In a major legal development, a federal judge in the Northern District of California has postponed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. This decision, issued on...more
8/7/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Honduras ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nepal ,
Nicaragua ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
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USCIS
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) initially deployed the Status Change Report on June 20, 2025, to help certain employers identify whether any E-Verify cases were created using an Employment Authorization...more
7/23/2025
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E-Verify ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
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Foreign Workers ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
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In a significant development for employers and Haitian nationals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance to reflect a court-ordered automatic...more
7/23/2025
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
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Haiti ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Time Extensions ,
USCIS
As we have covered in prior blog posts on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as it continues to evolve, this week brings significant developments. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of TPS...more
7/11/2025
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E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Honduras ,
Immigrants ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Refugees ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
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On June 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance to E-Verify employers regarding the revocation of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for individuals who entered under the...more
6/24/2025
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Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Haiti ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela
Late Friday evening, June 6, 2025 – right after we posted TPS Twist: Court Halts DHS Action on Certain Venezuelan Work Authorization-For Now – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its website with a...more
6/12/2025
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H-1B ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
ITAR ,
Noem v National TPS Alliance ,
Popular ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela ,
Work Permits
In a 7–2 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30th (with Justices Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting), the Court granted the federal government’s request to stay the district court’s injunction that had blocked the...more
6/10/2025
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Noem v National TPS Alliance ,
Noem v Svitlana Doe ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
In a significant development for Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, a federal district court in California has issued an injunction preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from invalidating...more
6/9/2025
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Venezuela
In a pivotal immigration development, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has effectively granted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) permission to proceed with the termination of the 2023 Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...more
5/27/2025
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Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
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Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
New Guidance ,
Noem v National TPS Alliance ,
Political Asylum ,
Popular ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela
In the ongoing narrative of the Trump administration’s attempt to repeal the Humanitarian Parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV), on Monday, May 5th, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit...more
5/12/2025
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Venezuela
Last week, a federal district court in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the mass termination of parole and employment authorization for beneficiaries of the Humanitarian Parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...more
4/23/2025
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Cuba ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deportation ,
E-Verify ,
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Haiti ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Parole ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela
On April 11, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin enforcing the newly created requirement....more
4/14/2025
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Foreign Nationals ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Registration Requirement ,
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USCIS
In a significant move to attract wealthy investors, President Donald Trump has floated a new immigration initiative known as the “Gold Card.” The initial announcement indicates that the Gold Card will make the EB-5 investment...more
3/3/2025
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EB-5 ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Fraud ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On February 24, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department to deny visas to transgender athletes if their sex marker does not align with their sex assigned at birth. His directive, 25 STATE 15576,...more
2/27/2025
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Educational Institutions ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
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Immigration Reform ,
LGBTQ ,
NCAA ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
US Department of State ,
Visas
If you have been following immigration news and are wondering how changes in Washington might affect your workforce, you are not alone. Senate Joint Resolution 8 (S.J. Res. 8) in the 119th Congress aims to undo a USCIS...more
2/6/2025
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Foreign Workers ,
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Visas
The message for 2025 is clear: compliance is not optional, and preparation is essential. Review your policies, automate, and innovate where possible, train your staff, develop job aids, and strengthen your compliance program....more
1/22/2025
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Foreign Workers ,
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USCIS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a permanent increase in the automatic extension period for certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) up to 540 days. The final rule will take effect on January 13,...more
12/17/2024
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Hiring & Firing ,
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Immigration Reform ,
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Time Extensions ,
USCIS
The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) is a law designed to help certain young people (children of immigrants) keep their eligibility for U.S. immigration benefits, even if they turn 21 years old during the application...more
10/8/2024
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Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
Minor Children ,
Policy Updates ,
Retrogression ,
USCIS ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a rule allowing the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the United States. In doing so, the Court rejected a longstanding challenge...more
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
8/22/2024
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DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Spouses ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
USCIS
The trend of recent months to curtail employment-based immigration, purportedly prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues unabated. On August 3, 2020 President Trump issued yet another executive order, this one...more
8/7/2020
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
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Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Memorandum of Agreement ,
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Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the immigration-benefits component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a final regulation on “EB-5 Immigrant...more
7/31/2019
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Economic Development ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrant Investment Visas ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Job Creation ,
Targeted Employment Area ,
USCIS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increases worksite enforcement by more than 50%. What should employers understand to prevent fines and minimize reputational risk?...more
7/20/2018
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Immigration Reform ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
The Supreme Court affirmed President Trump’s authority to ban certain foreign nationals from entering the country, finding that such travel restrictions are justified based on national security concerns....more
7/11/2018
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Establishment Clause ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Reform ,
Likelihood of Success ,
Muslims ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Presidential Decrees ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v Hawaii
Seyfarth Synopsis: “ICE will enforce the law, and if you are found to be breaking the law, you will be held accountable.” Referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) early morning raids at nearly a hundred...more
1/15/2018
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Deportation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Raids ,
Retail Market ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants