The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released a comprehensive set of public disclosure data through the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2020 drawn from employer applications requesting prevailing wage determinations and labor...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Plaintiffs Prevented From Entering U.S. Sue Trump Administration, State Dept.
Several lawsuits were filed recently by individuals and organizations affected by the Trump administration's bans on the entry of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants into the United States. On July 17, 2020, 23 individual and organizational plaintiffs, including...
State Dept. Lists Exceptions Under Recent Presidential Proclamations Suspending Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
On July 17, 2020, the Department of State (DOS) provided a detailed list of exceptions under two recent Presidential Proclamations that suspended the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants into the United States. The list includes exceptions for H-1B, H-2B, H-4, L-1,...
Trump Administration Agrees to Rescind New Foreign Student Online-Only Ban
On July 14, 2020, the Trump administration agreed to rescind a new policy to bar nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students taking only online classes from entering into or remaining in the United States. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs announced the Trump...
President Trump Alludes to New Plans for DACA, Merit-based Immigration
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...
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...
