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Immigration Reform DACA United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Immigration Reform is a term commonly used to refer to comprehensive efforts to address limitations, deficiencies and inequalities within a country's immigration policies and systems. In the United States,... more +
Immigration Reform is a term commonly used to refer to comprehensive efforts to address limitations, deficiencies and inequalities within a country's immigration policies and systems. In the United States, the term is often used to describe legislative efforts to remedy problems associated with illegal immigration, including protecting undocumented workers, expanding citizenship eligibility, and strengthening border security.   less -
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New DHS Parole Policy for Long-Term Undocumented Spouses, Stepchildren

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Aug. 19, 2024, DHS posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice implementing the “Keeping Families Together” process for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens. “Keeping...more

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Biden Policy Gives Employers New Ways To Help Dreamers

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On June 18, the Biden administration announced a two-part administrative action that provides an opportunity for certain undocumented immigrants to transition to permanent residence or an employer-sponsored immigration...more

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Court Finds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Unlawful

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On September 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the DACA final rule unlawful. DACA, which commenced in 2012, protects certain undocumented immigrants brought to the...more

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The Elimination and Reinstatement of Administrative Closures

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Over the course of the past few years, we have seen a number of limitations to both lawful and unlawful immigration. Some of these policy changes, such as The Muslim Ban, the cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood...more

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America’s Immigration System: President Biden’s First 100 Days

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Last month, President Joe Biden (“President Biden”) wrapped up his first 100 days as President of the United States – focusing on a myriad of issues from the Coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) to America’s immigration system....more

Morgan Lewis

Biden Signs More Immigration Executive Orders; Agency Review of Public Charge Rule Mandated

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President Joe Biden signed three new executive orders relating to immigration on Tuesday. Along with the executive orders issued immediately after his inauguration and the immigration legislative proposal sent to Congress on...more

Fisher Phillips

The Undoing Of Trump’s Immigration Agenda: Biden Unveils Series Of Immigration Reforms

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One day is all it took for the Biden-Harris administration to repudiate the Trump-era crackdown on immigration. By issuing a series of Executive Actions, Presidential Memoranda, and Proclamations on January 20 and the days...more

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Not Biden His Time: Biden Administration Announces Intentions to Make Immigration Reform a Top Administrative Priority

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Immediately after President Joe Biden took office, his administration unveiled a series of Executive Actions and legislative proposals designed to signal its top priorities. The actions taken within his first week include...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Biden Administration Tackles Immigration on Day One

On its first day in office, the Biden Administration acted to reverse numerous hardline immigration policies from the prior administration and to advance immigration reforms. Some action comes in the form of executive orders...more

Williams Mullen

Labor, Employment and Immigration Law Changes to Expect from the Biden Administration

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With the inauguration of a new President come significant anticipated changes in many areas of business, but none more seismic than in labor, employment and immigration....more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

DACA Renewed…For Now

DACA, an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a policy that protects around 800,000 young people — known as “DREAMers” — who entered the United States unlawfully as children. The program does not grant them...more

Fisher Phillips

What’s Next For Employers: Top 10 Immigration Developments To Expect Under The Biden Administration

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While the election results may still be debated until officially certified and litigation is resolved, employers should be looking ahead to what a Biden administration will mean for immigration. Prior to this tumultuous year,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

September 2020 Immigration Alert

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Updates to USCIS Policy on New Forms, Premium Processing, and Filing Fee Increases Take Effect on October 2, 2020 - As previously reported in Epstein Becker Green’s August 2020 Immigration Alert, U.S. Citizenship and...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

DACA: Updates and Options for Dreamers

This November, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on the case that will decide the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program, established through executive...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DACA Program Continues As U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Expedite Consideration Of Cases

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The “Dreamers” have received another reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. DACA litigation has been in the news since September 2017, when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the DACA program would be terminated....more

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USCIS Developments on the Discretion Afforded Adjudicators, and H-1B Premium Processing

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In recent weeks, several notable policy changes have taken place concerning the adjudication of immigration petitions by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....more

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New USCIS Deportation Policy Has Far-Reaching Implications for Employers

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In a significant policy shift, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently published a new agency policy that substantially expands the authority of USCIS to put otherwise legal immigrants into deportation...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Dream On: DACA Extensions Still Possible

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program, introduced by President Obama in 2012 to provide relief from deportation for certain undocumented individuals who had been brought to the U.S. as children, was...more

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President Trump’s Four Pillars for Immigration Reform

In his first State of the Union address on Tuesday January 30, 2018, President Donald Trump highlighted his plan for immigration reform, which consists of four pillars: (1) creating a path to citizenship for DREAMers, (2)...more

Foley Hoag LLP

2018 Brings New Changes to Various Business Immigration Programs

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Since taking office, President Donald Trump has issued a series of immigration-related executive orders and proclamations that have become the general framework for the future management of U.S. immigration policy and...more

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USCIS Issues Guidance On DACA Program While Supreme Court Looks At Legality Of Program Rescission

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Post-shutdown, while Congress debates immigration and the future of the “Dreamers,” the litigation over the legality of President Donald Trump’s rescission of DACA is speeding up. The U.S. Supreme Court accepted the request...more

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USCIS to Resume Accepting Applications to Renew DACA

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On January 13, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...more

Mintz - EB-5 Financing Viewpoints

Lawmakers May Not Spend Political Capital on Stand-Alone EB-5 Bill

The chances of a stand-alone EB-5 bill gaining consensus with lawmakers on Capitol Hill are low. With the GOP failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers may be spending time readjusting priorities in unexpected ways...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Important Developments in Business Immigration Law

The Revised Version of Travel Ban to Take Effect Next Month - On Sept. 24, President Trump issued a proclamation that indefinitely bans certain citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea from...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Feeling Discouraged About Immigration?

Feeling Discouraged About Immigration? You are not alone. Many agree that the U.S.’s current immigration system is in need of comprehensive legislative reform....more

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