Business Based Immigration

President Trump is expected to halt H-1B visas this month, citing the large unemployment rate in the U.S. due to COVID-19.  However, in technology, which is the industry in which the vast majority of H-1B visa holders work, unemployment rates have actually decreased from 3% to 2.8%.  What will this statistic do to Trump’s plans? […]

Research by the Cato Institute says no. 100% of H‑1B Employers Offer Average Market Wages—78% Offer More The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a report last week that purports to show that “H‑1B employers undercut local wages.” Employers use the H‑1B program to hire temporary foreign workers in specialty occupations. EPI writes, “By setting two of the four wage levels

President Trump is looking to halt H-1B visas on the premise that they take jobs away from U.S. workers.  However,  a new study by economist Madeline Zavodny for the National Foundation for American Policy suggests the opposite is actually true. Immigration Study Finds H-1B Visas Help U.S. College Grads The Trump administration plans new restrictions on H-1B

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

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

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

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

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