September 5, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today that the Trump Administration is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was created through a memorandum in 2012 which gave individuals who entered the United States as children the ability to work—and sometimes travel—for periods of two years at a time. The program is being […]
August 30, 2017|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On August 28, 2017, the Denver City Council voted unanimously to pass the Public Safety Enforcement Priorities Act, a bill that will both increase public safety and help protect immigrants from deportation. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is expected to sign the bill this week, stating in a recent interview that “the message to Denver’s refugee […]
August 29, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Reports last week indicated that President Trump was likely to end DACA, the program giving protection from deportation for those brought to the United States as children. At the same time that these youth are poised to lose all protection and face deportation by ICE, the President who famously vowed: “no amnesty” decided that amnesty […]
July 27, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
On July 17, 2017, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (“BALCA”) issued a key decision regarding PERM labor certification applications, or Form 9089. Section H.14 of Form 9089 requires a petitioning employer to list “specific skills or other requirements” of the job. In Matter of Pixar, the PERM Certifying Officer had denied the employer’s […]
July 26, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
On July 20 two United State Senators, one Republican and one Democrat, introduced the Dream Act of 2017. If it becomes law, the Dream Act would grant permanent resident status on a conditional basis to individuals who entered the United States as children. Specifically, the law would grant status to individuals who are inadmissible or […]
July 24, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On July 19, 2017, the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor published a final rule increasing the numerical limit (“cap”) on H-2B nonimmigrant visas by up to 15,000 additional visas through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2017. These visas are available only to American businesses which attest that they will likely suffer irreparable harm […]
June 29, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
The Supreme Court’s order from earlier this week allowed a narrowed version of the Trump Administration’s travel ban for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen to take effect. The government has announced that the ban will take effect on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time. The order allows the […]
June 27, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
In an order dated June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the government’s appeal of two lower court decisions blocking President Trump’s executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending the U.S. refugee program for 120 days. In the meantime, the order also effectively narrowed the preliminary […]
June 26, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
On June 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued a key decision for those facing denaturalization – it narrowed the grounds on which naturalized citizens can have their citizenship revoked. The case centers around Divna Maslenjak, an ethnic Serb born in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2000, Ms. Maslenjak arrived in the […]
June 15, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Until just a few days ago, individuals born abroad to U.S. citizen parents faced different standards in acquiring their U.S. citizenship depending on whether their mother or their father were U.S. citizens. Under section 309 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), if you were born abroad to an unwed U.S. citizen father before 1986, […]
