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Higher Ed on Alert: Visa Vetting Overhaul Threatens Fall Enrollment of International Students

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Effective June 26, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has required U.S. consulates to expand social media vetting for all F, M, and J visa applicants (students and exchange visitors) before issuing visas allowing them to...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New travel ban effective now: Broad nation-based restrictions with some exclusions

Last week, the Trump Administration issued a new Presidential Proclamation that will restrict the entry of nationals from more than a dozen countries. The restrictions took effect this past Monday, June 9. The stated goal...more

Jackson Walker

U.S. Implements Sweeping Travel Bans Affecting 19 Countries: Key Details and Exemptions

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The United States has announced a new set of travel restrictions targeting nationals from 19 countries, with full entry bans imposed on 12 nations and partial restrictions on 7 others. The policy, set to take effect on June...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Presidential Proclamation Restricting Travel from Certain Countries: What Businesses Need to Know

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President Trump signed a proclamation entitled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” This action reinstates...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Navigating the New Entry Restrictions: Implications for Global Mobility and Workforce Planning

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On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Travel Bans Implemented for 19 Countries, Effective June 9, 2025

On June 4, 2025, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing new travel restrictions for nationals of 19 countries. This proclamation comes after an interagency assessment of global visa screening,...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Trump Administration Announces Travel Restrictions

On Wednesday, June 4, the Trump administration announced a new executive order restricting travel to the U.S. by nationals of certain countries. These restrictions build on the travel bans introduced during the...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

President Trump Issues Travel Ban for 19 Countries

On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued a travel ban for 19 countries, which takes effect at 12:01 am ET on June 9. The travel ban Proclamation has the stated goal of protecting the United States from foreign terrorists and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New Trump 2.0 Travel Ban Expected to Target 40+ Countries: What You Need to Know

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The Trump Administration is reportedly finalizing a new travel ban that will prohibit or severely limit the citizens of more than 40 countries from entering the United States. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Coming Soon: Travel Bans?

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The Trump administration has not yet published an executive order banning visa issuance or inbound travel from specific countries, however, we anticipate travel bans as soon as late March....more

Tonkon Torp LLP

The Return of Extreme Vetting: Impact on Cases Filed with USCIS and Visa Processing at U.S. Embassies and Consulates

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The slew of executive orders published by the Trump Administration in January included references to: •Vetting and screening to the maximum degree across agencies - •Reestablishing a uniform baseline for screening and...more

Mayer Brown

Executive Order Calling for Enhanced Screening and Vetting of Foreign Nationals

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” which directs federal agencies to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order increases vigilance in vetting and screening standards concerning immigration and visa-issuance across federal agencies. The secretary of state, U.S. attorney general,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Extreme Vetting at U.S. Embassies and Consulates

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, “Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” The order directs federal agencies, including the...more

FordHarrison

New USCIS Deportation Policy Has Far-Reaching Implications for Employers

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In a significant policy shift, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently published a new agency policy that substantially expands the authority of USCIS to put otherwise legal immigrants into deportation...more

Littler

Visa Denial Results In Imminent Deportation For Foreign Nationals

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Earlier this month, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum providing guidance on Executive Order 13768, which called for enhancing public safety in the United States through...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Big Brother to Review Visa Applicants’ Social Media History?

Handing over access to your social media account might be the next big move in U.S. immigration law. In a formal notice issued on March 30, 2018, the Department of State advised that it plans to require nearly all visa...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

Littler

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

Littler

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

Dickinson Wright

President Trump’s Third, Indefinite Travel Ban Takes Blows from Courts

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Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have temporarily blocked the implementation of President Trump’s most recent travel ban, which was issued by Presidential Proclamation on September 24, 2017 (Proclamation) and set to take...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Travel Ban: Déjà Vu All Over Again, Again

On September 24, President Trump issued a “Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats.” Most people...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trump’s Third Travel Ban Suspended In Part

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have issued orders blocking major portions of President Trump’s September 24, 2017 Presidential Proclamation....more

Hogan Lovells

President Trump Issues Proclamation that Restricts Travel to the US by Certain Nationals from Eight Countries

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On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation (the Proclamation) laying out restrictions on the entry of nationals from eight countries into the United States using certain types of immigrant...more

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