After the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), he gave an interview on July 10, 2020, to Telemundo in which he referred to an "executive order" and a "bill" interchangeably that would make...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DOJ Settles With Florida Company Re Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims
The Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with Bel USA LLC (Bel USA), an online distributor and retailer of customized promotional products located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The settlement resolves claims that Bel USA discriminated against...
SEVP Says F-1 and M-1 Students Attending Schools Entirely Online Due to Pandemic Must Not Enter or Remain in United States
In a move that stunned, dismayed, and confused international students studying in the United States, U.S. institutions of higher education, and others, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced on July 6, 2020, that nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Recent Immigration Changes
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was interviewed by the World Journal* this week about recent immigration changes. He noted that many immigrants have not been tested for coronavirus for fear of deportation under the new public charge rule. Although...
U.S. District Court Overturns Third-Country Asylum Rule
On June 30, 2020, a U.S. district judge in Washington, DC, vacated the Trump administration's third-country asylum interim final rule as unlawful. That rule denied asylum to U.S. asylum claimants who had traveled through another country first without applying for...
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners responding to certain agency requests. The flexibility applies to the requests/notices listed below if the issuance...
USCIS Updates Fee Payment System Used in Field Offices
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made updates to its fee payment system used in field offices to "increase transaction security and reduce processing errors." Effective immediately, a long list of field offices will only accept payments in the...
How to Correct Typographic Errors on USCIS Documents
USCIS has provided a self-service tool to submit corrections. The submitter will need a valid email address, receipt number, A-number (if applicable), item that contains the error, and date filed. Those who electronically filed their cases and have a myUSCIS account...
Texas Service Center Has Moved
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Texas Service Center has moved as of June 26, 2020. The new address is: Texas Service Center 6046 N. Belt Line Rd. Irving, TX 75038-0001 USCIS said those submitting forms should refer to the form filing address pages at...
USCIS Final Rule Imposes New Restrictions on Asylum-Based Work Authorization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule on June 26, 2020, "to deter aliens from illegally entering the United States and from filing frivolous, fraudulent, or otherwise non-meritorious claims for asylum to obtain an employment...
