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TPS for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua Extended: The Ride Rolls On

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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

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TPS Haiti Work Authorization Extended to February 2026, Employers need to Make I-9 Updates.

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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

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Critical New Compliance Updates on Employment Authorization Terminations for Employers of Foreign Nationals

Recent changes in U.S. immigration policy, including the revocation and termination of several humanitarian parole programs and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations, have created new compliance challenges for...more

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DHS Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Honduras and Nicaragua, Effective September 8, 2025

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Honduras and Nicaragua. ...more

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Honduran TPS in Limbo: What Should Employers Do?

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Approximately 60,000 Honduran foreign nationals – potentially including some members of your workforce – are currently in legal limbo after the federal government failed to announce over the weekend whether their protected...more

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TPS for Haiti Uncertain After Court Blocks Termination Order: How Employers Can Remain Compliant

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Thousands of Haitian nationals remain in limbo after a federal court decision just temporarily blocked the government’s attempt to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. While TPS for Haiti had been slated to...more

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DHS Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Haiti

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On July 1, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice of termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, effective September 2, 2025. After September 2, 2025, those individuals who have been...more

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Update: USCIS Expands Eligibility for 540-Day EAD Extension

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After reaching out to both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) for clarification, USCIS has issued a significant and unexpected update...more

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What Are the Immigration Impacts in Budget Reconciliation Bill H.R. 1?

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The House of Representatives passed budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, entitled “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that includes significant changes to the immigration fee structure. As the Senate prepares its version of the...more

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E-Verify Trends: Evolving Employer Notifications, Alerts

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E-Verify is an internet-based system through which employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of their employees. Designed to ensure that employers hire individuals authorized to work in the country, E-Verify...more

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DHS Sending Termination Notices to CHNV Foreign Nationals

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On June 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began sending termination notices to foreign nationals paroled into the United States under a parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans...more

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Work Authorization in Transition: TPS, parole updates for Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and CHNV

The U.S. Supreme Court recently lifted a federal court injunction that had temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program, which allowed qualifying nationals...more

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USCIS Lifts Administrative Pause on Immigration Applications Filed by Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) Parolees and Others Who Entered...

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On June 9, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy memorandum instructing USCIS officers to adjudicate all pending applications filed by individuals paroled into the United...more

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USCIS Issues Updated Guidance on Terminated CHNV Program Following SCOTUS Decision

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USCIS has issued updated guidance following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 30, 2025, decision to grant DHS’s request to lift an April 14 U.S. district court order halting the Department’s termination of the CHNV program. With...more

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SSA Pauses Automatic Issuance of SSNs for Certain Immigration Applicants

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has quietly hit pause on a key program that streamlined Social Security number (SSN) issuance for nonimmigrant and immigrant applicants. As of March 19, 2025, the Enumeration Beyond...more

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USCIS Issues Updated Guidance on Terminated Venezuela TPS Following SCOTUS Decision

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USCIS has issued updated guidance following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 19, 2025, decision to grant the Justice Department’s emergency request to lift a March 31 California district court order halting DHS’s termination of...more

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DHS Announces Termination of Nepal TPS, Effective August 2025

On June 5, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nepal would not be extended and would be terminated, effective August 5, 2025. ...more

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DHS Announces Termination of TPS for Cameroon Effective August 4, 2025

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in the Federal Register the termination of the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Cameroon with no further extension beyond the current...more

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TPS Twist: Court Halts DHS Action on Certain Venezuelan Work Authorization-For Now

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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

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Judge Rules Thousands of Venezuelan TPS Beneficiaries Remain Work Authorized; Group Focuses on DHS Venezuela, Haiti TPS Decision

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On June 2, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot invalidate Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) documents, including work authorization documents,...more

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Temporary protected status for Nepal will end in August

Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a notice terminating Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese nationals effective August 5. This is expected to affect more than 12,000 individuals. This means that...more

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New Travel Ban for 12 Countries, Partial Limitation for 7 Other Countries

On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation restricting the entry of foreign nationals from select countries, citing national security and public safety concerns. ...more

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Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Order Pausing Termination of CHNV Parole Program

On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order granting the Trump administration’s application to stay a lower court order temporarily halting the rescission of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...more

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Supreme Court Backs Trump’s Plan to Terminate Work Authorizations for Over 500,000 Foreign Nationals: 5 Steps for CHNV Parole...

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The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to terminate the humanitarian parole program giving approximately 532,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela the right to hold work...more

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Humanitarian Parole Uncertainty: SCOTUS Halts CHNV Program, While Lower Court Orders Continued for Processing for CHNV, Afghans,...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted an April 14, 2025, temporary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) decision to terminate humanitarian parole for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...more

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