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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

Beltway Buzz - April 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/8/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. Congress on Spring Break...What’s on...more

Business Immigration Could Be Impacted if Congress Fails to Fund Government Through FY 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/16/2023

On September 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law stopgap funding legislation that temporarily averted a government shutdown. The legislation, which passed the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support and extended...more

Immigration Impact of a Government Shutdown

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 10/2/2023

If Congress does not reach a budget agreement by September 30, 2023, the federal government will shut down October 1. Below is a brief overview of the potential immigration impact based on how government agencies operated...more

How Will a Possible 2023 Government Shutdown Impact U.S. Immigration?

Littler on 10/2/2023

In anticipation of a possible 2023 government shutdown this weekend, many employers are wondering how a shuttering of U.S. government agencies for budgetary reasons could impact or delay their U.S. immigration processing,...more

How a Government Shutdown Would Impact Federal Immigration Services

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/28/2023

The federal government is days away from a partial shutdown. If Congress does not pass multiple appropriations bills or agree to a continuing resolution by Saturday, multiple federal agencies involved in the immigration...more

Immigration Consequences of a Possible Federal Government Shutdown on October 1, 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/18/2023

Annually, at the outset of the federal fiscal year, the U.S. Congress must reach an agreement to fund the federal government. If Congress cannot agree and pass the necessary appropriations bill, a partial government shutdown...more

Beltway Buzz - October 2021 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/18/2021

Congressional Update: Debt Limit Crisis and Reconciliation Plans. Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives were officially out this week, but the U.S. Congress still made some news....more

Beltway Buzz - October 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/4/2021

Congressional Drama. - There was drama this week on Capitol Hill, as Congress juggled four major issues: funding for the federal government, a bipartisan bill to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, a $3.5 “human...more

Government Shutdown Immigration Impacts

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/1/2021

How are immigration benefits impacted if Congress is unable to agree on a spending bill and the U.S. government shuts down? The general rule is that those services that are essential or fee-funded continue without...more

Beltway Buzz - August 2021 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/30/2021

Democrats Begin Process of Enacting Administration’s Domestic Goals. It took some good old-fashioned politicking, but earlier this week the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that...more

USCIS to Expand Premium Processing Program, Increase Fee Rates

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/13/2020

On October 1, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law a stopgap spending measure to fund the U.S. government through December 11, 2020. The spending measure includes a provision titled “Emergency Stopgap USCIS...more

EB-5 Alert! EB-5 Extended Through September 30, 2019

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/18/2019

On February 15, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 thereby averting another government shutdown. The spending bill funds the federal government and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program...more

E-Verify is Back in Operation, but Post-Shutdown Delays and Concerns Remain

Littler on 1/30/2019

E-Verify, the electronic immigration system that employers use to confirm employees’ eligibility to work in the United States, has resumed operation. E-Verify was unavailable during the longest federal government shutdown in...more

January 2019 Special Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/25/2019

Partial Federal Government Shutdown and How It Applies to an Immigration Workforce - On December 22, 2018, the United States government began its shutdown based on the inability of the Executive Office and Congress to...more

Federal Government Shutdown Effect on Employers

FordHarrison on 1/16/2019

The U.S. Antideficiency Act calls for a partial government shutdown when Congress fails to appropriate annual funds to agencies. ...more

E-Verify Procedures During the Government Shutdown

Littler on 1/15/2019

When the federal government partially shut down on December 22, 2018, so did E-Verify, the online system for verifying a new hire’s eligibility to work. Employers that are obligated to or have chosen to use E-Verify have...more

Longest Government Shutdown In History Is Impacting Workplace Law

Fisher Phillips on 1/14/2019

As of Saturday, the current federal government shutdown became the longest in our nation’s history—and employers are starting to feel the sting. While the peculiarities of the federal budget process meant that this shutdown...more

Impact of the 2019 Government Shutdown on Immigration

Stinson LLP on 1/9/2019

As Congress and the Trump Administration have been unable to pass a federal spending bill due to the stalemate related to funding of the Southern border wall and border security, the federal government has temporarily shut...more

How The Government Shutdown Is Affecting Your Workplace

Fisher Phillips on 12/27/2018

Because Congress and the president could not approve a stopgap funding bill by midnight on December 21, the federal government partially shut down, with no compromise in sight. What will this mean for employers across the...more

To Shut Down or Not to Shut Down . . . . What is Going to Happen to My Immigration Case?

Butler Snow LLP on 12/24/2018

For the third time this year, a government shutdown is looming. While the Trump Administration is lobbying for funding for a border wall, thousands of lawful immigrants are wondering, “what is going to happen to my case?” The...more

Beltway Buzz - July, 2018 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/23/2018

See Ya Later, Persuader. It took more than eight years, but the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) persuader rule has finally been rescinded. Proposed just one day prior to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2011...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 17

Clark Hill PLC on 5/1/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. The House and Senate are in recess this week and will be back on May 7....more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 14

Clark Hill PLC on 4/10/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital Congress Returns Today. Congress comes back to Washington today after a two-week recess period for the Easter and Passover holidays and is scheduled to have a busy week....more

Congress Kicks the Can a Bit Further: The EB-5 Program Is Extended to September 30th

Polsinelli on 3/30/2018

On March 23, 2018, Congress passed and President Trump signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (the “Omnibus Act”), a $1.3 trillion spending bill, as federal funding and the EB-5 program were due to expire....more

Beltway Buzz - March, 2018 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/26/2018

Omnibus Speeds Through. More than six months into the current fiscal year, earlier today President Trump signed a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government through September 30. This means that a...more

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