The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The case is a class action lawsuit involving the federal government's practices...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DHS Implements ‘Keeping Families Together’ Parole-in-Place Program, Texas Files Complaint
On August 19, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Federal Register notice to implement Keeping Families Together, a parole-in-place process for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens. DHS estimated that up to 500,000...
Stephen Yale-Loehr Highlights Immigration Court Backlogs and Urgent Need for Reform in Newsweek Feature
Miller Mayer's Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted extensively by Newsweek in Growing Backlog in Immigration Courts Could Slow Trump's Mass Deportations. Among other things, Steve noted that the "average wait time right now for an asylum case in immigration court is about...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr Analyzes Decline in Migrant Numbers Before Democratic National Convention
Stephen Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Chicago Tribune (available by subscription) in Chicago Not Expecting Migrant Surge Ahead of DNC, City Official Says. Commenting on a drastic drop in the expected numbers of migrants to be bused from Texas to Chicago in time for the...
USCIS Releases Filing Guide Ahead of New Spousal Parole Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created a filing guide for the new "Keeping Families Together" spousal parole process that started August 19, 2024. USCIS will reject any related filings received before that date. Under the new process announced...
Annual Limits Reached in EB-3, EW, and EB-5 Unreserved Visa Categories
The Department of State (DOS) announced on August 16, 2024, that annual limits have been reached in the EB-3, EW, and EB-5 unreserved categories for this fiscal year. DOS noted that: The annual limit for EB-3 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit, of...
DHS Announces Expedited Asylum Processing at Northern Border to Deter Unauthorized Migrants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced measures to reduce unauthorized migration across the U.S. border with Canada: Starting August 14, 2024, asylum officers conducting threshold screening interviews (TSI) for noncitizens who are processed pursuant...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr on Path2Papers’ Impact and Immigration Challenges
Steve was quoted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (registration required) in As Election Nears, Four Freedoms Fund Seeks $5 Million to Support Immigrants. Among other things, the article discusses Path2Papers, a nonprofit project at Cornell University Law School,...
OFLC Announces Upcoming Final Decommission of Permanent Online System
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) alerted employers and other interested stakeholders that the legacy Permanent (PERM) Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final...
USCIS Provides Fact Sheet on STEM Petition Trends in EB-2 and O-1A Categories
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided a fact sheet on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) petition trends in the EB-2 and O-1A categories in fiscal years 2018 to 2023. The fact sheet highlights data trends in these...
