U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an alert on August 24, 2020, summarizing how it will implement its July 28, 2020, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy memorandum. Among other things, the alert states that USCIS will reject...
Topic: Immigration Articles
EOIR Proposes Changes to BIA’s Appeals Processing Authority
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) issued a proposed rule on August 26, 2020, that would make multiple changes to processing of appeals by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Among other things, the proposed rule would...
USCIS Cancels Planned Furloughs But Predicts Further Backlogs and Slowdowns; House Passes Related Bill
Just five days before furloughs were set to begin for more than 13,000 employees of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency announced that it was canceling those plans. USCIS said it now expects to be able to maintain operations through the end...
Four Miller Mayer Immigration Attorneys Selected to 2020 Upstate New York Lawyers List
Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Hilary Fraser, Rosanne Mayer, and Steve Yale-Loehr have been selected once again to the 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Miller Mayer immigration...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Possible Immigration Changes Under Biden
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Univision in "¿Habrá una reforma migratoria si gana Biden? ¿Deshará la política de Trump? Lo que puede pasar tras las elecciones." ("Will there be immigration reform if Biden wins? Will he undo Trump's...
Virginia Man Arrested on $21 Million H-1B Visa Fraud Conspiracy Charges
Ashish Sawhney, of Sterling, Virginia, was arrested on August 20, 2020, on charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and for inducing undocumented people to come to the United States using fraudulently obtained H-1B visas. According to court documents, Mr. Sawhney...
State Dept.’s September Visa Bulletin Includes Info on Employment Limit for FY 2020 and DV-2021 Results and Timetable
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for September 2020 includes modest forward movement in the family-based immigration categories. There was no movement in the employment-based preference categories, with the exception of a slight move forward for India and China...
DHS Blasts GAO Report on Invalidity of Appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli, Demands Rescission; GAO Refuses
Following last week's bombshell report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding invalid the appointments of Chad Wolf as Acting Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Kenneth Cuccinelli as Senior Official Performing the Duties...
USCIS Reminds F-1 Nonimmigrants in Post-Completion OPT and DSOs of Severe Consequences for Not Entering Employer Info in SEVIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder on August 18, 2020, to F-1 nonimmigrant students and their designated school officials (DSOs) that they must update the employer information in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...
Two Lawsuits Challenge USCIS Fee Increase Rule
Two lawsuits were filed recently challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee hikes and related actions: AILA/Sidley lawsuit. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Sidley Austin LLP filed a lawsuit on August 20, 2020, challenging...
