Immigration Blog

BIA: Get a Lawyer within 10 Days, or Be Ready to Proceed Without One

Appellate board reads the INA and finds a key restriction it overlooked for 30 years

DHS Proposes New Regulation to Add $100K Fee to Some H-1B Petitions

This is different from the $100K entry fee enjoined by a federal court

Court Strikes Down Policy that Restricts Visas for 75 Countries on Welfare-Use Grounds

Did 24,000 (and Counting) Aliens Really Vote in the 2020 Election?

The Census Bureau’s Latest: ‘Noncitizen Voting in the 2020 Election, A Beginning Analysis’

USCIS Issues New Guidance on Public Charge Inadmissibility Determinations

BIA Reads Dictionary, Finds that a ‘Departure’ on Advance Parole Is a ‘Departure’

Nothing slows removals like administrative interference in the law as Congress has written it

DOJ Indicts Alleged Marriage Fraudsters, while State Launches ‘Birth Tourism’ Task Force

Is nothing sacred?

Circuit Court Vacates Stay of Trump’s Expedited Removal Plans for Parolees

In a rollercoaster order chockful of legalese, but expect more challenges to follow even though the law is clear

Importing H-1B Nonimmigrants Is Now a Cottage Industry

Employers, big and small, are importing H-1B nonimmigrants without having any actual work for them

If Sanctuary Politicos Believe ‘Violent Criminals’ Don’t Belong, They Should Open Their Jails to ICE

If not, welcome to the world of politics, where partisanship often allows no space for common sense