U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced plans to implement a revised version of the civics portion of the naturalization test, following a pilot of the test with community-based organizations and volunteers conducted over the summer. Applicants who...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Several Employment-Based Visa Categories Extended Until December 11
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for November 2020 notes that the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (P.L. 116–159) extended the employment fourth preference Certain Religious Workers (SR) and employment fifth preference Pilot (I5 and...
American Immigration Lawyers Association Issues Recommendations for Biden Administration
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued immigration-related recommendations on immigration for President-elect Joe Biden. The 20-page report, "A Vision for America as a Welcoming Nation: AILA Recommendations for the Future of Immigration," notes...
Litigation Challenges Trump Proclamation Banning Many Immigrants
In Anunciato v. Trump, more than 245 family, employment, and diversity-based immigrant visa applicants and their U.S. sponsors sued President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the Department of State in federal court in San Francisco, California on...
Federal Judge Rules New Policy Limiting DACA Is Invalid Because ‘Acting Secretary’ Wolf Was Appointed Unlawfully
On November 14, 2020, a federal judge ruled that a new policy limiting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications and renewals is invalid because Chad Wolf was not legally serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security when he signed it on July 28,...
Miller Mayer Receives Many I-526 Approvals
Miller Mayer is pleased to have received numerous I-526 approvals over the last few months for a diverse array of EB-5 clients, including investors from Australia, China, Canada, Vietnam, and Thailand. Our decades of EB-5 experience benefits our many clients from...
Miller Mayer Memo: The Outlook for Business Immigration in 2021 and Beyond
It's no secret that the Trump administration has done everything in its power to limit immigration, both temporary and permanent. In many cases, the courts have curtailed the most drastic aspects of the administration's efforts. What does President-elect Biden say he...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Coauthors Article re Recent Asylum Trends
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr has coauthored an article on recent trends in asylum cases involving domestic violence or gang violence claims. The article, “Domestic and Gang Violence Claims After Matter of A-B-: Reactions to the Case and...
EOIR Finalizes Reorganization With Amendments
The Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) adopted as final the provisions of an interim rule published in August 2019, with additional amendments. The reorganization includes the establishment of EOIR's Office of Policy in 2017 and...
ETA Final Rule Revises Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is amending its regulations, effective December 21, 2020, to revise the methodology by which it determines the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for non-range agricultural occupations...
