Case-specific emails will no longer be accepted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) service center email boxes as of January 21, 2019. The service center email addresses being discontinued are: California Service Center:...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Immigration Programs Expire, E-Verify Suspends Service Due to Government Shutdown
Several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) programs have expired, suspended operations, or are otherwise affected due to a partial government shutdown that began just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2018. The following programs will remain interrupted until...
USCIS Advances Priority Dates for Employment-Based Categories in China, India, Philippines
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed it will continue to accept adjustment-of-status applications based on filing cut-off dates instead of final action cut-off dates. This policy has been in effect since the Department of State’s September 2018...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted About Top Immigration Cases of 2018
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Law360 in "The Top Immigration Cases of 2018." (subscription required) Commenting on Jennings v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court decision that certain immigrants held in mandatory detention during removal...
ICE IMAGE Program Enrolls 13 New York Businesses
New York companies offering security protections, infrastructure engineering and management, transportation and towing, and human resources services have enrolled in U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement's (ICE) employment compliance program, IMAGE (ICE Mutual...
House Approves Reciprocal Irish-American Live-Work Visa Bill
Ireland has proposed a reciprocal work visa specific to U.S. nationals to allow those who want to live and work in Ireland to easily do so. In return, eligible Irish nationals would be given the opportunity to live and work in the United States temporarily under the...
Immigrant Work and Travel Could Be Affected if Government Shuts Down
The federal government is currently funded through this Friday, December 21. As of today, it is unclear whether Congress and President Trump will agree to continued funding past that date. Among other things, President Trump wants Congress to set aside $5 billion to...
Mrs. Fields’ Cookies Will Pay $26,400 to Settle Immigration Discrimination Claim
Mrs. Fields’ Original Cookies Inc. (Mrs. Fields) recently settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve a claim that Mrs. Fields’ Utah production and distribution center discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens when verifying their work...
Northeastern ICE Removal Operation Sweep Results in 163 Arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 105 people in New Jersey and 58 in the greater Boston area earlier this month for a variety of criminal and public safety threats. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) department organized and directed...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted About Asylum Restrictions, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Times in "Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum-Seekers." Mr. Yale-Loehr said the court's ruling shows that Presidential discretion has limits. "The ruling is a...
