On July 16, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-anticipated final rule changing the admission period in the F, J, and I classifications from duration of status (D/S) to admission for a fixed time period tied to the nonimmigrant’s program,...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by the Los Angeles Times on Supreme Court Immigration Ruling
In Even Without Birthright Citizenship, Supreme Court Co-Signs Much of Trump’s Immigration Agenda, Steve notes, “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants.”
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by Newsweek on Marriage-Based Green Card Delays
In How Trump Admin Has Changed Green Card Enforcement for US Citizens’ Spouses, Steve noted that for many spouses of U.S. citizens, the process to obtain a marriage-based green card is "technically" the same as it always was, but families where the spouse is not in...
OFLC Announces List of Randomized H-2B Applications With Work Start Date of October 1
On July 8, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced the Assignment Groups for 2,625 H-2B applications covering 51,158 worker positions with a work start date of October 1, 2026, received during the July 3-5, 2026, filing...
No Immediate Changes to TN Visa; USMCA Review Process Begins
On July 1, 2026, the Trump administration announced that it will not renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), triggering the agreement’s built-in six-year review process and beginning a potential 10-year path toward expiration. Although this...
E-Verify Announces TPS-Related Revisions to Handbook for Employers
On July 7, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) E-Verify program announced revisions to its M-274 Handbook for Employers related to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) changes. Specifically, sections 5.0 through 5.3 have been revised due to...
USCIS Again Moves Work Authorization Expiration Date for Certain TPS Recipients, Issues Guidance for Employers
On July 10, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’ E-Verify program issued new guidance on work authorization for eligible Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients affected by a court order in Mullin v. Doe, a recent Supreme Court decision. The...
Steve Yale-Loehr Featured in National Coverage of Supreme Court Immigration Rulings
What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Order (New York Times): “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants. As a result, the United States has net-negative migration for the first time in 50...
USCIS Opens Asylum Office in Atlanta
On July 1, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is opening an asylum office in Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning July 8, 2026, the Atlanta Asylum Office will conduct interviews for affirmative asylum applicants at three locations. Those...
DHS Proposes to Implement EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act
On July 2, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that would implement the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which former President Biden signed on March 15, 2022. In addition to DHS’s general call for comments, the agency...
