On April 1, 2025, as part of a crackdown on immigrant students for national security reasons, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Elon Musk for working illegally in the United States in the 1990s after he was in J-1 student status and dropped...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DOL Updates Allowable Charges for Agricultural Workers’ Meals and for Travel Subsistence Reimbursement, Including Lodging
On March 24, 2025, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced annual updates to allowable monetary charges that employers of H-2A workers, in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range, may charge...
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2025; Filing Dates Now Available for Supplemental Visas
On March 26, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B statutory cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2025. Also, the filing dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the remainder of FY...
Miller Mayer: Tips for International Travelers Entering the United States
Travel to the United States has gotten trickier in recent months. Below is a summary of tips recommended by Miller Mayer for international travelers to the United States: Make sure all of your documents are in order and have not expired, and that you do not have a...
Scrutiny of Visa Applicants, Green Card Holders, Students, Exchange Visitors Heightened Under Trump Administration
According to reports, the Trump administration is increasingly scrutinizing visa applicants and even permanent residents (green card holders) and has placed a "temporary pause" on certain green card applications "to do more vetting." As part of these activities,...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Challenges Facing International Students
Steve was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in "Palpable Fear" Hangs Over International Students. Commenting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials' activities at Columbia University and Trump administration goals more broadly, he said, "This...
Steve Yale-Loehr on International Student Enrollment
Steve was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment. He said the Trump administration's crackdown on higher education could stifle international enrollment and reduce the significant amount of tuition international...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Deportation Grounds
Steve was quoted by Newsweek in Could Visa and Green Card Holders Be Deported? What the Law Says. He said, "There are many grounds of deportability, including criminal convictions, prostitution, domestic violence. One of the more obscure grounds that has existed for...
Trump Administration Shuts Down Immigration Watchdog Offices
According to reports, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman's office has closed and its employees have been terminated, along with the offices of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and Civil Rights and Civil...
ICE Detains Tourists and U.S. Resident Foreign Nationals, Sparking Concern
According to reports, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) has stepped up detentions and deportations of foreign nationals entering the United States as tourists or permanent residents, leading to several countries issuing travel warnings. Recent...
