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Miller Mayer: Tips for International Travelers Entering the United States
Travel to the United States has gotten trickier in recent months. Below is a summary of tips recommended by Miller Mayer for international travelers to the United States: Make sure all of your documents are in order and have not expired, and that you do not have a...
Scrutiny of Visa Applicants, Green Card Holders, Students, Exchange Visitors Heightened Under Trump Administration
According to reports, the Trump administration is increasingly scrutinizing visa applicants and even permanent residents (green card holders) and has placed a "temporary pause" on certain green card applications "to do more vetting." As part of these activities,...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Challenges Facing International Students
Steve was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in "Palpable Fear" Hangs Over International Students. Commenting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials' activities at Columbia University and Trump administration goals more broadly, he said, "This...
Steve Yale-Loehr on International Student Enrollment
Steve was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment. He said the Trump administration's crackdown on higher education could stifle international enrollment and reduce the significant amount of tuition international...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Deportation Grounds
Steve was quoted by Newsweek in Could Visa and Green Card Holders Be Deported? What the Law Says. He said, "There are many grounds of deportability, including criminal convictions, prostitution, domestic violence. One of the more obscure grounds that has existed for...
Trump Administration Shuts Down Immigration Watchdog Offices
According to reports, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman's office has closed and its employees have been terminated, along with the offices of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and Civil Rights and Civil...
ICE Detains Tourists and U.S. Resident Foreign Nationals, Sparking Concern
According to reports, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) has stepped up detentions and deportations of foreign nationals entering the United States as tourists or permanent residents, leading to several countries issuing travel warnings. Recent...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Use of 1798 Law to Justify Deportations of Venezuelans Without Due Process
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Democracy Forward, and the ACLU of the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over President Trump's "unlawful and unprecedented invocation" of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (AEA), a wartime authority, to round up...
DHS To Terminate Parole Programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to terminate parole programs for an estimated 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) in the United States and their immediate family members that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023. An advance copy of...
Steve Yale-Loehr on Green Card Revocation
Steve was quoted by Time in What to Know About Mahmoud Khalil, and Why His Green Card Was Revoked. He noted that although green card holders have many of the same rights as U.S. citizens, they can still face deportation under certain conditions, typically for criminal...
