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Learn more about the laws and regulations surrounding US immigration law, so you can stay up-to-date and maintain compliance with ever-changing stipulations and requirements.

Foreign Nationals in the Healthcare Industry – H1B visas

The Migration Policy Institute published a graph based on the 2015 Census Bureau breaking down the percentage of immigrant workers in the health industry.  Nationally, immigrants account for over 16% of all healthcare workers.  This includes 36% of doctors and over 29% of registered nurses in New York, which has been hit the hardest by COVID-19. Over […]

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Unemployment Benefits for Immigrants

Immigrants may be eligible for unemployment benefits if they satisfy the requirements.   Unemployment benefits are administered by each state, with input from the federal government.  Most States provide for up to 26 weeks of benefits to their unemployed workers.  Federal guidelines require that unemployed workers must be unemployed through no fault of their own […]

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H2A visa (Temporary Agricultural worker) changes due to Covid-19

The Department of Homeland Security, with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a temporary final rule to change certain H-2A requirements to help U.S. agricultural employers avoid disruptions in lawful agricultural-related employment, protect the nation’s food supply chain, and lessen impacts from the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency. These temporary flexibilities will […]

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Presidential Proclamation

The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association published a very informative flyer containing information on what foreign nationals should know about the President’s most recent Proclamation and its implications on certain immigrants.  Here’s What We Know On April 22, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of any individual seeking to enter the United States […]

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Immigration courts, already slow, nearly frozen by government shutdown

“They can’t just squeeze them in.” Thanks to the government shutdown, Los Angeles immigration attorney Douglas Jalaie knew it was unlikely that his client, a refugee applicant from Afghanistan, would get his long-promised day in court Thursday. Still, the two were prepared. The man showed up early at the downtown Los Angeles Immigration Court, and soon […]

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Trump’s call to suspend legal immigration draws mixed reaction

The executive order calls for a 60-day ban on new green card arrivals, but it might exempt farm workers, medical personnel. President Donald Trump’s announcement late Monday, via Twitter, that he wants to suspend immigration to the United States during the coronavirus pandemic was widely condemned across liberal Southern California, but praised among Republicans and […]

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Amendment of H2A visa requirements

On April 20, the Department of Homeland Security published a temporary final rule to amend certain H-2A requirements to help U.S. agricultural employers avoid disruptions in lawful agricultural-related employment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency. The temporary final rule expires on August 18, 2020. The temporary final rule allows non-E-Verify employers that have properly filed H-2A extension of stay […]

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USCIS Extension of Response Times to Requests for Evidence and Notices

In response to the coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30 to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to certain:  Requests for Evidence;  Continuations to Requests for Evidence (N‐14);  Notices of Intent to Deny;  Notices of Intent to Revoke;  Notices […]

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