The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Interagency Task Force to Combat Child Labor Exploitation announced recent actions to hold companies accountable for violating federal child labor laws. For example, DOL said its Wage and Hour Division has significantly enhanced...
Topic: Immigration Updates
State Dept. Proposes Rule Providing for Third-Party Attendance at Certain Appointments
On July 26, 2023, the Department of State (DOS) proposed a rule to allow private attorneys, interpreters, and other third parties to attend certain appointments at passport agencies and centers and at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad to assist the person...
National Security Advisor Discusses ‘Legal Pathways Initiative’ With Mexico
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan released a statement on July 28, 2023, announcing additional steps the United States is taking "to expand access to safe, orderly, legal migration pathways" following meetings in Mexico between Mexican President Andres...
USCIS Starts Second Random Selection for FY 2024 H-1B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 27, 2023, that it has started randomly selecting additional registrations from previously submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap. In March 2023, USCIS conducted an...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re False Green Card Program Claim
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by PolitiFact in "A New Program to Obtain a 'Green Card' Has Not Been Approved." He said, "There is no new program that makes the process of obtaining a green card easier and only USCIS and the Department...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Coauthors Immigration Court Report
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored a report entitled " At the Breaking Point: Rethinking the U.S. Immigration Court System," published by the Migration Policy Institute. The report traces the factors that have driven the U.S. immigration...
DHS Reduces Brunei ESTA Validity Period
Effective July 6, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, has reduced from two years to one year the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) validity period for travel by citizens and nationals of Brunei...
USCIS Updates Policy Manual on Public Charge Inadmissibility Ground
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has incorporated information into its Policy Manual on the categories of adjustment of status applicants to whom the public charge ground of inadmissibility applies "to make it easier to identify whether the public...
USCIS Updates Visa Availability Approach for Managing EB-5 Immigrant Investor Petition Inventory
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 18, 2023, that it is updating its visa availability approach for managing the inventory of Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor. The new approach involves grouping petitions with filing...
Revised I-9 Form Expected August 1
On August 1, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Among the updates is a checkbox employers enrolled in E-Verify can use to indicate that they remotely examined...
