The IT Consulting industry has been hit hard by President Trump’s immigration policies. The industry fought back and won. USCIS settles with ITServe Alliance, and it will rescind the 2018 Third Party Worksite Memo and will not apply the requirements in the 2010 Neufeld Memo. This is a huge win for the industry. Congratulations to Wasden […]
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President Trump is considering suspending the H-1B visa, among other employment-based visas. To educate the public on how these visas actually work, the American Immigration Council has created a fact sheet about the employment-based immigration system. Don’t listen to the hype. Find the real facts here. Employment-Based Visa Categories in the United States One of the
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In 2012, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is a United States immigration policy that allows individuals brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S. President Trump has tried to terminate this program. Litigation has kept the
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The American Immigration Council has created a fact sheet on U.S. refugee law and policy, and how refugee admissions have fallen under the Trump administration. An Overview of U.S. Refugee Law and Policy The United States has long been a global leader in the resettlement of refugees—and the need for such leadership remains enormous. The
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Americans want more immigration into the U.S., for the first time since 1965. Americans Want More, Not Less, Immigration for First Time STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Joe Biden promises to revoke President Trump’s recent H-1B visa suspension, if he is elected. He also intends to address granting legal status to undocumented immigrants, protect DACA, rescind the Muslim travel ban, and restore refugee admissions. Joe Biden Promises To Revoke H1-B Visa Suspension If He Wins 2020 U.S. Elections Democratic presidential candidate and
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After being sued by numerous schools, most notably Harvard and MIT, and several states, including California, the Trump Administration rescinds their recent F-1 directive that would send F-1 students home if their college went online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump Administration Drops Pandemic Student Visa Policy Law360 (July 14, 2020, 3:21 PM EDT) — The
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Law firm, Wasden Banias, files a lawsuit to challenge President Trump’s Executive Order suspending the entry of new H-1B visa holders into the U.S. Wasden Banias, who won the major H-1B victory earlier this year in the ITServe decision that overturned 2 USCIS memos that targeted the H-1B visa, are back in federal court. They
