Early on June 5, 2026, the Senate passed (52-47) a $70 billion bill to fund the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies for three years, under the Department of Homeland Security. The bill now heads to the House of...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DHS Proposes to Limit Eligibility for Certain Discretionary Work Authorization
On June 5, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to limit and clarify eligibility for discretionary employment authorization for those “paroled into the United States temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public...
Steve Yale-Loehr Discusses Sanctuary Cities Proposal in San Francisco Chronicle
In Trump Plan to Target Sanctuary Cities’ Airports Ahead of World Cup Probably Illegal, Experts Say, he said that “basic issues of fairness and due process” should prevent the federal government from punishing travelers to sanctuary cities.
Steve Yale-Loehr to Co-Present Immigration Law Webinar
Steve Yale-Loehr will co-present a free Zoom webinar, “The Changing Landscape of Immigration Law: Expanding Limits and Shrinking Protections,” to be held June 5, 2026, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. ET. The webinar is sponsored by Cornell Law School. Lawyers who view the...
DHS Automatically Extends TPS for Lebanon
On May 28, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Federal Register notice automatically extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon for six months, from May 28, 2026, through November 27, 2026. Employment Authorization Documents that...
CBP Updates List of Airports for Flights Arriving With Ebola-Related Travel Restrictions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated its Carrier Liaison Program notice related to Ebola-related restrictions on flights carrying persons who recently traveled from or were otherwise present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, or...
CDC Issues Interim Final Rule To Suspend the Entry of LPRs From Designated Countries for Public Health Reasons
On May 27, 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an interim final rule with request for comments to amend its Foreign Quarantine Regulations. The interim final rule provides a procedure for the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through...
Trump Admin ‘Drawing Up Plans’ to Withdraw Processing of International Travelers and Flights at ‘Sanctuary City’ Airports
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin reportedly said on Fox News that the Trump administration is “drawing up plans” to withdraw immigration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing of international flights at so-called “sanctuary city”...
The Hill Publishes Steve Yale-Loehr Op-Ed Proposing Changes to Form I-9
The Hill Publishes Steve Yale-Loehr Op-Ed on Proposed Wage Rule – Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored an op-ed published in The Hill about a proposed Labor Department wage rule that could hurt both U.S. and foreign workers. Read article: A Proposal to Change Foreign Workers’...
Work Authorization Extended for Certain Salvadoran TPS Recipients
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently updated its webpage on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador to note that the validity of Employment Authorization Documents with category codes A12 or C19 that expired on March 9, 2025, for TPS El Salvador...
