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Medical Care Providers and Their Foreign Health Care Professionals: Minimize the Risk of Immigration Enforcement

Recent changes in U.S. immigration policy have created unprecedented challenges for health-care providers and their sponsored foreign national employees. According to recent news reports, the Trump administration is...more

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Workplace Immigration Update: H-1B Cap Reached, Venezuela TPS Revived, and Electronic Device Searches

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Employers should be mindful of four critical immigration developments that have recently taken place and could impact your workplace. Here is the latest update from our Immigration Team....more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the Trump administration has been moving on initiatives impacting the workplace and beyond. For the latest...more

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Foreign National Travel Is Riskier Due to Maximum Visa and Admission Vetting and Restrictive Visa Interview Waiver Criteria

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Foreign nationals and employers should plan all international travel more carefully and further in advance. President Trump issued an executive order (EO) directing various federal agencies to coordinate their efforts to...more

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Trump, Musk, and the Future of the H-1B Visa: What to Expect for FY2026

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It’s that time of year again – the H-1B visa program is back in the spotlight as we enter the lottery registration period for Fiscal Year 2026. The lottery will be open from March 7-24, 2025....more

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FAQs: Trump 2.0 Immigration Policies

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GENERAL - What are the current Executive Orders on immigration? On its first day in office, the Trump administration published 46 executive orders dealing with a broad range of issues, several of which were aimed...more

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The H-1B Visa Process and the Second Trump Administration

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The official USCIS announcement of registration and filing dates for the H-1B CAP Registration process is quickly approaching and with the inauguration of the second Trump administration, there is much uncertainty about the...more

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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: Key Policies & Impact on Businesses

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President Trump has launched the most extensive deportation effort in U.S. history, reshaping immigration laws. An estimated 11-15 million undocumented immigrants live in the U.S. The Executive Orders and policy changes...more

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Changes to Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Employers

Through a series of executive orders and agency actions since taking office on January 20, 2025, the second Trump Administration has implemented drastic changes to immigration enforcement that are increasing incidents of...more

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Trump’s Day 1 Immigration and DEI Executive Orders: What They Mean for Higher Education and International Students

The new administration under President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape U.S. immigration policy. On Day 1, the president signed several executive orders that significantly alter prior policies, and these changes...more

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President Trump’s Immigration-Related Executive Orders: Potential Impact on Employers

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Following his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued a number of immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) sure to have impact on employers and their business operations. So far, the focus in the media has...more

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Impact of Recent Immigration Policy Changes on Individuals and Businesses

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The Trump administration has initiated a series of significant changes to U.S. immigration policy following the President’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. These actions, executed through executive orders and policy...more

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Changes to Business Immigration Under a New Presidential Administration

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The transportation sector, including businesses in the infrastructure, aviation, maritime, automotive, shipping, logistics and other related industries, relies on foreign workers to meet industry demands and fill a variety of...more

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Vigorous Immigration Law Enforcement Is Here: I-9 Inspections, Site Visits, and More 

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President Trump’s new administration takes charge this week with a renewed focus on enforcing federal immigration law. In fact, as explained in today’s companion article, one of President Trump’s first action items on...more

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The Potential Impacts of President Trump’s Administration on DACA and Temporary Protected Status

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

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Trump Takes Swift Immigration Action: What Employers Need to Know

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In the hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as President, his administration started taking immediate action to reshape the country’s immigration policies – and employers need to pay attention given the impact these changes...more

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Immigration Compliance for Employers in 2025: Guide to Worksite Audits

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During the first Trump administration, worksite enforcement actions (aka raids) were focused in the Southeast and Midwest. The primary industries targeted were manufacturing and meat/poultry processing. In 2017, Thomas Homan...more

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Potential Immigration Impacts for U.S. Employers Under a Second Trump Presidency

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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

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Business Immigration 2025: What To Expect from the New Administration

The U.S. President-elect has placed immigration at the forefront of his campaign agenda, and it is expected that U.S. corporations and the business community will experience increased challenges when seeking to hire and...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Court Vacates Rule Favoring High-Wage Earners in H-1B Cap Selection Process

A federal district court has struck down a legacy Trump administration rule that would have replaced the annual H-1B cap lottery with a scheme to favor high-wage earners. If implemented, the rule would have adversely...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Update: Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

In February, we outlined some immediate and anticipated changes in the business immigration environment after the Biden Administration took office. Now that several months have passed and the Administration has had time to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Litigation Over H-4 EAD Rule Progresses

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Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing the Department of Homeland...more

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Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

The first two weeks of the Biden Administration have seen a flurry of activity indicating it will move away from the more restrictive immigration environment of the Trump era, including for employment-based immigration...more

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DHS Withdraws Proposed Rule to Rescind H-4 Work Authorization Program

On January 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its proposed rule that sought to eliminate the H-4 employment authorization document (EAD) program for eligible spouses of H-1B workers. The...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

New Regulation Replaces H-1B Random Selection with Wage-Based Selection

On January 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a final rule that would dramatically change how H-1B cap petitions are selected in the annual “lottery.” Under this final rule, the current random...more

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