January 3, 2022|Contributed by: Zachary New
For the first time ever, the Department of Homeland Security has released additional H-2B visas for the first half of the Federal Fiscal Year. On December 20, 2021, DHS announced that it would be releasing 20,000 additional visas for those employers attempting to hire cap-subject H-2B workers with a start date of October 1, 2021 […]
December 27, 2021|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On December 24, 2021, the White House announced that, effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on December 31, 2021, persons from eight African nations will no longer be restricted from entry to the United States, as long as they have met the COVID-19 vaccination requirements under Proclamation 10294 and the related travel requirements issued by the […]
December 13, 2021|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Over 32,000 cases closed for DHS failure to file charging document by date of initial hearing On December 21, 2018, former EOIR Director James McHenry published PM 19-08, “Acceptance of Notices to Appear and Use of the Interactive Scheduling System,” instructing immigration courts to “reject any NTA in which the time or date of the […]
December 9, 2021|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Immigration Updates: USCIS Standards for Afghan Humanitarian Parole and more #Immigration #Immigrationnews #USCIS #Afghan #Supremecourt Today on our weekly Facebook live updates, we have discussed things that are happening in immigration law including Supreme Court case Patel V. Garland, Reinstatement of Migrant Protection Protocols, Microsoft Settlement with #DOJ and USCIS Standards for Afghan HP. Joseph […]
November 29, 2021|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On November 4, 2021, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision in Matter of M-F-O-, 28 I&N Dec. 408 (BIA 2021), finding a Notice to Appear (NTA) that does not specify the time or place of a respondent’s initial removal hearing to be insufficient to end the accrual of physical presence for purposes […]
November 18, 2021|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On November 10, 2021, the American Immigration Lawyers Association announced that their case, Shergill et al. v. Mayorkas, had resulted in a settlement with USCIS. The case involved spouses of nonimmigrant visa holders suing USCIS over delays in employment authorization document (“EAD”) issuance. Joseph and Hall, in collaboration with Immpact Litigation, has recently initiated a […]
November 18, 2021|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Immigration Updates: Veterans’ immigration issues and CDC Title 42 Expulsions. #Immigration #Immigrationnews #CDC #Veteran Today on our weekly Facebook live updates, we have discussed things that are happening in immigration law including Veteran’s Immigration issues and CDC title 42 policy. Joseph & Hall P.C will go on Facebook & Twitter Live every Thursday at 12 […]
November 18, 2021|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
This month, Joseph & Hall, in collaboration with the Immpact Litigation collaboration and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, filed a class action lawsuit challenging United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) delays in processing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). Plaintiffs in the case, titled Kang v. DHS, are individuals in E-2 nonimmigrant status and individuals seeking […]
November 16, 2021|Contributed by: Luke Niermann
Jury finds detained immigrants paid $1 a day for labor are owed $17.3 million in back pay. A federal jury recently found that the GEO Group, a for-profit, multi-billion-dollar company that operates detention facilities for immigrants throughout the U.S., owes current and former immigrant detainees $17.3 million in back pay for work that detainees had […]
October 28, 2021|Contributed by: Luke Niermann
On October 27, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security issued new guidance designed to limit the enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in or near protected areas such as schools, medical facilities, places of worship, and social service establishments. In rolling out the new policy, Secretary of […]
