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Recent Executive Orders May Affect Immigration Pathways for AI and Related Fields

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/20/2025

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has issued significant executive orders concerning artificial intelligence (AI) that may influence immigration pathways for professionals in AI and related fields...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

What's at Stake for Immigration?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/22/2020

The current administration’s course on immigration ushered in heightened standards for obtaining immigration benefits, restructuring visa allocations through executive orders and renewed and continues to emphasize immigration...more

USCIS To Increase Filing Fees While The Latest Executive Order Demands H-1B Compliance

Fisher Phillips on 8/6/2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration continues to install stringent measures that will impact employers hiring foreign national temporary workers. Fee Increases - On July 31, the Department...more

Executive Order Limits Federal Contractors’ Use of Foreign Labor

Littler on 8/5/2020

On August 3, 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order on Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers, directing federal agencies to contract with those who prioritize the...more

New Executive Order Lays the Groundwork for Restrictions on the Use of Foreign Labor in Performing Federal Contracts

Polsinelli on 8/5/2020

On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers,” signaling that the administration may seek to limit the ability...more

Compass: Insights And Direction For Employers – Winter 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/3/2020

With the start of a new year, in-house counsel and human resources professionals will want to be aware of what’s on the horizon for 2020 and beyond. It’s a good time for employers to take a breath and consider what issues...more

Increased Challenges for the H-1B

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 12/6/2019

Anyone who works in legal or HR and handles work authorizations for their employees will agree that hiring foreign nationals or international transfers has become much more difficult under the current administration and its...more

Well, He Wrote Me a Letter: USCIS Provides Update on Initiatives under the “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/24/2018

In April 2017, three months after taking office, President Trump signed the “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order, which confirmed that his administration would be taking a tough stance on business immigration,...more

USCIS Clarifies Position on AC21 H-1B Extensions

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 1/15/2018

Last week, USCIS clarified that it is not considering changing its interpretation of the H-1B extension of status provisions offered in the American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act (AC21)....more

Rumored Changes To The H Visa Category

Dickinson Wright on 1/10/2018

Certain news reports have hinted that the pursuant to President Trump’s “Buy America, Hire America” Executive Order of April, 2017, the Trump Administration is considering changes to the H Visa Program. ...more

Higher Costs for Highly Skilled Foreign Workers in Store for Employers?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/29/2017

Despite the absence of new regulations or policies enacted following the President’s “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order, a recent shift in the adjudication of H-1B visas indicates the Administration’s policy...more

Trump Targets Tech Teams (And Others) Through H-1B Crackdown

Fisher Phillips on 4/20/2017

President Trump signed an executive order this week directing a full review of the H-1B visa program as part of a continued push to clamp down companies that hire foreign labor instead of American workers. The centerpiece of...more

New Executive Order Addresses H-IB Visas

Littler on 4/19/2017

On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order (EO), which addresses H-IB visas. The EO calls for the application of existing U.S. laws to visa recipients and the revaluation...more

Buy American and Hire American and the H-1B Lottery

Franczek P.C. on 4/19/2017

On April 18, President Trump signed an Executive Order labeled the “Buy American and Hire American” initiative. Federal agencies are already subject to certain laws and regulations which require or give preference to American...more

USCIS H-1B Cap Numbers

Cozen O'Connor on 4/19/2017

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 7, 2017 that the agency reached the congressionally mandated number of 65,000 visa H-1B Cap petitions for FY2018. USCIS reported on April 17, 2017 that...more

H-1B Cap Reached; President Trump Signs H-1B Executive Order

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 4/19/2017

On April 7, only five business days into the filing season, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had already received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory caps for both...more

Recent Developments in Business Immigration Law - USCIS to suspend H-1B Premium Processing next month

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 3/8/2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will suspend Premium Processing of all H-1B filings starting on April 3, 2017. This includes all Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B cap filings, as well as H-1B...more

U.S. Announces Suspension of Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

Littler on 3/6/2017

On Friday, March 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective April 3, 2017, it will temporarily suspend premium processing for H-1B petitions. This suspension may last for...more

The Devil is in the Details: What Employers and Businesses Need to Know About the President’s Executive Actions on Immigration

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 1/12/2015

When President Barack Obama first addressed the nation to unveil his Immigration Accountability Executive Actions, the media and the internet were in a frenzy to see who could get the story out first. Despite the fact that...more

Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration to Affect the Hiring and Retention of Highly Skilled Foreign Employees

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/9/2014

The executive actions on immigration that President Obama announced in late November include a hodgepodge of new policies and directives that will impact millions of foreign nationals—both documented and undocumented—now...more

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