AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 24: Preparing Employers for Immigration Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
As we have covered in prior blog posts on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as it continues to evolve, this week brings significant developments. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of TPS...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that Temporary Protected Status for Honduras and Nicaragua will terminate on September 8. The announcements come only one week after the DHS announced that TPS status...more
Approximately 60,000 Honduran foreign nationals – potentially including some members of your workforce – are currently in legal limbo after the federal government failed to announce over the weekend whether their protected...more
Thousands of Haitian nationals remain in limbo after a federal court decision just temporarily blocked the government’s attempt to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. While TPS for Haiti had been slated to...more
On July 1, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice of termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, effective September 2, 2025. After September 2, 2025, those individuals who have been...more
Employers enrolled in E-Verify must now generate Status Change Reports to identify employees whose work permits have been terminated due to changes in temporary status protections or similar programs....more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently lifted a federal court injunction that had temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program, which allowed qualifying nationals...more
On June 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially terminated the Biden-era parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV). This DHS notice revokes both their parole and their...more
Late Friday evening, June 6, 2025 – right after we posted TPS Twist: Court Halts DHS Action on Certain Venezuelan Work Authorization-For Now – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its website with a...more
In March 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made several changes to various immigration relief programs, which were enjoined in different federal district courts. More recently, the Supreme Court of the United...more
On June 5, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nepal would not be extended and would be terminated, effective August 5, 2025. ...more
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in the Federal Register the termination of the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Cameroon with no further extension beyond the current...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 19, 2025 decision to allow the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans under the 2023 designation, on June 6, the USCIS published on its website that the work...more
In a significant development for Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, a federal district court in California has issued an injunction preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from invalidating...more
Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a notice terminating Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese nationals effective August 5. This is expected to affect more than 12,000 individuals. This means that...more
Cameroon’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation will expire Aug. 3, 2025. On April 14, 2025, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she will not renew Cameroon’s TPS designation....more
On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order staying the termination of the CHNV (Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan) humanitarian parole...more
As a follow-up to the April 14 update regarding the federal court’s temporary block on the Trump administration’s termination of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program, a new ruling has now been issued...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under Secretary Kristi Noem, has announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan nationals residing in the United States. The notice of termination,...more
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively granted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the ability to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and its related employment benefits for Venezuelan nationals...more
The Supreme Court just cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Venezuelans, putting hundreds of thousands of workers at risk of losing legal authorization to...more
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
On March 31, 2025, Federal Judge Edward M. Chen of the Northern District of California issued a stay on the Trump administration’s revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans in the United States....more
On March 31, 2025, a California federal court in National TPS Alliance v. Noem granted the plaintiffs’ motion to postpone the actions taken by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem regarding the 2023...more
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has announced plans to terminate a parole program that permitted more than 500,000 foreign nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States and obtain...more