April 7, 2021
The year 2021 is increasingly looking like the year that we leave behind many damaging Trump-era policies, including his public charge regulation, and welcome new policies, such as the designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). It remains to be seen how much of President Biden’s immigration agenda will be realized, but his administration’s...
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April 7, 2021
Although the REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005, its requirement that people possess REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses has not become a nationwide obligation. On October 1, 2021, that will change. As of that date, every person who wants to get on a commercial plane in the United States using their driver’s license...
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March 10, 2021
On March 8, 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, designated Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status which will allow Venezuelan nationals to obtain Employment Authorization and permission to remain lawfully in the U.S. for 18 months, starting March 9, 2021, to September 9, 2022, so long as they meet the TPS eligibility requirements. To...
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February 24, 2021
On January 20, 2021 the Biden Harris Administration, in its first day, re-instated the DACA program as it had existed on September 5, 2017, including the eligibility to obtain permission to travel outside the United States and lawfully return. Under the current Immigration Law when an individual is inspected by an Immigration Officer and is...
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February 11, 2021
This time every year, our attention turns to the H-1B category. Last year, the H-1B Visa petition process introduced a brand-new initial step: the registration process, which included a $10.00 fee and preceded the lottery selection. This year the process will be no different, and so the deadline for employers to decide whether to complete...
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January 28, 2021
On January 20, 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration issued an Executive Order that all rules from the prior administration that were pending at the Federal Register but had not been published must be immediately withdrawn. In addition the Biden-Harris Administration ordered all federal agencies to “consider” postponing the effective dates for regulations that have been published,...
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January 12, 2021
We know that the last 4 years have been an enormous challenge for immigrants and their loved ones, and although the new year will bring a new administration that will likely be pro-immigrant, there is still a great deal of damage inflicted by the Trump Administration that needs to be undone. One of those damaging...
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December 11, 2020
We hope you are all taking care of yourselves as we plan for safe holiday celebrations. Recently the USCIS has issued two important announcements that we want to share with you. TPS On December 9, 2020 USCIS announced that it would extend TPS, Temporary Protected Status for TPS Holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal,...
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November 10, 2020
As we all take a moment to rejoice with the election results, we cannot lose sight that there is much work to be done to control the COVID-19 pandemic and bring back stability to our economy and government. With new leadership focused on unity, collaboration, empathy and science, we should follow the lead and focus...
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October 27, 2020
One of the aspects of life in the United States that tends to draw people to its shores is that it is safer to live here than in many other parts of the world. However, that does not mean that there is no crime in this country. Crime is still an issue with which the...
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