ICE ERO updated its COVID-19 Pandemic Response Requirements (PRR) to set forth expectations and to assist detention facility operators in sustaining detention operations during the pandemic.… Read More »ICE ERO releases updated COVID-19 pandemic response requirements for ICE detention facilities
EOIR released an amendment to policy memorandum 21-18, Stating that in cases involving non-detained respondents, amendments to applications and other supplemental filings can be submitted up… Read More »EOIR amends PM 21-18 on filing deadlines in non-detained cases
Senate Democrats got another “no” from the parliamentarian on Thursday for their latest plan to provide protections for undocumented immigrants in the $1.75 trillion “human”… Read More »Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Democrats’ Immigration Provisions for 3rd Time
Buzzfeed News reports that the DHS civil rights office raised an internal warning to immigration and border officials that deporting Haitians to their volatile home country risked… Read More »An Internal Document Shows DHS Officials Advised Against Haitian Deportations, Fearing they could Violate Human Rights Obligations
EOIR announced the appointment of 22 new immigration judges by Attorney General Merrick Garland, including five Unit Chief Immigration Judges. Biographical information has been provided for… Read More »EOIR Announces 22 New Immigration Judges
Biden administration will make an additional 20,000 seasonal, guest-worker visas available for the winter season for the first time. DHS has previously upped the number of available… Read More »CNN: Biden to make 20,000 Additional Guest-Worker Visas Available this Winter Amid Labor Shortages
OFLC reminded employees and stakeholders that the filing window to submit Form ETA-9142B and appendices requesting work start dates of April 1, 2022, or later, will… Read More »OFLC provides H-2B application filing timelines for 2022 peak filing season
On December 10, USCIS rescinded a November 2020 policy requiring interviews of all petitioners filing Form I-730. Instead, USCIS will return to its prior long-standing practice of… Read More »USCIS Rescinds Policy Requiring Interviews of all Petitioners Filing form I-730
The deadline of December 20, 2021, to submit applications for adjustment of status under the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) law is approaching. As a reminder, some… Read More »USCIS Deadline Approaching for LRIF Applications
The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO) announced that it is now accepting complaints.,From people in detention who are currently being held at the Stewart… Read More »Immigration Detention Ombudsman now Accepting Complaints at Certain ICE Facilities
Biden administration reversed a Trump-era attempt to strip the immigration judge union of its collective bargaining right and once again recognized the employee union, effective immediately.
In Zometa-Orellana v. Garland, the Sixth Circuit vacated the BIA’s decision and remanded the case with the direction to consider whether groups pertaining to domestic violence… Read More »CA6 Remands Domestic Violence Asylum Case for Consideration in Light of Vacatur of Matter of A-B- I
On November 26, The White House issued a proclamation suspending and limiting the entry for certain immigrants and nonimmigrants<Who were physically present in countries where the Omicron… Read More »Stay on Top of the Changing Landscape of the Latest Travel Ban
DHS announced today that it will begin enrolling certain noncitizens into Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) and process them for return to Mexico after the government of… Read More »DHS Releases Guidance on Court-Ordered Reimplementation of MPP
USCIS announced it is temporarily waiving the requirement that the civil surgeon’s signature on Form I-693,Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, be dated no more… Read More »ICYMI: USCIS announces temporary waiver of “60-day rule” for form I-693
DOS extended the waiver for in-person consular interviews for certain employment nonimmigrant visa applicants who have petitions approved by USCIS through December 31, 2022.
White House confirmed that the presidential proclamation suspending and limiting entry of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants,Who were physically present in eight African countries,Where the Omicron… Read More »White House to let Omicron Presidential Proclamation Lapse
The Associated Press reports that agents with an investigative unit of DHS will wear body cameras for the first time as part of a six-month pilot… Read More »DHS Agents to Test Use of Body Cameras
CBP announced that permission to use expired U.S. passports to return to the United States has been extended to March 31, 2022. The rule only applies… Read More »CBP Announces Extension of Travel for U.S. Citizens with Expired Passports
USCIS published a final rule in the Federal Register withdrawing a prior final rule published on January 8, 2021, which was to become effective on December 31, 2021,… Read More »USCIS withdraws H-1B wage-based selection rule
