Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy change to establish clearer guidelines to streamline the process...
DOS, July 15, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently process employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college in the United States and have a job offer. As part of this...
Presidents’ Alliance, TheDream.US, Cornell Law School, June 2024 "With Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)’s future under threat in the courts and continuing stalemate in Congress, many Dreamers with and without DACA face high barriers...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, June 25, 2024 "On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced two new immigration initiatives aimed at keeping families together. The first is a “parole in place” program which will provide a pathway for...
State Department, June 18, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently facilitate employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college in the United States and have a job offer....
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, June 19, 2024 "President Biden on Tuesday announced an initiative that could be life-changing for hundreds of thousands of undocumented young adults, known as Dreamers, whose ability to live and work in the United States has...
Rangel-Fuentes v. Garland "Cristina Rangel-Fuentes petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), arguing that under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D), the age of a qualifying child for the purposes of the...
In September 2023 Andrew L. Wizner and Brian Schmitt filed this lawsuit in Connecticut . In October 2023 Mr. Schmitt filed this lawsuit in Maryland . UPDATE : On Dec. 21, 2023 Brian Schmitt wrote: "I have decisive action on both of the J-2 litigations. A...
Mark Nevitt, Lawfare, Oct. 11, 2023 "[D]id President Biden have to build this section of the border wall? Second, was waiving this flurry of environmental laws required? Yes and no. Yes: The president was legally obligated to use the money from an earlier...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 10/05/2023 "The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure...
Melissa del Bosque, The Border Chronicle, Aug. 1, 2023 "Chad Wolf’s Illegitimate Border Wall Waivers: A Q&A with Scott Nicol President Biden Could Instantly Make Good on His Campaign Promise to Stop Border Wall Construction by Cancelling Trump...
Phong v. Garland (unpub.) "Petitioner Kai Hong Phong seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summary dismissal of his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) determination that Phong is ineligible for asylum, protection under the Convention...
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 27 / Friday, February 8, 2019 "The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction...
DHS published this notice today in the Federal Register regarding border barriers (fencing and roads) near Calexico, California. Read the long list of federal statutes and regulations DHS has waived, thanks to IIRAIRA, the REAL ID Act and the Secure Fence Act...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/12/2017 - Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended "The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined...