How “Sanctuary Cities” can Legally Refuse to Comply with Mandatory Federal Immigrant Reporting Laws Under Federal law, local and state governments are required to share information about immigrants’ legal status or citizenship with...
The CRS Issues Report on Sanctuary Cities The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a report on sanctuary cities, addressing the issue of how to define...
Sanctuary Cities in Texas Texas Governor Gregg Abbot signed the SB-4 into law via Facebook live on May 7th 2017, and it’s said...
You did not get into the H-1B lottery. Now what? By now the Citizenship and Immigration Service has stopped giving receipt notices to the lucky few who got into...
What is the Form I-140? Under U.S. law, there are two general ways that a foreign alien may enter or reside in the United...
Make the Green Card Green Again The current “green card” is pink. And maybe the President was getting confused. So there’s going to be a...
Sound and Fury signifying Nothing The president came out with an executive order “to Buy American and hire American” It calls for changes to...
Two courts enjoin President Trump’s modified executive order President Trump issued a new executive order on March 6, 2017 blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim nations from...
H-1B Cap Count On April 11, 2017 the Citizenship and Immigration Service did the lottery of the 2018 H-1B visa cap. Citizenship...
The H-1B solution Every year the mad dash of H-1B filings in the first week of April sends thousands of petition to...
Travel Ban II The second travel ban executive order, expected to take effect today has been halted, by two federal courts in...
USCIS Announces Suspension of H-1B Petition Premium Processing In a surprise announcement on March 3, 2017, USCIS advised that it will suspend its premium processing service for...
No Premium Processing for H-1B From April 3rd, 2017, the Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) will NOT accept any Premium Processing for H-1B. That...
Trump’s Immigration Enforcement I do not do removals (Deportation) and thus I do not have any financial stake in Trump’s massive deportation...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds TRO against President Trump’s January 27, 2017 executive order On February 9, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a temporary restraining...