The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently indicated that applicants seeking to file a green card application based on a family-sponsored petition must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for August 2019. In the F2A category, there is a cutoff date on the Dates for Filing chart. However, the […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) recently released its enforcement statistics for FY 2019. The summary of the CBP enforcement actions indicates that CBP found inadmissible 211,697 individuals encountered at ports of entry who were seeking lawful admission into the United States (among others) between October 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. The summary […]
On July 11, 2019, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing all executive departments and agencies to provide the Department of Commerce access to any administrative records that it may request to determine the number of citizens, non-citizens, and illegal aliens in the country. The stated purpose of the Executive Order is to ensure […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently released a Naturalization Fact Sheet. The fact sheet indicates that the USCIS welcomed more than 7.4 MILLION naturalized citizens over the last decade. Since 2009, USCIS welcomed approx. 620,000 to 780,000 citizens EACH YEAR. – In FY 2018, 73% of all naturalized citizens resided in 10 states […]
Two Michigan companies, STEC USA and Tranor Industries, recently pledged to participate in ICE’s IMAGE Program – ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers. As part of this agreement, the companies will conduct a self-assessment of their hiring practices to uncover vulnerabilities that could be exploited by unauthorized workers; enroll in E-verify, an employment eligibility […]
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently awarded a contract to Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc., with a total value of $5.2 million, for technical equipment and supplies to continue identifying fraudulent familial relationship claims made by individuals entering or attempting to enter the United States using rapid DNA testing. From May 6-10, ICE identified 18 […]
On June 17, 2019, President Trump tweeted that “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in. Mexico, using their strong immigration laws, is doing a very good job of […]
H-1B revocations and denials of H-1B extensions have increased significantly over the past year. Immigration attorneys credit the higher level of scrutiny to three main changes: The Buy American and Hire American Executive Order signed by President Trump in April 2017; An October 2017 USCIS memo overturning a George W. Bush administration policy instructing adjudicators […]
On June 4, 2019, the House of Representatives passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6). The bill would provide protection from deportation and a path to citizenship to over 2 million Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status as well as Deferred Enforced Departure recipients. The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association Associate Director of […]
