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Daniel M. Kowalski
26 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Asylum Work Permit Policies: Garcia Perez v. USCIS
NILA, NWIRP, June 9, 2022 "Today, five asylum applicants filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) challenging policies and practices that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Increases Automatic Extension Period of Work Permits for Certain Applicants
USCIS, May 3, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), available to...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
EAD Rules Fully Vacated - No Appeal in AsylumWorks v. Mayorkas
Keren Zwick, Director of Litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center, reports: "I wanted to let folks know that on Friday (4/8) we learned from the government that it would not file an appeal in AsylumWorks v. Mayorkas . This means, happily...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Announces New Actions to Reduce Backlogs, Expand Premium Processing, and Provide Relief to Work Permit Holders
USCIS, Mar. 29, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is announcing a trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. USCIS will set new agency-wide backlog reduction goals, expand premium...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA6 on U Visa Waitlisting: Barrios Garcia v. DHS
Barrios Garcia v. DHS "Edmer Eudulio Barrios Garcia, Doublas Arguijo, Ardiles Yasdami Mendez Mendez, and Sudhaben Pankajkumar Patel are noncitizens. They were victims of grave crimes; they cooperated with law enforcement. They applied for U visas...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Court Vacates Two Trump-Era Rules That Denied Work Authorization To Asylum Seekers
NIJC, Feb. 8, 2022 "A federal court ruled that two rules issued by the Trump administration restricting — and in some cases eliminating — access to work authorization for asylum seekers were illegally issued and are therefore invalid...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Waiting for Work Authorization
Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed, June 25, 2019 "Colleges are seeing increases in processing times for international students applying for work authorization through the Optional Practical Training, or OPT, program, leaving some students with...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Texas Supermarket Settles Visa Suit With USCIS - Law360
"Texas supermarket chain H.E.B. Grocery Co. LP has dropped its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after its senior computer programmer was able to secure work authorization under a recently issued DHS rule. U.S. District Judge...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Texas's Radical Argument on Work Authorization - Prof. Martin Lederman
Prof. Martin Lederman, Apr. 20, 2016 - "Texas and the House of Representatives tried at oral argument to suggest that DAPA work authorization would be different in kind from past work authorizations. They have failed to explain, however, why many...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Approval of Settlement Agreement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers
NWIRP, May 8, 2013 - " On May 8, 2013, a federal district court issued an order preliminarily approving a settlement agreement in a nationwide class action lawsuit that challenged the denial of work authorization to asylum seekers who have been waiting...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
A.B.T. v. USCIS: A Nationwide Class Action to Fix the “Asylum Clock” Terms of Settlement
"On April 12, 2013, the plaintiffs in A.B.T. et al. v. USCIS, et al. , represented by the American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center (LAC), the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Coming: Work Authorization for H-4 Spouses
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon publish several proposed rules that will make the United States more attractive to talented foreign entrepreneurs and other high-skill immigrants who will contribute substantially to the U.S. economy...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Federal Judge Approves Settlement Agreement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers
"On Monday, November 4, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement . The settlement will help ensure that asylum seekers, who have fled persecution in their home countries, are not...