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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is granting an 18-month redesignation and extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan. The designation will be in place from May 3, 2022, through November 3, 2023. The extension permits qualifying South Sudan beneficiaries to re-register and keep TPS through November 3, 2023, provided they continue …
The Department of Homeland Security issued a report summarizing recent trends in legal immigration during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2021. The quarterly report covers four immigration categories handled by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: lawful permanent residents, refugee arrivals, naturalizations and nonimmigrant (I-94) admissions. The data indicates that while some immigration categories have …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that federal agents will now have limited power to make arrests in or near courthouses for most immigration violations. New guidance issued on April 27, 2021, specifies the circumstances in which agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) …
On November 12, 2020, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a report that examines searches and seizures at the U.S. border in relation to the Fourth Amendment. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) delegates to federal officers broad authority to conduct searches of persons and property at the border. This power, though, is not unlimited. …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on August 14, 2019, announced its final rule on inadmissibility on public charge grounds that imposes a new public benefit condition on individuals who apply for a change or extension of nonimmigrant status. The new rule was originally scheduled to take effect on October 15, 2019. But on October …
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed a rule change that requires each H-1B petitioning employer to pay a $10 filing fee for every electronic registration submitted to the agency for each H-1B worker who is to be counted in the H-1B cap selection. H-1B petitioning employers whose foreign national beneficiary qualifies for the …
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on May 9, 2019 issued an update regarding the legal complexities arising from the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). The government program is currently being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A ruling is not expected until later in 2019. On May 7, 2019, a three-judge …
A federal district court judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing a policy under which F, J and M nonimmigrants and their dependents who violate the terms of their status start to accrue unlawful presence immediately. The order was issued in the U.S. District …
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning people of a nationwide telephone spoofing scam that attempts to trick victims into divulging their personal information, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft. On March 1, 2019, the OIG issued a notice in response to reports of DHS phone …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on January 28, 2019, started implementing a new policy that requires Central American asylum seekers arriving at the southern border of the United States to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed in U.S. immigration courts. In a report released on February 6, 2019, the Congressional Research Service …