In response to a new "foreign influence" law and related "campaign of intimidation and the use of violence to suppress peaceful dissent," Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on May 23, 2024, that it is implementing "a new visa restriction policy for Georgia...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DOJ, DOL Secure Agreements With Tech Company to Resolve Discriminatory “U.S. Born Citizens [Whites Only]” Job Posting
On May 23, 2024, the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Labor (DOL) announced separate agreements with Arthur Grand Technologies Inc., an information technology services firm based in Virginia. DOJ's agreement resolves the department’s determination that Arthur Grand...
District Court Approves New Visa Applications and Fee Waivers for Travel Ban Class Members
Certain nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applicants who were refused visas under a Trump-era travel ban can now obtain a one-time fee waiver to submit a new visa application and receive a prioritized visa appointment, thanks to federal district court approval. Affected...
USCIS Updates Guidance on Family-Based Immigrant Visas
Effective May 22, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance on family-based immigrant visa petitions. The update includes an explanation of how USCIS corrects approval notice errors, processes requests for consular processing or...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Proposed Asylum Changes
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Univision in Biden's New Asylum Rule Submitted for Public Comment: These are the Keys. The article (in Spanish, with English translation available) discusses a new proposed rule to allow asylum officers...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Pens Op-ed re Jobs and Immigrants
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr authored an op-ed, Commentary: A Match Made in New York: Job Openings and Immigrants, published by the Albany, NY Times Union. The article discusses New York's population outmigration and plethora of job openings and...
DOJ Secures Agreement With National Home Healthcare Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination Claims
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 15, 2024, that it secured a settlement agreement with Maxim Healthcare Services (Maxim), a home healthcare company based in Columbia, Maryland, with operations in 35 states. The agreement resolves DOJ's determination...
Representatives Send Letter to USCIS Director Expressing Concerns About Work Authorization Process for Asylees and Humanitarian Parolees
Sixteen members of Congress sent a letter to Ur Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), with a copy to David Neal, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, expressing their concerns with the process for submitting...
SAVE Will Soon Require Users to Review New Tutorial
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) will soon require users to review a new tutorial that "provides up-to-date guidance to help SAVE users correctly and efficiently use SAVE to verify benefit applicants." The tutorial takes about 15 to 20 minutes to...
DHS Issues New ‘Western Hemisphere Parole’ Class of Admission
As part of the Biden administration's actions to manage regional migration and facilitate "safe, orderly, and humane processing of migrants," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new class of admission (COA), Western Hemisphere Parole (WHP)....
