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June 06, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
ICE SEVP Broadcast Message: Termination of SEVP COVID-19 Fle...
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May 19, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
One Dollar a Day: Labor Conditions Within California Immigration...
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May 26, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
OFLC Posts 9089 News (May 26, 2023)
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April 06, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
ICE arrests former Salvadoran Army officer in New Jersey accused...
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April 05, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
Denver IJ Grants CAT, Withholding Relief (El Salvador, PSG)
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May 17, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
8.3 Million Relatives of U.S. Citizens & Legal Residents...
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May 19, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
Practice Advisory: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Petitions...

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Experts: To Address Migrant Crisis, State Governments Should...

JACOB HAMBURGER AND STEPHEN YALE-LOEHR, June 3, 2023 "With the end of the COVID-19 emergency on May 11, the Title 42 border restrictions have been officially lifted. Although the situation at the...

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Expert: Forced Family Separation Set Bad Precedent

Jorge Cancino, Univision, June 2, 2023 "The positions taken by lawyers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) show that, contrary to the campaign discourse and the one defended during the first months...

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Experts Call for Equal Access to Healthcare for DACA Recipients...

Weill Cornell Medicine, June 2, 2023 "Recent uncertainties regarding the legal status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program underscore the urgency for policymakers to reassess...

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National Immigrant Heritage Month

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/05/2023 "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION America is more than a place; it is an idea...

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Expert: Litigation Takes Time; DACA Safe For Now

Tim Balk, NY Daily News, June 2, 2023 "A Texas judge who ruled two years ago against the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program heard oral arguments on Thursday in a high...

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Expert: Courts Would Strike Down Trump Citizenship Proposal as...

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, May 30, 2023 "Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to challenge a long-standing interpretation of the U.S. Constitution in an attempt to end birthright...

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Almost 20 Years Ago...

In the July 4, 2004 issue of Bender's Immigration Bulletin I published this essay .  As we head into the long weekend...and an even longer 2024 election cycle in which immigration will loom large....

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Understanding the End of Title 42

In this one-hour webinar, four experts explain what will happen next at the border.  Essential viewing!  Watch the recording here .

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Immigrants Key to Economic Growth: Report

Senate Joint Economic Committee, Dec. 14, 2022 "As the United States continues its recovery from the pandemic recession, immigrant workers are essential to the continued growth of the labor force...

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U.S. Border Asylum Policy Enters New Territory Post-Title 42

Muzaffar Chishti, Kathleen Bush-Joseph, MPI, May 25, 2023 "U.S. border enforcement finds itself in an uncertain new era now that the pandemic-era Title 42 border expulsions policy has been lifted...

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Current Inside News

ICE SEVP Broadcast Message: Termination of SEVP COVID-19 Flexibilities

ICE SEVP Broadcast Message: Termination of SEVP COVID-19 Fle...

ICE, May 11, 2023 "General Information President Biden announced the termination of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency, effective on May 11, 2023, following the termination...

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Nonimmigrant Visa Fee Increases to Take Effect June 17, 2023

Nonimmigrant Visa Fee Increases to Take Effect June 17, 2023

State Department, June 2, 2023 "On June 17, 2023, the nonimmigrant visa (NIV) application processing fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2s and BCCs), and other non-petition based...

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EOIR Job Opening: Attorney Advisor

EOIR Job Opening: Attorney Advisor

EOIR, June 5, 2023 " EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW (EOIR) OFFICE OF POLICY ATTORNEY 5107 LEESBURG PIKE FALLS CHURCH , VA 22041 UNITED STATES ...

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ETA 9089: The Haunting

ETA 9089: The Haunting

Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, June 5, 2023 "The new ETA 9089 form has gone into effect and DOL stopped using the old version of the form on the evening of May 31, 2023. The new form does not have...

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Remembering Mark Von Stenberg Through Matter of Recinas

Remembering Mark Von Stenberg Through Matter of Recinas

Cyrus Mehta, May 29, 2023 "I write this blog in fond memory of Mark Von Sternberg who passed away on May 16, 2023. Mark was a brilliant lawyer, scholar and writer who worked very hard on behalf...

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CA1 on Realistic Probability: Portillo v. DHS

CA1 on Realistic Probability: Portillo v. DHS

Portillo v. DHS "Gerardo A. Portillo petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming his order of removal and denying his application for adjustment...

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Diversity Visa 2024 Update

Diversity Visa 2024 Update

State Department, May 30, 2023 "Document Submission to KCC suspended for DV-2024 and onward. Effective for the Diversity Visa (DV) program for fiscal year 2024 (DV-2024) and onward, selectees...

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ICE Lawyers Claim "No Show" Rights

ICE Lawyers Claim "No Show" Rights

In this document , provided by a "veteran immigration practitioner," ICE claims that its attorneys need not be present in every case in Immigration Court. Read more at PWS's latest post ...

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DOS TFR for Certain Afghan IV Applicants

DOS TFR for Certain Afghan IV Applicants

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/01/2023 "This final rule (TFR) temporarily amends Department of State (Department) regulations to provide that Afghan nationals...

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Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG) Training Materials for Asylum Officers

Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG) Training Materials...

David L. Cleveland, May 29, 2023 "US-CIS, in response to a FOIA lawsuit by the Louise Trauma Center, released 109 pages of training materials, dated December 2019, that it gave to its asylum officers...

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