Major U.S. business organizations filed a new H-1B lawsuit challenging a recent Proclamation that blocks foreign nationals from entering the United Sates to work. The organizations claim that the Proclamation “takes a sledgehammer” to the statutes Congress enacted with respect to high-skilled and temporary worker immigration. The Proclamation at issue banned the entry of workers […]
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion. DACA, established in 2012, allows certain unauthorized aliens who arrived in the United States as children to apply for a two-year forbearance of removal. Those granted such […]
The national interest waiver is a useful tool that can speed up the green card process. Most employment-based permanent residence processes require the employer to sponsor the foreign national through a test of the U.S. labor market and a showing that the foreign national is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker. This […]
Un juge fédéral de l'Oregon a bloqué l'ordre du président Trump de refuser des visas aux immigrants sans assurance maladie. Le 4 octobre 2019, le président Trump a publié la proclamation présidentielle n ° 9945, «Proclamation présidentielle de la suspension de l'entrée des immigrants qui alourdiraient financièrement le système de santé américain». En vertu de la Proclamation, les immigrants seraient considérés comme des charges financières […]
Can Border Officers Search Your Phone? In November 2019, a Summary Judgment Order was issued in Alasaad v. McAleenan. The order stated that border officers require a reasonable suspicion of contraband to conduct a phone search. The ruling was touted as a major win for privacy rights at the border. That case was brought by […]
Le bureau du procureur des États-Unis pour le district du Vermont a annoncé qu'un grand jury fédéral avait rendu un acte d'accusation de 12 chefs d'accusation contre un homme de Brooklyn, Arleigh Louison. Selon l'acte d'accusation, de fausses déclarations ont été faites à propos de pétitions déposées en vertu de la loi sur la violence contre les femmes («VAWA»). Il est allégué que M. Louison a soumis […]