On September 24, 2026, the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) released a comment on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) proposed rule to impose a $103,265 fee on H-1B cap-subject petitions. NFAP’s analysis concluded, among other things, that DHS...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DOS Cable Acknowledges That DV and IV Pauses Are Lifted
On September 10, 2026, the Department of State (DOS) sent a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts acknowledging that Diversity Visa (DV) and immigrant visa (IV) pauses ordered by the Trump administration are no longer in effect following a court order. The cable...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by The Hill on International Student Immigration
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by The Hill in International Students Fear Midterms Won’t Help Pro-Palestinian Activists Targeted by Trump. He said, “The midterms won’t matter because immigration is an executive function, and even if the Democrats control the House and...
Steve Yale-Loehr Publishes New Op-Ed in The New York Times
Steve Yale-Loehr authored If You Thought Immigration Policy Couldn’t Get Any Crueler, an op-ed about the new public charge rule, published by the New York Times.
Trump Orders New H-1B Restrictions/Reviews and Extends $100,000 Fee for New H-1B Nonimmigrant Applications
President Trump issued an executive order and a proclamation that, together, impose new H-1B restrictions, direct the Secretary of Labor to review previously submitted labor condition applications, and extend through September 21, 2027, the $100,000 payment...
DOS Expands Online ‘Screening and Vetting’ of Visa Applicants
On September 18, 2026, the Department of State (DOS) announced that effective October 1, 2026, the agency will “broaden its online presence review” to cover applicants in additional nonimmigrant visa classifications: I (foreign media representatives), TN...
Federal Court Postpones Effective Date of Final Rule Limiting Duration of Status for F, J, I Nonimmigrants
On September 14, 2026, a federal court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction postponing the effective date of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule that would have replaced duration-of-status (D/S) admissions for F, J, and I nonimmigrants with...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by Firstpost on H-1B Crackdown
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted extensively by Firstpost in ‘U.S. is Shooting Itself in the Foot’: Expert on Trump’s H-1B Crackdown. He said, among other things, that the United States “is shooting itself in the foot by not allowing the best and the brightest to be able...
SAVE and E-Verify Post Updates on TPS for Sudan and Ukraine
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) and E-Verify have posted updates on the status of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from Sudan and Ukraine. Both countries’ TPS and related benefits are...
Uncertainty Continues Re Salvadoran TPS
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and associated work authorization for more than 170,000 Salvadorans in the United States remain uncertain after it had been extended until September 9, 2026. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and E-Verify recently said,...
