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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Registration Requirement for All Noncitizens Takes Effect April 11, 2025

On April 11, 2025, the Trump administration’s Alien Registration Requirement went into effect.  All noncitizens ages 14 and older are now required to “register” with the U.S. government in accordance with the published...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

2020-2021 Immigration in a COVID-19 World

A year ago, very few people would have predicted that we would live through a pandemic in our lifetime.  Until mid-March 2020, very few people used (or even thought) about the word pandemic, except when fueled by the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How The New Presidential Proclamation Regarding Non-Immigrant Visas Affects Your Company

Presidential Proclamation- On June 22, 2020, the White House announced an extension and expansion of Proclamation 10014, which was originally announced on April 22, 2020 and restricted the issuance of and entry on...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

New Executive Order Extends Travel Ban For Certain Visas

An executive order further limiting entry for nonimmigrant workers in H-1B, H-2B, L-1 and J-1 status (and their dependents) will take effect on June 24, 2020, at 12:01 am and will remain in effect through December 31, 2020. ...more

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FH Immigration Alert: Presidential Proclamation Provides Details on President Trump's Temporary "Pause" on Green Card Processing

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This updates our Legal Alert of April 22, 2020, discussing President Trump’s tweet that he will “… temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!”...more

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President Trump Orders Temporary Hold on Immigration – Who’s Impacted? For How Long? What’s Next?

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On April 22, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order entitled “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the US Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19...more

Holland & Hart LLP

What is the Impact of President Trump's Temporary Immigration Suspension?

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In light of the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. labor market, on Monday President Trump tweeted “I will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigration into the United States.” Yesterday, the President signed an Executive...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Trump Immigration Suspension Applies Only to Certain Types of Green Card Applicants

On April 22, 2020, President Trump issued a "Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak." The Presidential Proclamation...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Suspending Entry for Certain Green Card Applicants: How Does it Impact Employers and Foreign National Employees?

President Trump’s latest Executive Order temporarily suspends the issuance of certain Immigrant visas (Green Card) at U.S. Consulates and Embassies overseas and halts Green Card applicants from entering the United States....more

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US Imposes Temporary Ban on Issuance of Green Cards Overseas

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President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on April 22 suspending entry into the United States of certain groups of immigrants who would otherwise be eligible to enter the United States as permanent residents....more

Burr & Forman

President Signs New Executive Order Restricting Immigration

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On April 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order restricting immigration to the United States with the stated intent of protecting U.S. citizens from job competition and preserving medical resources as the economy...more

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President Announces Potential Temporary Suspension of Immigration to the United States

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Updated April 22, 2020:  In live remarks during an April 21, 2020 coronavirus task force press briefing, the president provided more detail on the scope of the entry restrictions in the new executive order. Specifically, he...more

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President Trump Anticipated to Temporarily "Pause" Processing for Green Cards

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On April 20, 2020, President Trump tweeted, without details, his intention to sign an Executive Order, “…to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” He is expected to sign an Executive Order today that will...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Proposed Fee Increase for Certain Visas Will Impact Immigration in 2020

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On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - November 2019

Congress returns to Washington this week after the Thanksgiving recess to find a feast of leftover legislative items still on the table. Congress has a limited number of days remaining on the 2019 legislative calendar to...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

USCIS to Close Majority of its International Offices

On August 9, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that over the course of the coming year it will shutter all but 7 of its 23 international offices. Offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Nairobi, New...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New Public Charge Rule Seen As Latest Effort To Tighten Legal Immigration

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Having focused on enforcement and illegal immigration, the Trump Administration has recently turned to legal immigration. The new Public Charge rule which will go into effect on October 15, 2019, absent court action, will...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Announces Plan for Immigration Reform

• On May 16, 2019, President Trump announced broad parameters of an immigration plan to address border security, interior enforcement, asylum policy, modernization of ports of entry and the current immigrant visa or “green...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Roundup Of Key Immigration Policy Changes That Affected Employers In 2018

There have been many immigration policy changes in 2018 that affect employers directly or indirectly. Most importantly, there has been a significant shift to a more restrictive immigration philosophy that has affected the...more

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense

Third Time’s Not the Charm for Trump’s Travel Ban

The Fourth Circuit ruled earlier this month that the Trump Administration’s third attempt at an immigration and travel ban, imposed on eight predominately Muslim countries, was likely to violate the Establishment Clause....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

USCIS Clarifies Position on AC21 H-1B Extensions

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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

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban to Go into Full Effect

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On December 4, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the restraining orders against President Trump’s travel ban. The stay means that the September 24, 2017 presidential proclamation restricting travel into the U.S. from eight...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Supreme Court Restores Travel Ban – Implications for Employers

On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed enforcement of the Presidential Proclamation that established the so-called Trump travel ban pending future appeals hearings in the federal courts. Employers in industries...more

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Ninth Circuit Approves Latest Travel Ban, in Part

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has lifted, in part, a district court's injunction that temporarily blocked enforcement of the Trump administration's latest travel ban....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Latest Turn in the Travel Ban Road

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the latest district court decisions involving the President’s so-called travel ban, in which a Hawaii court fully enjoined the proclamation, while a Maryland court allowed it to stand as to...more

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