Faces Legal, Economic Barriers. He said, "Rhetoric is one thing. Actual implementation is something else. The Constitution provides due process for everyone in the country, not just U.S. citizens, so Trump...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats and Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Steve in What Trump's Threats of Mass Deportation Could Mean for Higher Ed (registration required). He said that although it is important to take Trump's stances seriously, "there's a big difference between rhetoric and due...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Sanctuary Policies and Legal Challenges
Steve was recently quoted by Newsweek in Democratic Governor Pledges Deportation Rebellion. He said that "so-called sanctuary policies" mean police "will not cooperate with federal immigration officials to turn over immigrants accused of crimes." "Such cities and...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr quoted by the Times of India
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Times of India in Indian IT Companies Brace for Tighter Visa Guidelines. Steve said that a second Trump administration could hurt both legal and undocumented immigrants. "During his first term in office, Donald Trump hurt H-1B...
Biden Administration’s ‘Parole in Place’ Program Struck Down by Federal Judge
On November 7, 2024, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker, of Texas, struck down the Biden administration's "Keeping Families Together" parole-in-place policy, implemented on August 19, 2024, which allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens who...
What Should Employers and Investors Expect in the Second Trump Term?
Former President Donald Trump's election to a second term in the White House is sure to reshape immigration law and enforcement. What should employers expect, and how can they prepare? Below are a few highlights: Expansion of "Buy American, Hire American" Policies A...
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Get a Boost—Steve Yale-Loehr Highlights Progress in Federal Program
Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored After Nearly a Decade, the Federal Program for Immigrant Entrepreneurs Is Finally Working, published by Technical.ly.
