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Build Back Better Act Passes in Congress

November 21, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

House Passes Immigration Measures as Part of Build Back Better Act We applaud today’s passage by the House of Representatives of the “Build Back Better Act” by a vote of 220 to 213. The bill will now go to the Senate for consideration. Allen Orr, President of the American Immigration Attorney Association  said, “We welcome the… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

Build Back Better Act

November 16, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

We urge our readers to take action and contact your representative in Congress to Provide a Path to Citizenship and Visa Backlog Reforms Through Budget Reconciliation.  Congress is voting on this bill sometime this week.  Contact your representative and tell them that now is the time for Congress to deliver a pathway to citizenship for people… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

Temporary Protective Status Automatically Extended for El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan and Haiti Through 12/31/2022

November 10, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the automatic extension of TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. TPS beneficiaries from these six countries will retain their status, provided they continue to meet all the individual requirements for TPS eligibility. The automatic extension of TPS-related documentation includes Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

Justice Department Eliminates Trump-era Quotas for Immigration Judges

October 21, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

The Justice Department announced today that they will no longer impose case completion quotas for immigration judges that were imposed upon them by the prior administration.  The judges claimed that completion quotas undercut the judges’ authority and discretion to decide matters before them.  Immigration Judges are employees of the Department of Justice and they typically… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

ICE to No Longer Raid Workplaces, per DHS Secretary

October 19, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

In a memo released last week, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security wrote that ICE will no longer conduct workplace raids where undocumented people are employed. The real problem, Mayorkas emphasized, is “exploitative employers.” Mayorkas went on to say that workplace raids were used by employers to retaliate against undocumented workers asserting their rights… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

ICE Receives New Guidelines: Focus On Safety Threats

October 5, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

Last week, the Biden administration published new priorities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about which undocumented immigrants should be targeted for arrest. The new guidelines give ICE agents “broad discretion” to decide who are public safety threats and who are not. These guidelines are explicitly designed to undo the broad arrest policies of the… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

USCIS Processing Delays Remain at Crisis Levels

September 27, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

Why Hasn’t Your Case Been Decided Yet? Nationwide, you and millions of families, businesses, and individuals applying for immigration benefits are waiting longer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process and approve applications and petitions. Based on previously available USCIS data1, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, an average case took about five months… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

Senate Parliamentarian Forces Democrats to Seek New Pathway to Citizenship

September 23, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

In a disappointing turn of events for the immigrant community, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the Democrats’ plan to legalize over 7 million undocumented immigrants couldn’t be passed via budget reconciliation. As we’ve mentioned on our blog, budget reconciliation might have helped the Democrats overcome the near-deadlock in the Senate to pass massive immigration reform. However, the… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

House Unveils Pathway to Citizenship for Up to 7 Million Immigrants

September 21, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

Last week, the House Democrats unveiled a budget reconciliation bill that would provide a pathway to legal status for 7 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The bill would benefit four groups: childhood arrivals, people who have worked as essential workers since January 1 of last year, people with TPS status in January 2017… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Plan B Immigration Proposal

September 20, 2021 by Lloyd Bennett

Last week, our blog reported that the initial Democrat proposal to offer 8 million undocumented immigrants green cards was rejected by the Senate Parliamentarian. Specifically, the Senate Democrats sought to bypass the Senate filibuster via budget reconciliation, which requires Parliementarian approval. In that blog, we noted that the Democrats had a Plan B: changing the registry date for… Read More

Categories: Immigration Law

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