Blog
Sessions Rules Domestic & Gang Violence No Longer Qualify for Asylum
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered immigration judges on Monday that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally will not qualify for asylum under federal law. His recent ruling overturned a 2016 decision which...
Read More ›
What Happens if There is a Government Shutdown?
In the case of a government shutdown, there will be countless impacts across the nation--most notably, immigration. Because immigration is an essential department in the United States government, it comes as no surprise that many...
Read More ›
Trump Administration Increases Worksite Investigations to Combat Illegal Immigration
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that has drastically increased the number of worksite investigations and audits to ensure that U.S. businesses do not employ individuals who are in the country unlawfully. According...
Read More ›
U.S. Must Keep DACA and Accept New Application, According to Federal...
Last month, a D.C. federal judge ruled that the federal government must continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and reopen it to new applicants. This decision has been the most resounding rejection yet of the...
Read More ›
Why Immigration Courts Are Deeply Flawed
In a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver took on a serious topic: the United States’ dysfunctional immigration court system. The segment included several former and current immigration judges who described the...
Read More ›USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for FY 2019
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally-mandated H-1B visa cap of 65,000 for the fiscal year 2019. In addition, the agency has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to...
Read More ›