Newly inaugurated President Joseph R. Biden wasted no time in his first days in office, launching a sweeping array of immigration-related executive orders, regulatory actions, and legislative proposals. Below is a summary: Executive Orders "Proclamation on Ending...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Possible Biden Immigration Changes
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Univision in "¿Una moratoria a las deportaciones por 100 días? Piden a Biden actuar mientras revisa la política migratoria de Trump." Mr. Yale-Loehr said the more than 400 changes to immigration law over...
DHS Extends Canada-U.S.-Mexico Border Restrictions
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended temporary travel restrictions among the United States, Canada, and Mexico through February 21, 2021. The restrictions suspend entry via land border, ferry crossing, passenger rail, or coastal ports of entry from...
SEVP Announces New OPT Employment Compliance Unit
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced a new "OPT Employment Compliance Unit" that will be dedicated to compliance matters involving wages, hours, and compensation within Optional Practical Training (OPT), the STEM OPT extension, and Curricular...
DHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs
The Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, announced the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A (temporary agricultural) and H-2B (temporary nonagricultural) visa programs in 2021. For 2021,...
USCIS Suspends All In-Person Services for Two Days
Following violent rioting and invasion of the U.S. Capitol and amid threats of further violence, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it "will temporarily suspend in-person services at all field offices, asylum offices and application...
Labor, Homeland Security Dept. Issue Final Rules Changing Prevailing Wage Methodology, Employer-Employee Relationship
The Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) issued final rules making substantive changes to foreign worker programs, notably prevailing wage methodology and the definition of the employer-employee relationship for H-1B workers. Below are selected...
Free Webinar re Possible Immigration Changes in a Biden Administration
With an incoming Biden Administration on January 20, many changes to federal immigration policy are potentially on the horizon. Miller Mayer attorneys Kristal Ozmun and Stephen Yale-Loehr will discuss the possible immigration changes that the Biden Administration may...
Miller Mayer Receives EB-5 Approval After Motion to Reopen
Miller Mayer recently received approval of an EB-5 I-526 petition after successfully filing a motion to reopen the originally denied case. While the initial petition was denied after submission of a request for evidence, Miller Mayer crafted a winning motion to reopen...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Asylum Changes, L-1 Visas, Supreme Court Cases
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Times in "A Judge Has Blocked Trump's Sweeping Restrictions on Asylum Applications." Commenting on a new rule blocked by a federal judge that would have closed the United States to most...
