On November 15, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced that as part of its Global Music Diplomacy Initiative, which "elevates music as a platform for promoting peace and democracy," DOS hosted the OneBeat Institute's "Resilient Futures" residency from October...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DOS Releases Visa Bulletin for December
The Department of State (DOS) has released the Visa Bulletin for December 2024. The bulletin includes information on final action dates for employment-based visa preference cases, dates for filing of employment-based visa applications, diversity visa (DV) updates for...
DOJ Reaches Agreement With Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim
On November 15, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Key Fortune, Inc., doing business as Express Employment Professionals (Express), a staffing company in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The agreement resolves...
USCIS Updates Guidance on Advance Parole in Extensive FAQ for DACA Recipients
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its extensive list of frequently asked questions and answers (FAQ) on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the use of advance parole. Generally, USCIS said, it will issue an advance parole...
OFLC Releases Data From Employers and H-2B Foreign Labor Recruiter List
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released data and selected program statistics for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, along with the foreign labor recruiters list for the H-2B program. The releases include: A...
DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap With Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for FY 2025
On November 15, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it expects to make available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2025, on top of the...
DOL Proposes to Amend H-2B Regulations for Employer-Provided Wage Surveys
The Department of Labor (DOL) proposes to amend its regulations for employer-provided wage surveys for the H-2B temporary labor certification program. The regulations were published in 2015 in the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Potential Impacts of Another Trump Term on Immigration
Steve commented in an article by The Appeal in Stopping Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda Will Be Harder This Time. "What scares me about another Trump term on immigration? Everything," he said. "We saw how much Trump hurt immigrants in his first administration: the...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Constitutional and Practical Limits to Mass Deportation
Digital Journal quoted Steve in Trump Mass Deportation Pledge Faces Legal, Economic Barriers. He said, "Rhetoric is one thing. Actual implementation is something else. The Constitution provides due process for everyone in the country, not just U.S. citizens, so Trump...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats and Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Steve in What Trump's Threats of Mass Deportation Could Mean for Higher Ed (registration required). He said that although it is important to take Trump's stances seriously, "there's a big difference between rhetoric and due...
