On February 9, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released end-of-fiscal-year (FY) 2023 data. Below are selected highlights of the data and USCIS's plans for FY 2024: FY 2023 Backlog Reductions USCIS received 10.9 million filings and completed...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Mayorkas Impeachment Attempt Fails, But Republicans May Try Again After Killing Proposed Bipartisan Bill to Address Border Issues
On February 6, 2024, Republicans in the House of Representatives tried but failed to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The final vote was 214-216. Republicans accused Mr. Mayorkas of failing to maintain operational control of the border, among...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Moderate Immigration Webinar
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will moderate a webinar entitled “Immigration Slavery in America: A True Story of Forced Labor and Liberation,” to be held Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET. Steve will moderate a discussion with author Saket...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Border Immigration Deal, President’s Immigration Authority
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by PolitiFact in Ask PolitiFact: Can Joe Biden 'Shut Down the Border' on His Own? "Closing the border arguably would violate" domestic and international asylum laws," he said. Steve was quoted by the Los...
USCIS Issues Final Rule With New Filing Fees
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule, effective April 1, 2024, to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. The final rule includes fee increases for various categories, such as: I-129 H-1B (named...
USCIS Announces Registration Period, Instructions, and Updates for FY 2025 H-1B Cap Season
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap season will open at noon ET on March 6, 2024, and run through noon ET on March 22, 2024. During that period, prospective petitioners...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Moderate Immigration Webinar
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will moderate a webinar entitled “Immigration Slavery in America: A True Story of Forced Labor and Liberation,” to be held Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET. Steve will moderate a discussion with author Saket...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Migrant Surge, Supreme Court Case, Parole
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Times in Lawyer and Son Ensnared Hundreds of Immigrants in Fraud Scheme (available by subscription). The article discusses a case in which, according to prosecutors, a lawyer and his son...
USCIS Announces New Process for Paying for Certain Benefit Requests by Mail or Remotely
On January 26, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new process for most applicants, petitioners, requestors, and their attorneys and accredited representatives to pay for certain benefit request forms by mail or remotely instead of in...
DHS Extends and Redesignates Syria for TPS, Announces Student Relief
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending and redesignating Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). DHS also announced Special Student Relief for F-1 nonimmigrant students from Syria. DHS said this will enable eligible students to request employment...
