New USCIS memo denies access to non-adversarial affirmative asylum procedures for many vulnerable children - CLINIC Legal Visa Bulletin for July 2019 DOS Quarterly Report on Travel Ban (Dec. 8, 2017 - Mar. 31, 2019) BIA on 'Realistic Probability' - Matter of Navarro Guadarrama SIJS Practice Advisory and More New Zealand Nationals Eligible for E-1 and E-2 Nonimmigrant Visas: USCIS / DOS Cuccinelli Named Acting Director of USCIS Cap Reached for Additional H-2B Visas for FY 2019 Jeffrey S. Chase: The BIA and Selective Dismissal OFLC Announces New H-2B Application Forms For Use Beginning July 3, 2019, and Schedule for Electronic Filing in the FLAG System Aguirre Barbosa, Amended State Department Interim Final Rule: Diversity Immigrants (June 5, 2019) CA7 on Divisibility - Najera-Rodriguez v. Barr USCIS Asylum Memo: Updated Procedures for Asylum Applications Filed by Unaccompanied Alien Children (May 31, 2019) Collection of Social Media Identifiers from U.S. Visa Applicants OFLC Announces Schedule for Electronic Filing of Prevailing Wage Requests in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System Unpub. BIA Victory: Mexico, WH/CAT, Imputed Nationality Jeffrey S. Chase: Latest Pereira Developments Matter of Jaso, Matter of Ayala, 27 I&N Dec. 557 (BIA 2019) Flores Motion Challenges 'Prison-Like' Detention Camp for Unaccompanied Minors in Florida ACLU of La. and SPLC Sue Trump Administration for Illegally Denying Parole to Asylum Seekers Court Rules Montana Sheriff’s Deputy and Judge Violated Rights of Immigrant by Unlawfully Arresting Him: Reynaga Hernandez v. Skinner Colo. Gov. Polis Signs Pro-Immigrant Bills Barr Certifies 'Judicial Alteration' Cases to Himself
Migratory Notes 119 (June 13, 2019) The Attorney General’s Judges: How the U.S. Immigration Courts Became a Deportation Tool H-1B Visa Petition Revocations: the New Normal? City of Albuquerque, State of New Mexico Sue Trump Administration over Immigration Policies Is USCIS Hiding Asylum Training Materials? Ken Cuccinelli, USCIS and the FVRA: Steve Vladeck Fallout from Trump’s Muslim Ban: Requiring Use of Social Media on Visa Application Forms - Cyrus Mehta ICE Failed to Follow Policies on Noncitizen Veterans: GAO Report Border Patrol Bus Searches: Passengers Have Right to Refuse to Answer Questions Migratory Notes 118 (June 6, 2019) DHS OIG Finds 'Egregious Violations' of Immigration Detention Standards Making the Case for Expanding a Foreign National’s Interest in an I-140 Petition Mnuchin, Bolton Clamp Down on Cuba Over $25 Million Dollars per Mile - Trump's Border Wall Government Watchdog Report Says Texas Border Facility Was So Overcrowded That Detainees Stood on Toilets to 'Gain Breathing Space' Statement of ABA President Bob Carlson, Re: Improper Detention of Immigrant Children Trump Proposes Steep Tariffs on Mexican Imports to Control Southern Border “Merit-Based” Immigration: Trump Proposal Would Dramatically Revamp Immigrant Selection Criteria, But with Modest Effects on Numbers Migratory Notes 117 (May 30, 2019) Reps Lead Bipartisan Letter to Change Administration Guidance on Immigrants Working in the Cannabis Industry Matter of M-S- and the Continuing Battle Over ‘Zero Tolerance’ Remembering Esequiel Hernández, Jr. - 22 Years Ago, U.S. Marines Shot and Killed This U.S. Citizen on American Soil Migratory Notes 116 (May 23, 2019) Burgeoning Immigration Judge Workloads - TRAC