Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), along with a bipartisan group of their colleagues, signed a letter sent on October 23, 2024, to the secretaries of the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) urging them to lift the H-2B cap and...
Topic: Immigration Articles
OFLC to Decommission Legacy Permanent Online System on December 1
On November 1, 2024, the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that it will decommission the legacy Permanent Online System on December 1. The system provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final...
Steve Yale-Loehr Featured on the Sophie Alcorn Podcast: Insights on Immigration Frontlines
Miller Mayer's Steve Yale-Loehr was recently interviewed on the Sophie Alcorn Podcast, 198: Immigration Frontlines: Teaching, Testifying, and Transforming With Stephen Yale-Loehr.
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Honored for Teaching Excellence
Steve received an award from Cornell University for teaching and mentoring. He received the Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in Graduate and Professional Degree Programs for his work as a professor of immigration law practice and strategic director of the...
USCIS Seeks Comments on Revisions to Application for Employment Authorization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments on proposed revisions to the Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and accompanying instructions. In addition to specific changes to the form, USCIS said it is exploring additional...
USCIS Seeks Comments on Revisions to Application for Employment Authorization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments on proposed revisions to the Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and accompanying instructions. In addition to specific changes to the form, USCIS said it is exploring additional...
DOJ Settles With State Farm for Retaliation Violation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on October 24, 2024, that it had reached a settlement agreement with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company after determining that one of the company's corporate offices in Richardson, Texas, violated the law when it...
USCIS Updates Guidance for T Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has revised guidance in its Policy Manual related to the T visa for victims of severe forms of human trafficking to align with a final rule published in April 2024. USCIS noted, among other things,...
USCIS Approves New Credentialing Organization for Healthcare Workers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved International Education Evaluations, LLC, as a new credentialing organization for healthcare workers for certain immigration purposes. USCIS explained that "an individual who seeks admission to the United...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Highlights Failures of 1996 Immigration Law in Indian Express
Steve was quoted by Indian Express in The Long History of Immigration in the US—Part 2. He said that 1996 legislation has done little to address undocumented immigration. Due to the lack of temporary visas and the backlog in immigration courts, he said, "people are...
