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TPS in Transition: Litigation, Terminations and Temporary Protections in Flux

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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) allows eligible foreign nationals to enter and remain in the U.S. for a limited period due to extraordinary conditions in their home countries, such as natural disasters or armed conflicts....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Proposed rule on H-1B cap selection process should be coming soon

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent for review a proposed rule (Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions) regarding the H-1B lottery selection...more

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New DHS Security Requirements Impact Compliance for Employers with Workers in Six “Countries of Concern”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published new security requirements for certain restricted transactions covered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) sensitive data export rules. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Parting Gifts from the Biden Administration: TPS Extensions Ukraine, Venezuela, El Salvador, and Sudan

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On January 10, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced important changes that will benefit noncitizens who have applied for or currently hold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) with designations for Ukraine,...more

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H2 2021: Latin America Enforcement Review

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To close out 2021, enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. For 2022, we expect an uptick of anticorruption investigations as a...more

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New Hope for Foreign Founders – The International Entrepreneur Parole Program

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As part of the Biden Administration’s effort to promote access to the legal immigration system, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew a 2018 proposed rule to eliminate the international entrepreneur (IE)...more

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Enough’s Enough: A New Executive Order Signals Sweeping Changes To Federal Cybersecurity Requirements

Akin to the exasperations of the newly minted “homeschool teachers” the pandemic has created, the Biden administration’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) is a mix of sound logic and utter...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS and State Department Take Action to Improve Access to Immigration Benefits

Early in its tenure, the Biden Administration issued an executive order directing the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify barriers that impede access to immigration benefits and the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Recent Presidential Executive Orders - a Recap and Key Takeaways

Early in his presidency, Joe Biden brought the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 to Congress and revealed its highlights at.... Members of the Democratic Party formally introduced that legislation February 18 and Harris Beach has...more

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Biden Administration Delays Trump-Era Rule Changing H-1B Lottery System

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The Biden Administration announced that it would delay implementing a new rule promulgated in the waning days of the Trump Administration that would change the long-standing practice of allocating H-1B visas for highly...more

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DHS Withdraws Proposed Rule to Rescind H-4 Work Authorization Program

On January 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its proposed rule that sought to eliminate the H-4 employment authorization document (EAD) program for eligible spouses of H-1B workers. The...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Federal Court Rules Against Administration’s Two Controversial H-1B rules

We reported in October about two new rules that were issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Labor that would affect H-1B specialty occupation visas. The DOL rule significantly raised...more

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