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DHS Automatically Extends TPS for Lebanon
On May 28, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Federal Register notice automatically extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon for six months, from May 28, 2026, through November 27, 2026. Employment Authorization Documents that...
CBP Updates List of Airports for Flights Arriving With Ebola-Related Travel Restrictions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated its Carrier Liaison Program notice related to Ebola-related restrictions on flights carrying persons who recently traveled from or were otherwise present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, or...
CDC Issues Interim Final Rule To Suspend the Entry of LPRs From Designated Countries for Public Health Reasons
On May 27, 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an interim final rule with request for comments to amend its Foreign Quarantine Regulations. The interim final rule provides a procedure for the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through...
Trump Admin ‘Drawing Up Plans’ to Withdraw Processing of International Travelers and Flights at ‘Sanctuary City’ Airports
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin reportedly said on Fox News that the Trump administration is “drawing up plans” to withdraw immigration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing of international flights at so-called “sanctuary city”...
Miller Mayer Memo: Key Takeaways from the May 21, 2026 USCIS Policy Memorandum on Adjustment of Status as an Extraordinary Benefit
May 26, 2026 On May 21, 2026, USCIS released a policy memorandum entitled “Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process.” The memorandum...
The Hill Publishes Steve Yale-Loehr Op-Ed Proposing Changes to Form I-9
The Hill Publishes Steve Yale-Loehr Op-Ed on Proposed Wage Rule – Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored an op-ed published in The Hill about a proposed Labor Department wage rule that could hurt both U.S. and foreign workers. Read article: A Proposal to Change Foreign Workers’...
Work Authorization Extended for Certain Salvadoran TPS Recipients
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently updated its webpage on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador to note that the validity of Employment Authorization Documents with category codes A12 or C19 that expired on March 9, 2025, for TPS El Salvador...
DHS Announces Ebola-Related Flight Arrival Restrictions for DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan; CDC Implements Public Health Measures; DOS Pauses Visa Services
On May 21, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced immediate restrictions on flights arriving in the United States carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the...
New USCIS Policy Limits Adjustment of Status
On May 22, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new policy memorandum, issued May 21, 2026, that addresses how officers should exercise discretion in adjustment of status (AOS) adjudications. USCIS said that it views immigrant visa...
Times of India: Steve Yale-Loehr on Proposed H-1B Wage Hikes
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Times of India in India GCCs to Gain as U.S. Plans Sharp H-1B Wage Hikes. Steve noted that a Department of Labor proposed rule would increase wages for foreign-born workers. “However, it will also put wage pressure on U.S. employers....
