Immigration Blog

DHS Proposes Reform to H-1B Selection Process

Lottery would remain, but higher salaries would mean more chances to win

Immigration Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Removed

Expect more action to follow — and for the Supreme Court to eventually get district courts back in their proper lane

More on Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Proclamation

Not a conventional fee, but “restriction on entry”

Op-ed: A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years

President Trump’s H-1B 100 Grand Entry Bar

How many would be covered, and how much would employers actually pay?

President Trump’s Gold Card

Intriguing idea complicated by statutory requirements and waiting lists

BIA Allows Judges to Quickly Dispose of Non-Meritorious Asylum Claims

IJs ‘are not required to hold merit hearings on applications that are incomplete or where an applicant is ineligible for relief’

Twin Decisions that Provide ‘Bright-Line’ Rules for Asylum

Maybe it’s time to have DHS hear Torture Convention claims again

Living in a World Where Everyone’s Aggrieved, and Everyone’s a ‘Victim’

Due process for arriving foreigners is whatever Congress says it is.

An Overview of the Criminal Grounds of Inadmissibility and Deportability

It’s safer to just not break the law, especially if you’re a visitor to this country