"Take 5" Immigration Podcast Series: Episode 15: Immigration Expectations Under the Biden Presidency
In their few weeks in power, the incoming administration made many changes to immigration policy. One thing that has not changed is the H-1B lottery. On Wednesday, USCIS announced the dates for submission and processing for...more
Humanitarian parole programs for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been cancelled by President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on Securing Our Borders. USCIS’s Uniting for Ukraine application process has...more
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the presidency. Within two hours of assuming office, he executed a series of executive orders intended to carry out a restrictive and enforcement heavy immigration agenda. While...more
President Donald Trump has indicated a strong intention to eliminate both the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs, which allow foreign nationals to temporarily live and...more
As we head into another Trump presidency later this month, many U.S. employers are wondering how the new administration’s strong stance on immigration might impact their organization, including its ability to hire and retain...more
This article summarizes key take-aways from our December 3, 2024 webinar titled Business Immigration – What to Expect Under a Second Trump Administration. We focused on what the first Trump Administration proposed or enacted,...more
As the landscape of U.S. immigration policy evolves with each change of Presidential Administration, employers and individuals face uncertainty and potential challenges in the areas of compliance and visa sponsorship....more
President-Elect Donald Trump is promising sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system, with a focus on ramping up enforcement and the removal of undocumented immigrants. We can look to his first term, along with his...more
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed “to carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history”, promising to declare a national emergency and deploy the military for enforcement. Building on the policies...more
On Monday, January 20, President-elect Trump will take office for his second term. Immigration practitioners take some level of comfort in having already dealt with four years of a Trump presidency. However, rhetoric from the...more
As President-elect Trump’s administration prepares for a second term, employers should anticipate intensified changes to U.S. immigration policies and procedures. These changes are expected to significantly impact various...more
On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced new pathways to legal immigration status for two groups: college-educated “Dreamers” and certain American family units....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The below summarizes recent legal updates that impact U.S. immigration... 1. Government Shutdown Avoided – For Now - On September 30, 2023, Congress passed a stopgap bill to keep the government...more
Last week, President Biden’s comprehensive immigration reform proposal, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, was introduced in the House and Senate. As officials in the administration initially reported, the provisions for the...more
On January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn into office as the 46th president of the United States. With this change in administration, it is expected that sweeping policy reviews and changes will be forthcoming....more
From the 2017 “Muslim Ban” to 2020’s Public Charge Rule and a global pandemic, the past four years have presented a number of challenges and changes to the U.S. immigration system....more
When it assumed office, the Trump Administration took a series of actions that dramatically changed the immigration law landscape. A new Biden Administration could take a similarly expansive approach. We anticipate changes...more
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would cancel and prohibit removal proceedings and provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 2.5 million immigrants. The American Dream and Promise Act of...more
We wrote yesterday on the U.S. Supreme Court declining to expedite review of DACA, as well as the recent and current legislative activity regarding the program. Later in the day on June 4th, the U.S. House of Representatives...more
On May 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it will terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Honduras. The effective date will be January 20, 2020....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Homeland Security ends Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Haiti, affecting close to 300,000 individuals. Employers should be prepared to handle the influx of work...more
DACA Developments - On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would formally end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since then, 19 states and the District of Columbia have...more