Visa Bulletin For January 2025
Platino-Bargas v. Garland (unpub.) "After reviewing the record, briefs of the parties, and previously filed joint motion of the Government and Petitioner to remand, we grant the motion to remand...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (9-0) "JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court. A common feature of our Nation’s complex system of lawful immigration is mandatory statutory rules paired with...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2024 "This final rule makes updates to reflect a statutory change to the class of individuals who may qualify for Special Immigrant Visas...
USCIS, Dec. 10, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that will support U.S. employers, foster economic growth, and improve access to employment authorization documents...
United Farm Workers v. DOL
"On November 5, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) promulgated a Final Rule that amended the regulations governing the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (“AEWR”) calculation methodology. Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States, 85 Fed. Reg. 70,445 (Nov. 5, 2020) (“the Final Rule” or “the 2020 Rule”). ... On January 5, 2022, plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment in this action, in which they ask the court to vacate and remand the Final Rule, “which both this Court, and DOL through the 2021 NPRM, have recognized is legally flawed.” ... In its prior order granting plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court addressed at length how the 2020 Rule is likely unlawful. (See Doc. No. 37.) Now, the court confirms and makes that conclusion final. ... Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 90) is granted; The Final Rule is vacated and remanded to the DOL for further rulemaking consistent with this order."