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On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Biden Administration could cancel the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which required authorities either...

On June 28, 2022, in Zepeda-Lopez et al. v Garland, the Second Circuit overruled a long-standing Board of Immigration Appeals case holding that an asylum...

Biden's enforcement memo telling ICE to only detain priority immigrants is being blocked for now in court. Currently, ICE is not allowed to use the...

Backlogs and Delays in Consular Processing The Biden administration has done little to improve the processing of visa applications at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad....

Attorney Dan Berger and Case Manager Emily Hindle co-authored a report for the Brookings Institute alongside Stephen Yale-Loehr, Professor of Immigration Law Practice, and Hun...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be phasing out self-scheduled InfoPass appointments in an effort to push applicants towards online resources. If individuals still...

The U.S. Diversity Green Card lottery program is opening up to applicants in October, possibly for the last time. This is a program run by...

USCIS is extending the previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions and, beginning Sept. 11, 2018, will be expanding this temporary suspension to...

A federal judge has blocked the administration from deporting two asylum seekers while they're fighting for their right to stay in the country. DC District Judge Emmet...

Forbes has published an article interviewing Jennifer Minnear, a director in the immigration practice group at McCandlish Holton, about the updated USCIS guidance for Notices...

Hartford Business.com has published an article about the growing demand for foreign-born physicians in Connecticut and the role of J-1 waivers in their recruitment strategy:...

On April 11, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree...

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has put out a report on the steps being taken to restrict legal immigration. To view the full report,...

President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to prevent caravans of immigrants from Mexico to the U.S., reports Brett Samuels for The Hill. President...

In an article for USA Today, Richard Wolf outlined the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision regarding deportation for violence crimes. The ruling asserted that the law subjecting...

The BBC reported on April 7, 2018, that both Texas and Arizona are deploying National Guard members to the US border with Mexico. New Mexico and...

President Donald J. Trump tweeted on Monday, April 2, 2018 that "DACA is dead..." Julie Hirschfeld Davis with the New York Times reported that policy plans...

Lauren Gambino and Ben Jacobs reported for The Guardian on the recent $1.3 trillion budget bill that passed the U.S. Senate on March 23, 2018. In their article,...

In an article published with the San Francisco Chronicle, Trisha Thadani explores the trends that President Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" executive order created with regards...

The U.S. Government shut down on Friday, January 19, 2018 when the U.S. Senate failed to pass a budget. While the Senate voted at 12pm...

In an article for McClatchy DC Bureau, Franco Ordoñez reports that USCIS is not considering a change to 104(c) of AC-21, which provides for H-1B extensions...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador will end on September 9, 2019. If you...

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaina Duke, has announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua will be terminated on January 5, 2019. ...

Attorney Megan Kludt was interviewed by multiple news outlets regarding President Trump's cancellation of the DACA program. MassLive.com Northampton-based immigration attorney urges 'Dreamers' to seek...

Update: You can listen to Attorney Dan Berger's interview here: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/daca-repeal/ ------------------------------------------------ Attorney Dan Berger will be an invited guest on Knowledge@Wharton, a daily, call-in business interview...

Update: President Trump has announced he will end the DACA program in 6 months - March 6, 2018. New applications will no longer be accepted...

Trump's break with tradition may be good or bad, but it's definitely different. By JOSHUA ZEITZ August 06, 2017 www.politico.com The United States is currently...