President Donald Trump issued a new executive order on August 3, 2020, "Executive Order on Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of American Workers." The order instructs the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security to take action to...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Points System Proposal, USCIS Furloughs, DACA, and Proposed Asylum Regulations
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored a new report, "Recruiting for the Future: A Realistic Road to a Points-Tested Visa Program in the U.S." Links to the report and a related slide deck are available at...
OFLC Site Transitions to New Web Domain
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that it transitioned to a new web domain as of August 3, 2020. The OFLC website is now part of the main DOL website. The visual display changes, but the content remains the same,...
Justice Dept. Settles Claim Against Staffing Company for Favoring Temporary Visa Workers Over U.S. Workers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement agreement on July 27, 2020, with ASTA CRS Inc., a provider of IT staffing and consulting services with offices in Ashburn, Virginia, and Greenbelt, Maryland. This is the ninth settlement under the Civil Rights...
Judge Orders Inquiry Into DHS False Statements in Trusted Traveler Case
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ordered a "limited inquiry" to address "deeply troubling revelations" about the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) false statements in court related to a lawsuit New York Attorney General Letitia James filed to prevent the Trump...
DHS to Raise Fees Significantly for Many Immigration Benefits
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule, published on August 3, 2020, which will take effect October 2, 2020, that will increase significantly many immigration and naturalization fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Co-authors Report Proposing Immigration Points System
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored a new report, "Recruiting for the Future: A Realistic Road to a Points-Tested Visa Program in the U.S." The report details how other countries around the world use such systems and how such a system could...
USCIS Redesigns Its Website
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently redesigned its website with input from applicants, petitioners, and the public. USCIS said that in addition to "a new look and feel, we have improved the website to help web visitors better navigate our existing...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Trade Associations Sue Trump Administration to Stop Restrictions on Nonimmigrant Visas
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the National Retail Federation, and several other organizations sued the Trump administration on July 21, 2020, seeking an injunction to block President Trump's recent proclamation...
USCIS Ombudsman Assists With, Reports on Card Delays
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman recently reported on the agency's delays in printing lawful permanent resident cards (green cards), employment authorization documents, and other secure documents, and offered help. The Ombudsman noted...
