Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Egypt is Close to Seven Percent Cap for DV-2025 Program
The Department of State (DOS) announced on August 19, 2025, that Egypt is close to reaching the per-country limit of seven percent of the 52,056 visa numbers available in the Diversity Visa (DV) program for fiscal year 2025. "As we are approaching this cap, it may...
Appeals Court Allows End to Temporary Protections for 61,000 Central Americans and Nepalese
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an emergency stay pending appeal that allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an estimated 61,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal. The TPS...
Trump Administration Pauses Work Visas for Commercial Truck Drivers
According to reports, the Trump administration is pausing issuance of work visas to foreign commercial truck drivers. "The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the...
Trump Administration Says It is Reviewing All U.S. Visa Holders for Possible Violations
According to reports, the Trump administration is reviewing the visas of more than 55 million people for any violations that would qualify them for deportation. The Department of State said that all U.S. visa holders will be subject to "continuous vetting" for...
USCIS Updates Guidance to Consider ‘Anti-Americanism’ in Adjudicating Immigrant Benefits and ‘Good Moral Character’ for Naturalization Applicants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced several updates to its guidance related to considering "anti-Americanism" in adjudications of immigrant benefits and expanding what constitutes "good moral character" for naturalization applicants. Below are...
DOS Releases Visa Office Report for 2024
The Department of State (DOS) has released its Report of the Visa Office for 2024. DOS noted that the Visa Office changed its methodology for calculating visa data beginning with the FY 2019 annual visa office report "to reflect the greater access to application-level...
OFLC Releases Statistics on Prevailing Wage Determinations/Labor Certifications and an Updated H-2B Foreign Labor Recruiter List
On August 15, 2025, the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) released statistics on employer activities regarding prevailing wage determinations and labor certifications, and the H-2B foreign labor recruiter list. The comprehensive set of...
Economic Policy Institute Says Trump Deportation Agenda Will Lead to Millions of Lost Jobs for Both Immigrants and U.S. Citizens
Echoing news reports about developments in the U.S. economy related to job losses, a new report by the Economic Policy Institute, Trump's Deportation Agenda Will Destroy Millions of Jobs, says that the Trump administration's emphasis on increasing deportations will...
Most FY 2025 Employment-Based Limits Could Be Reached in August or September, Visa Bulletin Says
The Department of State's (DOS) Visa Bulletin for September notes a "steady increase" in both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and DOS demand patterns for employment-based green cards. As a result, the bulletin says that the Visa Office expects to reach...
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance to Prevent Trans Women From Competing in Women’s Sports in the United States
On August 4, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy alert, effective immediately, to prevent trans women from entering the United States to participate in women's sports. The alert, which characterizes trans women as "male," clarifies...
