On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to strengthen protections for temporary workers under the H-2A temporary agricultural and H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker programs. The proposed rule is intended to...
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Issues Update on DACA Decision
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update about the partial stay of the recent Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) decision by a Texas federal judge. On September 13, 2023, District Court Judge Andrew Hanen declared the Biden...
Potential Government Shutdown’s Impact on Immigration Agencies
There has been much speculation in the news that the federal government may shut down starting October 1, 2023, if Democrats and Republicans in Congress fail to pass an annual spending bill or a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government. When...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Migrant Surge, Asylum, DACA
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was recently quoted in the New York Times and the New York Daily News about Gov. Hochul’s idea to issue state work permits to recent migrants. Read the articles by clicking the links below. New York Considers State...
Certain TPS Beneficiaries Are Now Eligible for 540-day Extension of Work Authorization
On September 8, 2023, USCIS announced that individuals who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (or a pending application) are now eligible to extend their Employment Authorization Document (EAD) for up to 540 days past their EAD card expiration date. For I-9...
House Democrats Ask Biden to Help Immigrants and Asylum-Seekers through Executive Action
On September 10, 2023, over 100 House Democrats, led by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), wrote President Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking for executive action to support immigrants and...
Judge Hanen Rejects Revised Version of DACA
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen declared the Biden Administration’s revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal. While expressing sympathy for DACA, Judge Hanen agreed with Texas and...
USCIS Updates Policy Guidance for Extraordinary Ability and Outstanding Professor or Researcher EB-1 Immigrant Visa Classifications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on September 12, 2023, that it is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the types of evidence the agency will evaluate to determine eligibility for extraordinary ability and outstanding professor or...
October 2023 Visa Bulletin is Published
On September 15, 2023, the Department of State released the October 2023 Visa Bulletin, indicating which green card applicants are eligible to move forward based on their initial filing date. For employment-based filings, USCIS has directed the public to use “Chart...
Bipartisan Congressional Letter Requests Relief for Skilled Visa Holders
Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) recently sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting executive action to provide relief to highly skilled workers,...
