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June 09, 2023 - by Daniel M. Kowalski
USCIS Afghan Parole News (June 8, 2023)
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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...

Current Outside News

Expert: Immigration System Stuck in Past

Raga Justin, Times Union, June 5, 2023 " Stephen Yale-Loehr , an immigration attorney who teaches immigration law at Cornell University, pointed to climate change as one of the major forces displacing...

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Asylum After Title 42

Narintohn Luangrath, Julia Englebert, and Carson Turner, The Regulatory Review, June 10, 2023 "In this week’s Saturday Seminar, scholars assess the impacts of Title 42 on vulnerable migrants...

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Providing Perspective on the Application of Immigration Law at...

AIC, June 7, 2023 "The American Immigration Council appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-committee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement to address the...

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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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Current Inside News

USCIS Afghan Parole News (June 8, 2023)

USCIS Afghan Parole News (June 8, 2023)

1. Re-Parole Process for Certain Afghans 2. Afghan Re-Parole FAQs 3. Certain Afghan Parolees Are Employment Authorized Incident to Parole

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Visa Bulletin For July 2023

Visa Bulletin For July 2023

Visa Bulletin for July 2023 Retrogressions... D. FAMILY-SPONSORED SECOND PREFERENCE AVAILABILITY In the April 2023 Visa Bulletin, it was necessary to establish a final action date in the F2A category...

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CA9 on Due Process: Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland

CA9 on Due Process: Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland

Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland "Andres Arizmendi-Medina, a native and citizen of Mexico, was ordered by an immigration judge (IJ) to be removed from the United States after the IJ ruled that Arizmendi...

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Round Table Files Amicus Brief in East Bay Sanctuary v. Biden

Round Table Files Amicus Brief in East Bay Sanctuary v. Bide...

Filed June 7, 2023

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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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