On August 17, 2021, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the United States will begin requiring applicants for lawful permanent residence (“green card applicants”) to…
31 Aug
In immigration laws, there is a certain number of green cards or immigrant visas that may be issued each year, which are further broken down by the country of origin…
30 Aug
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security along with the Department of Justice published a proposed rule aimed, in part, at speeding up the processing of asylum claims by individuals encountered…
26 Aug
In January 2019, the Department of Homeland Security began the implementation of a program called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). This program would soon become known as the “Remain in Mexico”…
25 Aug
On his first day in office, President Biden issued Executive Order 13993, “Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities.” 86 Fed. Reg. 7051 (Jan. 25, 2021). President Biden’s Executive…
24 Aug
A Biden administration official announced last week that green cards have been processed by the government at such a slow pace that it will come at least 100,000 slots short of…
10 Aug
Attorney General Merrick Garland has reversed one of former AG Jeff Sessions’ biggest immigration decisions, Matter of Castro-Tum 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018). With Castro-Tum, Sessions overturned decades of…
26 Jul
On July 16, 2021, a federal district court judge in Texas, Judge Andrew Hanen, ruled that DACA is illegal, finding that it exceeds the power that Congress has delegated to…
22 Jul
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