On March 20, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker statutory cap for the second half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. March 10, 2026, was the final receipt...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Inside Higher Education Quotes Steve Yale-Loehr on Drop in Student Visas
Steve warned that declining international student visa numbers could hurt local economies in the short term and undermine U.S. innovation in the long term. He said, “I don’t think Americans realize how this decline in international students will hurt them both in the...
Global Entry Program Restarted Amid Partial DHS Shutdown
The Global Entry Program, which the Trump administration had paused amid a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown due to a lapse in funding, was reactivated on March 11, 2026. The program allows U.S. citizens and permanent residents to expedite their...
SAVE Releases Updates on TPS for Several Countries
In response to recent court orders, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program and E-Verify released updates on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for several countries: Following a court order in...
USCIS Updates Guidance on Automatic Extensions of Work Authorization for TPS Beneficiaries
On March 13, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its guidance on automatic extensions of work authorization for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries. Specifically, USCIS said that if a TPS beneficiary presents a TPS-based...
DOS Final Rule Amends Diversity Visa Program Documentation Requirements
On March 11, 2026, the Department of State (DOS) published a final rule amending regulations governing the Diversity Visa (DV) program. The new amendments require a DV petitioner to provide valid, unexpired passport information and to upload a scan of the biographic...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted in New York Times on Court Clash
Steve was quoted by the New York Times in A Judge’s ‘Battle Royale’ With Trump and the Supreme Court. Steve said, "This is a battle royale, both on the merits and on the relationship between lower courts and the Supreme Court."
U.S. Reportedly Sets Goal of Processing 4,500 South Afrikaner Refugee Applications Per Month
According to reports, the Department of State (DOS) has set a goal of processing 4,500 white South Afrikaner refugee applications per month. To accomplish this goal, trailers are being set up on U.S. Embassy property in Pretoria, a contracting document said. “The...
Yemen TPS to End on May 4, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced publication of a notice terminating the Temporary Protected Status designation for Yemen effective May 4, 2026. The publication follows DHS’s announcement on February 13, 2026, of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision...
Appeals Court Allows Haitian TPS to Remain Pending Further Litigation
On March 6, 2026, in a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling in Miot v. Trump that an estimated 350,000 Haitians in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can remain and work legally while a case...
