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On June 15, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII forbids workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The ruling was based on the meaning of “discrimination on the basis of sex” in existing federal law. Justice Gorsuch wrote both opinions, and was joined by Justices Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Breyer, and Kagan […]

On June 18, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration, deciding that President Trump is blocked from carrying out his plan to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The 5-4 ruling is based on a lack of proper process and that the Trump administration did not give a proper justification before ending the program. This […]

One of the key principles guiding the U.S. immigration system has been admitting foreign workers with skills that are valuable to the U.S. economy. Current U.S. immigration law provides several paths for foreign workers to enter the United States for employment purposes on a temporary or permanent basis. This fact sheet provides basic information about […]

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from Immigration Impact In sweeping new proposed regulations announced on June 11, the Trump administration took the first step toward administering a final blow to the U.S. asylum system. The proposed rules, which impose nearly a dozen new bars to asylum, would rewrite asylum law to exclude nearly all people seeking refuge. Should […]

Some USCIS offices are now open to the public as of June 4. This means that the thousands of immigrants who were kept from completing the naturalization process will now be able to finish the process and take the Oath of Allegiance. The timing of this is especially crucial, since many hope to have their citizenship before […]

On May 29, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation limiting the issuance of visas to some graduate students from China. The proclamation bars the entry of or issuance of visas to Chinese students in F or J status in graduate level programs, or who are involved in the “strategy” to divert technology to the Chinese military. The […]

In a 7-2 decision on June 1, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration, holding that immigrants slated for deportation have a right to judicial review if their request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is denied. The CAT protects foreigners from being deported if they are at risk of being tortured in their […]

On May 29, USCIS announced that it had resumed premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. Premium processing for other forms is being resumed in phases over the next month. All announced dates are subject to change. – Weekly Immigration Briefing by Olivia Hester, Immigration Law […]

Published by the American Immigration Council  Temporary workers–such as those in H-1B state–typically can bring their spouses and children with them to the United State in what is H-4 status. Many of those spouses have careers of their own or otherwise need to work to support their families. Providing work permits to the spouses makes […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is readying individual domestic offices to reopen on or after June 4. See our web alert for information on field offices, asylum offices, application support centers and naturalization ceremonies. USCIS is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines to protect our workforce and the […]