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Work Authorization for H-4 Victims of Domestic Violence
April 27th, 2018
The H-4 visa is available for the spouses of those for nationals who have received an H-1B visa. However, unlike many other visa categories for spouses, there are conditions on H-4 visa holders who can apply for and receive work authorization. H-4 vi…
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ICE Detains Pregnant Women
April 25th, 2018
ICE has changed its policies regarding the handling of pregnant women in detention, breaking from the previous practice of automatically releasing them. Under a new directive, immigration officers will no longer default to trying to release pregnant…
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2020 Census Will Include Citizenship Question
April 23rd, 2018
Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires a census be taken every decade to ensure proper apportionment in the House of Representatives. The U.S. Census Bureau, overseen by the Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics A…
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DACA and Travel Ban Cases Wind Their Way Through the Courts
April 21st, 2018
The DACA program remains intact through two federal district court rulings. The Justice Department attempted to expedite the case to the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful, so it could take another entire year for the matter to be resolved through th…
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Independence of the Immigration Courts and Due Process Under Attack
April 20th, 2018
The Trump Administration through the Department of Justice (DOJ) has, little by little, implemented a number of policies over the last year that have undermined the independence of the immigration courts and have weaken due process for foreign nation…
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Supreme Court Hands Down 2 Immigration Cases
April 18th, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court decided two important immigration cases recently, one holding that part of the law defining a “crime of violence” for deportability purposes was unconstitutionally vague, and the other case holding that there is no automati…
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Burma Refugees
April 11th, 2018
Burma (also known as Myanmar) is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia, nestled between Bangladesh and Thailand. Its 54 million citizens are ethnically diverse but overwhelmingly Buddhist, though the country has small groups of Christians and Muslims.…
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H-1B Cap Reached in First Week of Filing
April 9th, 2018
USCIS has received enough H-1B cap-subject visa petitions to exceed the statutory limit of 65,000 visas (+20,000 Master’s cap visas) and necessitate a visa lottery. The agency reported receiving 190,098 petitions this year, slightly fewer than last…
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President Reaffirms Desire to End "Catch and Release" at Border and Deploys National Guard
April 9th, 2018
On April 6, 2018, President Trump published a memorandum directing the secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, and Health and Human Services to update him regarding the steps being taken to end “catch and release” practices. Catch and…
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U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg Closed
April 2nd, 2018
On March 31, DOS closed the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg. The action is a direct result of the escalating diplomatic tensions between Russia and the United States. The U.S. embassy in Moscow remains open, as do the consulates in Yekaterinburg (ce…
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