President Joe Biden has rescinded COVID-19-related travel restrictions that were imposed in late November on eight African nations. The rescission, which took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on December 31, was recommended...more
More than one-third of new global cases of COVID-19 have occurred in India, and the numbers are increasing.
As a result, President Biden has added the Republic of India to the list of countries whose nationals and...more
5/6/2021
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The U.S. Department of State has issued some preliminary guidance on the application of the national interest waiver to foreign nationals from countries that are subject to a COVID-19-related travel ban.
Since late...more
7/28/2020
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The President has issued a new “Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China.” The Proclamation, which took effect on Monday, effectively...more
The Trump Administration has amended Proclamation 9645 (commonly known as “Travel Ban 3.0”) to include six new countries. The new provisions restrict the issuance of visas that can lead to green cards for nationals of...more
There have been many immigration policy changes in 2018 that affect employers directly or indirectly. Most importantly, there has been a significant shift to a more restrictive immigration philosophy that has affected the...more
12/20/2018
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In a big victory for President Trump and for Presidential power to determine who enters the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, upheld President Trump’s third...more
6/28/2018
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The President’s third version of the Travel Ban (a Proclamation dated September 24, 2017) won a preliminary victory this week at the U.S. Supreme Court. By way of two orders issued Monday, the Court will allow the Travel Ban...more
Legal commentators suggested that the third version of the Trump travel ban, the September 24 Proclamation, would be harder to challenge because the Proclamation was issued after a government review as to which countries met...more
As discussed in our Immigration Dispatch of September 26, President Trump recently issued a broader, more nuanced travel ban Proclamation to replace the March 6 travel ban, most of which expired on September 24. At the time,...more
On Sunday, the day that most of President Trump’s March 6 revised travel ban expired, he issued a broader, more nuanced Proclamation as a travel ban. The Proclamation applies to eight nations - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and...more
The saga of court challenges to President Trump’s revised travel ban continued after the preliminary ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, which gave the Administration a partial victory. The Administration received...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling yesterday in the Trump Administration’s challenges to lower court decisions on the “travel ban.” The Administration had sought to:
stay preliminary injunctions issued...more
Like the first Executive Order, President Trump’s latest “travel ban,” which was to take effect today, has been blocked nationwide by federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland.
Although both court orders are intended to...more
As we reported Monday, President Trump has signed a new “travel ban” Executive Order that revokes the one he issued on January 27. The new EO will take effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 16. We promised on Monday to provide a...more
As expected, President Trump today signed a new “travel ban” Executive Order that revokes the EO he issued on January 27. The new EO will take effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 16.
The original EO (Executive Order...more
As most people have heard by now, a federal judge in Seattle issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on Friday that prohibits the federal government from enforcing portions of President Trump’s "travel ban" Executive...more
On Friday, President Trump signed the Executive Order “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” A weekend of chaos at the nation’s airports ensued, at least four courts enjoined parts of the...more
1/31/2017
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