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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

President Trump Signs Laken Riley Act into Law: What This Means for Immigration Enforcement

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 2/4/2025

On January 29, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which substantially widens the government’s authority with respect to immigration enforcement. The Law - The new law institutes two separate changes...more

New Executive Orders on Immigration

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 1/30/2025

On January 20, 2025, President Trump was inaugurated for his second term and in alignment with his “Day One” campaign promises, he signed ten executive orders that support his immigration agenda. These executive orders touch...more

How Will Limiting the Scope of the 14th Amendment Impact the EB-5 Financing Market?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2025

As anticipated, the 47th president issued a series of Executive Orders on his first day in office, one of which has caught significant attention within the EB-5 industry. The order, titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of...more

Trump Administration Issues Immigration Executive Orders

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 1/24/2025

The Trump Administration executed a number of Executive Orders related to immigration in its first day. These orders include a return to the “extreme vetting” policy of the previous Trump administration, limitations on...more

Preparing for a Future ICE Storm? Steps Employers Can Take to Prepare for Expected Increase in Immigration Enforcement

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/12/2024

With each new presidential administration, prognosticators attempt to forecast coming enforcement priorities. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is no exception, and theories abound regarding the manner...more

Having Trouble Recruiting Physicians? The Conrad 30 Window is Opening Soon

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/5/2024

The U.S. has long had a shortage of physicians in various practice areas. The shortage is even more pronounced in rural areas. International medical graduates (IMG’s) who come to the U.S. to complete a residency in a...more

Beltway Buzz - June 2021 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/14/2021

“A Month of Action on Capitol Hill.” The American Rescue Plan Act was enacted in March 2021, and since then President Joe Biden has been looking for his next major legislative victory. Accordingly, President Biden promised...more

The Undoing Of Trump’s Immigration Agenda: Biden Unveils Series Of Immigration Reforms

Fisher Phillips on 1/27/2021

One day is all it took for the Biden-Harris administration to repudiate the Trump-era crackdown on immigration. By issuing a series of Executive Actions, Presidential Memoranda, and Proclamations on January 20 and the days...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2021 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/25/2021

President Biden. On January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and security concerns arising out of the riot at the United States Capitol...more

Immigration Developments: USCIS and Visa Updates

Morgan Lewis on 10/7/2020

This alert summarizes a number of important developments affecting business immigration that occurred last week, including a number of federal court decisions enjoining certain presidential and regulatory actions, as well as...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

EB-5 Immigrant Investment Program Regulatory and Judicial Update

Stinson LLP on 11/22/2019

On November 21, 2019, the EB-5 "Immigrant Investor Program Modernization" became effective. This is the first significant EB-5 regulatory change instituted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) since 1993....more

Senate Leaders Propose Significant Changes to the EB-5 Program: Big City Developers Are Likely to Rejoice

Polsinelli on 11/8/2019

On November 5, 2019, Senators Rounds (R-SD), Graham (R-SC) and Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Immigrant Investor Program Relief Act (S. 2778) (“Relief Act”). The Relief Act would extend the Immigrant Investor Program (known as...more

Congress Considering Bills to Radically Change Distribution of Employment-Based Green Cards

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 7/26/2019

Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044), an act that would radically change the way employment-based immigrant visas are allocated by eliminating...more

Beltway Buzz - November, 2018

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/5/2018

Joint-Employer Update. As a pre-Halloween treat to stakeholders who are preparing written comments on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposed joint-employer rule, on October 30, 2018, the NLRB extended by 30...more

Congressional Spending Bill Reauthorizes Important Immigration Programs

Littler on 5/11/2017

On May 4, 2017, Congress passed an appropriations bill to fund the federal government through Fiscal Year 2017. The bill also extended four immigration programs through September 30, 2017. These programs are E-VERIFY, the...more

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