Blog Posts in January, 2018

No Deal Has Been Reached on DACA...Yet

The White House on Thursday said that no deal has been reached to protect DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients. There are currently nearly 800,000 young people who are currently under the DACA program, which is an American immigration policy that allowed those who entered the country as minors, and had either entered or remained in the country illegally, to receive a renewable ...

USCIS Not Considering Change in H-1B Visa Rules

President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative aims to prevent the extension of H-1B visas , largely used by Indian IT professionals. The move could directly stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from keeping their H-1B visas while their green card applications are pending, which would trigger “self-deportation” of those affected by the potential policy change. ...