IT employer Cloudwick Technologies Inc., based in Newark, California, will pay $173,044 to 12 employees for violations of the federal H-1B foreign labor certification program, after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD)....
Topic: Immigration Updates
TPS for Hondurans to End in January 2020
On May 4, 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced her decision to terminate the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Honduras with a "delayed effective date of 18 months to allow for an orderly transition before the designation...
DOJ Settles Immigration-Related Claim Against University of California, San Diego
The Department of Justice announced on May 10, 2018, that it has reached a settlement agreement with the University of California, San Diego. The settlement resolves the Department's investigation into whether the university's Resource Management and Planning Vice...
DOJ, USCIS Announce Agreement on Protecting U.S. Workers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice announced on May 11, 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that "expands their collaboration to better detect and eliminate fraud, abuse, and discrimination by employers bringing...
USCIS Issues New Policy on Accrual of Unlawful Presence for Students, Exchange Visitors, and Vocational Student
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum on May 10, 2018, "Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants." The memo provides guidance to USCIS officers and "assists USCIS officers in the calculation of unlawful presence...
Seven States Sue to End DACA; NAACP Declares Victory in Another DACA Decision
Seven states—Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia—filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The...
Entrepreneurship in the National Interest: A Review of AAO National Interest Waiver Decisions under Matter of Dhanasar
By David Wilks, Brooke Ireland, and Stephen Yale-Loehr* In December 2016, the Administrative Appeals Office (“AAO”) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (“USCIS”) issued Matter of Dhanasar (“Dhanasar”),[1] a precedent decision issuing a new standard for...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding DACA, Travel Ban Case, H-1B, Immigration Raids
Miller Mayer immigration lawyer Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted in the following publications: On DACA Ruling: New York Times: U.S. Must Keep DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules CNN: DACA ruling further complicates complex legal path forward Associated...
New Report Finds High Demand for H-1B Technology Workers
The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) has released a new study on H-1B visas in 2017-18. NFAP noted that more H-1B visas are going to U.S. technology companies, reflecting the strong demand for high-skilled talent in the U.S. economy, and fewer visas are...
Gorsuch Votes Against Trump Administration in Deportation Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch voted with the Democrat-appointed justices in a 5-4 decision in Sessions v. Dimaya holding that a federal law permitting the removal of foreigners guilty of a "crime of violence" is unconstitutionally vague. Among other things,...
