On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Joseph Edlow as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Mr. Edlow previously served as deputy director for policy and chief counsel at USCIS, deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of...
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Implements Supreme Court Order on 2023 Venezuela TPS Designation
On July 14, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released instructions implementing a Supreme Court emergency stay in National TPS Alliance v. Noem for Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who received certain TPS-related...
H-1B Cap Reached for FY 2026; New H-1B Proposed Rule Will Prioritize Higher Salaries
H-1B cap reached. On July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as...
August Visa Bulletin Includes Updates, Retrogressions, Predictions
The Department of State's (DOS) Visa Bulletin for August 2025 includes the following updates: Retrogression in EB-2 category for Rest of World, possible unavailability soon. The EB-2 final action date for Rest of World countries has been retrogressed. The bulletin...
USCIS To Increase Fees for Various Immigration-Related Applications and Benefits
On July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it plans to publish a Federal Register notice on July 22, 2025, to raise fees for various immigration-related forms, benefits, statuses, petitions, applications, and requests...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted in Newsweek on Shifting Immigration Views
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Newsweek in Republicans Are Changing Their Tune on Immigration: Poll. He said that recent Gallup poll results "show that President Trump's mass deportation efforts are backfiring. Americans realize that immigration is good for the...
Steve Yale-Loehr quoted by Newsweek on birthright citizenship
In the article, Birthright Citizenship Faces Supreme Court Climax, Steve said that a federal district judge's ruling in a birthright citizenship case "was merely a preliminary finding that the case could go forward as a class action. It did not address the merits of...
DOJ Raises Penalty Fees for Certain Immigration-Related Violations
As part of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) adjustments of various civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by DOJ components, the agency issued a final rule raising penalty fees for certain immigration-related violations. The rule, effective July 3, 2025,...
DOL Requires Work Authorization for Participants in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Programs
On July 10, 2025, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration issued guidance (Training and Employment Guidance Letter 10-23, Change 2) requiring that all participants in programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act have...
DHS Ends TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua
On July 7, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras and Nicaragua. The TPS designations for the two countries were set to expire on July 5, 2025. The termination of TPS for Honduras and...
