Immigration Blog

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

A familiar burden of proof, and an overdue change

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum

Mounting Evidence Points to Covid Refugees from Mexico as a Major Factor in Border-State Spikes

Topics: Covid-19 and Immigration, Mexico, Health Care

DHS Further Tightens Asylum Work-Permit Rules

Removing incentives for frivolous asylum filings, and aligning employment and asylum eligibility

Topics: Asylum, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Yet Another Chinese Citizen Arrested for EB-5 Fraud in California

Topics: EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program

DHS Changes Rules for Asylum Work Permit Applications

Would deter frivolous applications and rubber-stamping; more changes to follow

Topics: Asylum, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Imagine the OPT Program as Amnesty for the Well-Educated

Business schools seek to attract students by redefining MBAs as STEM

Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT)

Trump Expands the Foreign-Worker Ban

Topics: Politics, H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam, H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam, L-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program

SCOTUS Strikes Down DACA Rescission

Sends DHS back to explain a policy decision it has already explained—or not

Supreme Court Keeps DACA Issue Alive by Not Ruling on Whether It Is Lawful

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

DHS Drops Other Shoe on 'Pretend Employers' Fraud in OPT Program

Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT)