Immigration Blog

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DHS and DOJ Move to Discard Irrelevant Regulations

Simple regulatory hygiene that's overdue, and a model for future deletions

USCIS Faces Very Serious Budget Crunch as Fee Income Falls

Topics: Covid-19 and Immigration, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

For the First Time, DHS Estimates the Total Size of the H-1B population

Finally a number reflecting the stock, not just the flow — but it seems low

Topics: H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

EB-5 (Immigrant Investor) Filings Drop to Seven a Month vs. 10,000 a Year

Topics: EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program

How Will the New Presidential Proclamation Impact Different Foreign Worker Programs?

Topics: Covid-19 and Immigration, Nonimmigrant Visas

Trump Takes Steps to Protect American Workers

Topics: Media Coverage of Immigration Policy, H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

USCIS Has 5.5 Million Applications Pending, Up 2.2 Million from 2015

Topics: Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

SCOTUS: Judicial Review Limitation for Expedited Removal Does Not Violate the Constitution

Avoiding a calamitous result, and supporting Congress’s elimination of the 'entry doctrine'

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy

New Book Asks If the GOP Has a Future

Will the upcoming companion book on Democrats address mass immigration?

Topics: Politics

DHS/DOJ: Raise Credible Fear Standard for Statutory Withholding and CAT

A familiar burden of proof, and an overdue change

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum