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Venezuela TPS: USCIS Confirms Termination of 2023 Designation – But Some Work Permits Still Valid

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/12/2025

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

CHNV Parole Update: SCOTUS Grants Stay, Terminations May Proceed — But Implementation Unclear

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/10/2025

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

SCOTUS Unravels 2023 TPS for Venezuela: Employers Await USCIS Guidance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/27/2025

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

US Supreme Court Allows Public Charge Rule on Immigration to Move Forward

Morgan Lewis on 1/28/2020

The US Supreme Court ruled on January 27 that the administration can begin to implement the public charge rule while the issue is still being litigated in the federal court system. ...more

Travel Ban Expires, Replaced by Presidential Proclamation Restricting Travel for Certain Nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North...

Dickinson Wright on 9/29/2017

On September 24, 2017, President Trump issued a proclamation entitled, “Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats” (“the...more

The Immigration Report: 200 Days of the Trump Administration

Vedder Price on 9/15/2017

Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, there is no denying that the first 200 days of President Trump’s administration have been an interesting time for employers impacted by immigration regulations. The whirlwind of...more

Travel Ban Allowed to Exclude Certain Refugees – For Now

Mintz on 9/14/2017

On Monday, September 11, 2017, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued a temporary order allowing the exclusion of most refugees pursuant to the Trump administration’s Travel Ban while the Court considers the ultimate...more

Travel Ban Court Update on Family Members’ as “Bona Fide” Relationship

Mintz on 9/12/2017

On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals let stand the Hawaii District Court temporary injunction against the Trump administration’s revised travel ban. This ruling confirms that U.S. family...more

Latest Supreme Court Decision on Travel Ban for Nationals of Iran, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia: Close Relatives are...

Mintz on 7/24/2017

This is a follow-up to the Supreme Court’s decision on June 26, 2017 which allowed the Trump Administration’s Travel Ban affecting nationals of the six designated Muslim-majority countries to be partially implemented until...more

Defining A “Bona Fide Relationship” – The Latest With Trump’s Travel Ban

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 7/20/2017

On July 6th, we covered the United States Supreme Court decision regarding President Trump’s travel ban. That Order limited the entry of foreign nationals and refugees based on an individual’s “bona fide relationship” with an...more

Travel Ban Update: Grandparents And Other Close Relatives

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/20/2017

In a one-paragraph ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court, disagreeing with the Administration, allowed the District Court’s injunction to stand with regard to relatives. Individuals from the six designated countries with...more

The Implementation of Travel Ban 2.0: What Now?

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 7/13/2017

By now, most of you have heard that the United States Supreme Court ruled to reinstate President Trump’s revised travel ban in part. But what does this really mean?...more

Travel Ban Ruling by the Supreme Court: FAQ and Guidance for International Students, Professors and Academic Institutions

Baker Donelson on 7/10/2017

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to partially lift two injunctions that had been preventing implementation of President Trump's travel ban Executive Order (EO). Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled that the EO may...more

Last Stop: SCOTUS Reviews The Immigration Ban

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 7/6/2017

President Trump’s Second Executive Order acted to limit the entry of foreign nationals and refugees into the United States. Thereafter, the Fourth and Ninth Circuits granted preliminary injunctions barring the enforcement of...more

The Travel Ban – A Quick Update

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/5/2017

The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more

Airports, Borders and Consulates: Longer Delays, More Scrutiny, Extreme Vetting and Travel Ban 2.0 Updates

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/3/2017

Summer travel is in full swing as we approach the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This year foreign nationals need to be prepared for stricter scrutiny, longer wait times at consulates, and delays at airports and borders....more

U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Key Provisions of the Travel Ban

Baker Donelson on 6/30/2017

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to partially lift two injunctions that had been preventing implementation of President Trump’s travel ban executive order. Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled that the executive...more

Immigration Alert: Travel Ban Partially Reinstated

Vedder Price on 6/29/2017

On January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order banning visa issuance and travel to the United States for all refugees and travelers from seven countries (Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) for...more

Supreme Court Partially Revives President’s Travel Ban, But Imposes Limitations

Fisher Phillips on 6/28/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that portions of the controversial Executive Order No. 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” (known informally as the “travel ban”),...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Travel Ban

Mintz on 6/28/2017

On June 26, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a mixed decision in the “Travel Ban” litigation, relating to Presidential Executive Order 13780 (“EO”). As explained in more detail below, the SCOTUS decision gave a...more

Supreme Court allows Trump Administration to Partially Enforce Travel Ban

Burr & Forman on 6/28/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order today that granted the Trump Administration’s petitions for certiorari and partially granted the Administration’s motions to stay injunctions of the so-called “travel ban.” This means...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Travel Ban

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 6/27/2017

Today the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a mixed decision in the “Travel Ban” litigation, relating to Presidential Executive Order 13780 (“EO”). As explained in more detail below, the SCOTUS decision gave a partial...more

What Does The Supreme Court “Travel Ban” Decision Mean For Employers?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/27/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling yesterday in the Trump Administration’s challenges to lower court decisions on the “travel ban.” The Administration had sought to: stay preliminary injunctions issued...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban To Go Into Effect, With Limitations

Tonkon Torp LLP on 6/27/2017

On June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) permitted the "Travel Ban" set forth in the second Executive Order issued by President Trump on March 6, 2017 (EO-2) to temporarily go into effect, with constraints. EO-2...more

The United States Supreme Court Temporarily Approves Part of Trump’s Travel Ban

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 6/27/2017

On June 26, 2017, the final day of its judicial term before summer recess, the United States Supreme Court addressed the Trump Administration’s hotly contested travel ban. The Supreme Court issued a per curiam decision on...more

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