On July 16, 2019, effective immediately, the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice issued a joint interim final rule barring eligibility for asylum, with some exceptions, for those entering or attempting to enter the United States via the southern border who...
Topic: Immigration Updates
State Dept. Announces Temporary Establishment and Retrogression of August Employment-Based Final Action Dates
The Department of State's (DOS) Visa Bulletin for August 2019 notes that there has been a steadily increasing level of employment-based applicant demand since late May for adjustment of status cases filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and there is no...
OFLC Announces List of H-2B Applications Selected for Assignment
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced the group of 493 H-2B applications covering 12,098 worker positions with the start date of work of October 1, 2019, randomly selected for assignment. OFLC said it successfully completed...
House Holds Hearing on USCIS Policy Changes, Processing Delays
On July 16, 2019, the House of Representatives held a hearing on policy changes and processing delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Witnesses included representatives from USCIS, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Catholic...
DOL Unveils New H-2A Proposed Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) posted online an unofficial version of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 15, 2019, in advance of publication in the Federal Register, on proposed changes to the H-2A temporary agricultural labor certification program. DOL...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr Quoted on Immigration Raids
Stephen Yale-Loehr was quoted by a variety of news outlets regarding reports of possible immigration raids: Voice of America: U.S. immigration Raids Planned. Mr. Yale-Loehr said, "Given the inefficiencies in the immigration court system, many people may have been...
Miller Mayer’s Success Story
Miller Mayer attorney Adam Schaye represented a client in a successful mandamus proceeding. The federal law suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. in mid-June. Approximately one month later USCIS acted (with the desired outcome) on the case,...
Executives of Staffing Companies Charged With H-1B Visa Fraud
Four executives of two information technology staffing companies have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, for fraudulently using the H-1B visa program to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. The conspiracy charge carries a maximum...
House Passes Bill to Eliminate Per-Country Cap on Employment-Based Immigrants
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019" (H.R. 1044) on July 10, 2019. The bill, introduced by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Ken Buck (R-CO), would eliminate the per-country cap (numerical limitation) on...
ICE Moving Forward With Arrests of Thousands of Immigrants and Family Members
President Trump told reporters recently that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving forward with previously postponed operations to arrest and quickly deport thousands of immigrants and their family members who are in the United States without...
