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Miller Canfield

New Travel Ban Takes Effect

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On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals to the United States, with the purported goal of protecting the United States from foreign terrorists, as...more

Ice Miller

Foreign National Travel Advisory - What Employers Need to Know

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There are times when international travel may be more challenging or stressful than other times. At present, the United States finds itself in a period of significantly increased immigration enforcement occurring in the...more

Woods Rogers

Heightened U.S. Border Scrutiny Poses Increased Digital Privacy Risk for Entrants to U.S.

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Foreign nationals visiting the United States, and even returning U.S. citizens and other legal residents (with valid visas), face increasing digital privacy risks and potential entry challenges when arriving at U.S. ports of...more

Snell & Wilmer

Immigration Update: Travel Advisory & Student Visas

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Travel Advisory - The Trump administration continues to change the immigration landscape. While it has not yet announced travel bans as it did early in President Trump’s first term, the U.S. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP)...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

International Travel Tips for Dealing With U.S. Immigration Officers

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In recent weeks, international travel has become more complicated for many U.S.-based travelers. A series of executive orders and policy shifts in 2025 seem to have altered the landscape of immigration enforcement and border...more

Cozen O'Connor

Entering the United States as a Foreign National? Here Is What You Need to Know

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OVERVIEW- •The goal of this alert is to provide general information regarding entry into the United States as well as applicable information for various employment-based visa categories. •Given the current climate in the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

FAQs: Trump 2.0 Immigration Policies

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GENERAL - What are the current Executive Orders on immigration? On its first day in office, the Trump administration published 46 executive orders dealing with a broad range of issues, several of which were aimed...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Travel Ban Fears? Why Foreign National Students Urged to Return to U.S. Before Jan. 20

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Some colleges and universities, out of an abundance of caution, are advising their foreign national students and staff who are traveling abroad for winter break to consider returning before President Donald Trump’s...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 15 Workplace Law Stories from October 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Travel Ban On Certain Countries to Be Lifted On Nov. 8; Registration for 2023 Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery Now Open

The White House has announced the precise date that it will lift COVID-19-related travel bans that apply to international travelers from more than 30 countries. Starting Nov. 8, 2021, travel bans will be lifted for fully...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

President Biden Lifts Order Suspending Entry of New Immigrants

President Joe Biden has terminated the U.S. entry ban on new immigrants implemented by the Trump administration under Presidential Proclamation 10014. This ban, which had been set to expire on March 31, 2021, prevented new...more

Cozen O'Connor

President Biden Lifts Travel Ban on New Green Card Holders

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On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation revoking the Trump administration’s orders preventing foreign nationals from moving to the United States on new permanent resident cards (or “green...more

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BREAKING NEWS: Biden Revokes Proclamation 10014 And Sections 1 Of Proclamation 10052, And Proclamation 10131/Issues Proclamation...

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February 24, 2021, President Biden posted his Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States. This new proclamation revokes the ones issued under the previous administration which suspended the...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

5 Predictions for Immigration Law in America in 2021

From the 2017 “Muslim Ban” to 2020’s Public Charge Rule and a global pandemic, the past four years have presented a number of challenges and changes to the U.S. immigration system....more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

A Shift In Immigration Priorities: Anticipated Changes From The Biden Administration

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President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will inherit the Trump administration's restrictive immigration policies and regulations. During President Trump’s tenure, he has overseen more than 400 immigration policy changes –...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Struggle To Keep A Green Card During COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing now for close to six months, U.S. permanent residents and conditional permanent residents caught outside the United States due to COVID-19 are experiencing significant challenges in making...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Trump Proclamation Suspends Entry Of Certain Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants

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On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation temporarily suspending entry into the United States of foreign nationals seeking certain nonimmigrant (temporary) work visas. The Proclamation also extends...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

Morgan Lewis

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

FordHarrison

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

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban

On January 31, 2020, the President signed a Proclamation imposing visa and admission restrictions on Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Myanmar (Burma). Restrictions for these countries are limited to immigrant...more

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Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban

On January 31, 2020, the Trump administration expanded the list of countries affected by Presidential Proclamation 9645, more commonly referred to as “Travel Ban 3.0.” Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan, and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

U.S. Announces China Coronavirus Travel Ban

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Late on Friday, January 31, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation (“the order”) barring entry to the United States for most foreign nationals who have visited the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...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

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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

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