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New Green Card Option for Undocumented Spouse or Stepchild of U.S. Citizen

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The Biden administration has issued a regulation exercising its discretion to use "parole in place" to create a path to the green card within the U.S. for certain foreign nationals: (a) who illegally entered the U.S. only...more

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New Protections for Foreign National Spouses of U.S. Citizens Announced

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President Joe Biden announced protections for undocumented foreign national spouses of U.S. citizens who have lived in the United States for 10 years without a legal immigration status. This will protect approximately 500,000...more

Fisher Phillips

The Slippery Road Toward Immigration Reform Under President Biden: Beware of ICE!

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President Biden has proposed sweeping changes to U.S. immigration law, contained in the pending U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. This piece of proposed legislation, as introduced into Congress by the bill’s lead sponsors, Sen....more

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Biden’s Proposed Legislation Is Next Step Along Immigration Reform Path

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President Biden promised sweeping changes to U.S. immigration law should he be elected president. In accordance with these campaign promises, Democratic lawmakers have just introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by the...more

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Driver’s Licenses For Foreign Nationals Valid For I-9 Purposes, Even If Non-REAL ID Compliant

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Long lines could be seen outside and around New York Department of Motor Vehicles offices as undocumented immigrants waited anxiously for hours in long queues to obtain driver’s licenses. Since 2013, a growing number of...more

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New York's Green Light Law Offers Relief to Both Legal and Undocumented Foreign Nationals

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New York’s Green Light Law (The Driver's License Access and Privacy Act), which took effect on December 14, 2019, makes New York the thirteenth state to allow undocumented foreign nationals to obtain driver’s licenses. Under...more

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The Effect of Immigration Status on Personal Injury Claims in North Carolina

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Sadly, accidents happen, and individuals are injured across our state in all sorts of different ways. When the victim is a recent immigrant to the United States, they sometimes have questions about how immigration status...more

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I-9 Self Audits

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Recent ICE activity has demonstrated the importance of properly completing Form I-9 and the consequences that result from not doing so. One of the best ways for a company to feel confident upon receipt of an audit notice from...more

Butler Snow LLP

For DACA Recipients, The Dream Remains Alive, For Now

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Nearly 800,000 DACA recipients have been left in limbo while the federal government wrestles with their status. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was implemented in 2012 through an Obama-era Executive Order and...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

The Time Is Now for an Independent Immigration Court

Recent events have created an urgent need for an independent Immigration Court separate from the Department of Justice. On October 17, Proskauer hosted a panel discussion in its New York office co-sponsored by Sanctuary for...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Immigration Update: DACA Preserved (For Now) And Supreme Court Travel Ban Decision Looms

A Federal District Court Judge recently ordered that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program protections must stay in place and that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which administers the program,...more

Fisher Phillips

ICE Storm: Immigration Compliance Threats To The Hospitality Industry

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It’s no secret that immigration compliance is a priority to the Trump administration, so the recent announcement that it expects the number of worksite investigations to quadruple in coming years should come as no surprise....more

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Possible Workforce Impact from DACA and TPS Elimination

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The combination of the Trump Administration re-examination of grants of Temporary Protected Status to nearly 340,000 foreign nationals, and the recent threats by Texas and ten other States to challenge the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Immigration Policy and President Trump – Deciphering and Reconfiguring our Immigration System

During his campaign, President-elect Trump had promised to place the issue of immigration at the top of his agenda once sworn in as president in January 2017. Some programs may be immediately repealed and others will require...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Immigration Alert: January 2014

I. H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2014, for Fiscal Year 2015 - As most H-1B employers know, there is an annual quota on the number of new H-1B petitions that can be approved each federal fiscal year. The...more

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