On April 27, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced policy guidance instructing officers to give deference to prior agency determinations when adjudicating extension
New updates in immigration for Dreamers and immigrant farm workers. In late January, the new U.S. Administration signed a memorandum fortifying the Deferred Action for
Executive Order 13769, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”, politically labeled as the “Muslim Ban” or a “travel ban”,
As of January 2021, the Administration has extended an order suspending the issuance of certain types of work visa for another three months, citing the
President-elect Joe Biden announced this week he intends to nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the first immigrant and Latino
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced it will replace the H1B visa lottery, in which foreign citizens with college degrees compete for limited
The U.S. Senate passed a Bill on Wednesday that, among other things, allows its immigration agency to quickly process more visa categories, including employment authorization
USCIS announced in late August that it will begin rejecting all initial or first-time applications from immigrants who have never previously received DACA, with the
Immigration fuels the economy. When immigrants enter the labor force, they increase the productive capacity of the economy, raising GDP. Their incomes rise, but so