On Sept. 27, 2024 federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs in two cases, L.A.A.M. v. Zuchowski and C.M.Z. v. Zuchowski . Hats off to superlitigator Jesse Bless !
USCIS, Aug. 29, 2024 "Effective Aug. 28, DHS is establishing a new C40 category on Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD). The C40 category is for individuals with a pending Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, whose application...
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 that resulted from COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns....
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "On December 19, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (2016 interim rule) amending its regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims...
BU Law, Dec. 7, 2022 "LAW’s Professor Julie Dahlstrom and CAS’s Professor Heba Gowayed report on data received from the Department of Homeland Security related to T visa applications for survivors of human trafficking."
OSHA, Feb. 13, 2023 "U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker today to sign a memorandum that gives the Occupational Safety and Health Administration the authority to issue certifications...
Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, Oct. 6, 2021 "Every year, more than a thousand domestic workers are brought to the U.S. by diplomats and other foreign officials. What happens when those workers face abuse?"
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites interested members of the law enforcement community to participate in a webinar training session on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss the various relief...
"Her decade-long battle was finally over. She could stay. Cayla Roberts, a 25-year-old graduate student at Western Michigan University, would not be deported back to China, a country she was smuggled away from at age 14 by human traffickers known as snakeheads...
"During these consultations, many have learned that they are eligible for other, more permanent, forms of immigration relief, like special visas for crime victims. More than a dozen immigration lawyers around the country — from private practice, advocacy...
"Fear of deportation stops many immigrants who are victims of crimes or trafficking from reporting to authorities what happened. Trafficking survivors, in particular, are so wary of coming forward that the pool of 5,000 special T visas available to them...
USCIS, Oct. 20, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing updated and comprehensive guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on adjudicating applications for T nonimmigrant status (or T visas) submitted by victims of human trafficking, including...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/16/2021 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the reopening of the public comment period for the Interim Final Rule titled, Classification for Victims of Severe Forms...
Matthew Hoppock, Apr. 7, 2019 "After an informal policy shift last year led the USCIS to start denying human trafficking visas by misreading the statutory text, creating a requirement that never existed before, we’ve won our first appeal on the issue. I...
USCIS, Dec. 19, 2016 - "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims of human trafficking who seek T nonimmigrant status. DHS is also streamlining procedures, responding to public...