TRAC, Apr. 2024 "At the end of March 2024, 3,524,051 active cases were pending before the Immigration Court."
Sanchez-Perez v. Garland "One day after he pleaded guilty to violating a Tennessee domestic-violence law, the federal government initiated removal proceedings against Jose Yanel Sanchez-Perez. Ultimately...
In a letter dated April 12, 2024 the State Department and USCIS discuss "concerns about biometrics collection for applicants for T nonimmigrant status and petitioners for U nonimmigrant status abroad...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas Issue: Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria. Case below: 75 F.4th 1157 (11th Cir....
Leland E. Beck writes: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) moved quickly – perhaps too quickly – to resolve legal authority issues raised by recent court decisions vacating low-skilled worker visa (H-2B) regulations by adopting a “joint” interim final rules (IFR) that is available for public inspection and will be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register. Recent court decisions vacated specific prior rules and affirmed a preliminary injunction that held that DOL had no authority to promulgate H-2B regulations at all. The IFR to be published tomorrow tries to resolve those issues through promulgation by the agency that clearly has authority, but the methods used to promulgate the rule raise more questions, and, in reality, the agency with authority is not promulgating such a rule. ... Nowhere does DHS make it clear that it may “delegate” regulatory authority to DOL or that such a redelegation of statutory authority is lawful, not a reorganization, and consistent with limitations on appropriations. DOL’s promulgation of a regulation reasserts the authority that was denied by the 11th Circuit in Bayou Lawn & Landscaping. This hasty remodeling does not accomplish a satisfactory result but reiterates the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s assertion that the Bayou Lawn & Landscaping preliminary injunction – and apparently the 11th Circuit – was wrong."