July 25, 2022|Contributed by: Zachary New
This month, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, an oversight entity created by Congress over U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, issued its annual report to Congress regarding the state of USCIS and its recommendations on improvements to USCIS. This report echoes the issues that practitioners and those seeking immigration benefits have seen […]
July 22, 2022|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
In August of 2021, we published a post titled ICE’s Prosecutorial Discretion Roller Coaster detailing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempts to implement interim enforcement priorities and a federal court in Texas’s order thwarting their efforts. On September 30, 2021, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued new, non-interim, Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law […]
July 21, 2022|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Over this past weekend, Mijente and the Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition held a demonstration at the American Association of Law Libraries Conference in Denver, Colorado. [1] The advocacy groups wanted to bring greater awareness to the fact that LexisNexis, one of the world’s largest information brokers, offers up sensitive information on immigrants to U.S. Immigration […]
July 8, 2022|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Madhavan v. Jaddou Update Our case has been assigned to Senior Judge Thomas Samuel Zilly. The court has issued summons for the government defendants, which means we can now formally “serve” them papers to start their 60-day response clock next week. In the meantime we are also working on a motion for preliminary injunction, which […]
June 27, 2022|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), all workers regardless of their immigration status are entitled to their rights under established national labor standards, such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and safe workplace conditions. If an employee asserts one of their rights protected under labor laws, the FLSA prohibits employers from retaliating against that employee. […]
June 16, 2022|Contributed by: Luke Niermann
Ten years ago, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, or DACA. This program was only a stop-gap measure to provide relief in the absence of Congressional action to pass legislation that would provide permanent legal protections and a pathway to permanent residency and U.S. citizenship […]
May 25, 2022|Contributed by: Luke Niermann
Ukrainian citizens and their immediate family members who have been displaced as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine now have a pathway to seek a temporary stay in the U.S. This program, called Uniting for Ukraine, was announced on April 21, 2022, and builds on President Biden’s commitment that the U.S. will welcome […]
May 25, 2022|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Following up on their previous announcement regarding the expansion of premium processing, USCIS has just announced that certain previously filed petitions will be eligible for premium processing in the coming months. On June 1, 2022, if you had previously filed a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, on behalf of an E13 multinational executive […]
May 24, 2022|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On May 4, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new rule increasing the automatic extension period for employment authorization document (EAD) renewal applications from 180 to 540 days for certain categories. More information about the extension is available here: https://www.immigrationissues.com/uscis-increases-auto-extension-period-for-ead-cards/. On May 20, 2022, USCIS created an EAD Automatic Extension Calculator to […]
May 3, 2022|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
With a new rule effective May 4, 2022, USCIS has announced that the automatic extension period for employment authorization documents (EADs) will increase from 180 to 540 days. The issuance of this Temporary Final Rule is an acknowledgment of the systemic delays in the adjudication of EAD applications and the hardship such delays are inflicting on applicants […]
