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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 -

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2025

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

Second Circuit Limits Scope of Injunction on Public Charge Rule to Connecticut, New York, and Vermont

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/20/2020

On August 12, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit limited the scope of a nationwide injunction that had blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...more

DHS Blocked From Enforcing New Public Charge Rule During COVID-19 Pandemic

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/13/2020

On July 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an injunction immediately blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...more

Judge Enjoins Public Charge Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/31/2020

On July 29, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge George B. Daniels of New York issued a nationwide injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing the Administration’s Public Charge Rule during the declared...more

USCIS to Begin Implementing Public Charge Rule as of February 24

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2020

On January 30, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin implementing the new public charge regulations on February 24, 2020. The regulations broadly expand the list of public...more

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