Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
New Publications and Items of Interest for Early/Mid-April
E-Verify free webinar listings are available at https://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/e-verify-webinars/take-free-webinar. Advisories and tips: Community Advisory: Social Media, Criminalization, and Immigration has been published by the National Lawyers Guild’s National...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Visa Delays, Immigrant Detention and the EB-5 Program
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted recently in the following publications: The Atlantic: How the Supreme Court is Expanding the Immigrant Detention System China Daily: Spending bill likely to extend EB-5 program again Quartz: The US just...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Spoke at Cornell Law School on “Crimmigration”
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr spoke on a panel, "Crimmigration: Mass Incarceration in the Trump Era," on March 29, 2018, at Cornell Law School. Topics of discussion included an overview of the immigrant detention apparatus, including procedural...
ICE Announces ‘De-Thaw Initiative’ to Begin on April 1
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a new "De-Thaw Initiative," just in time for spring 2018, to implement the President's recent tweet: "Contrary to what's been reported in the Fake News Media, I call for Doing Everything With Love! All of my...
OIG Says USCIS Has Unclear Website Info and Unrealistic Time Goals for Adjudicating Green Card Applications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently found that information USCIS posts on its website about the time it takes field offices to adjudicate green card applications (processing times) is confusing and "unclear and...
USCIS Clarifies ‘One-in-Three’ Foreign Employment Requirement for Multinational Managers/Executives
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has designated Matter of S-P-, Inc., as an Adopted Decision. The adopted decision "establishes policy guidance that applies to and shall be used to guide determinations by all [USCIS] employees. USCIS personnel are...
USCIS and CBP to Implement Form I-129 Pilot Program for Canadian L-1 Nonimmigrants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) California Service Center (CSC) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry (POE) at Blaine, Washington, will implement a joint agency pilot program from April 30, 2018, to October 31, 2018, for...
USCIS Completes Random Selection for H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2018
During the first five business days after February 21, 2018, when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began receiving H-2B cap-subject petitions for the second half of fiscal year 2018, the agency received approximately 2,700 H-2B cap-subject petitions...
State Dept. Seeks to Add Social Media Questions to Visa Application Forms
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget approval to revise the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications to add several new questions. One question would require all visa applicants to list which social media platforms they used during...
Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Immigration Provisions
A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018, keeps the federal government in operation through September 30, 2018, and increases overall funding for various aspects of federal immigration enforcement, among other things....
