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News Excerpts From the March 1, 2015, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 18 Feb 2015 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

Preliminary Injunction Issued in Texas v. United States | Late on February 16, a United States District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas (Brownsville) issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the President’s November... Read More

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News Excerpts From the Oct. 15, 2013, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 2 Oct 2013 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

Administration Revises Policy on False Claims to Citizenship: In a pair of letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in late August and early September, the administration confirmed that individuals charged with making false claims... Read More

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News Excerpts From the April 1, 2014, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 23 Mar 2014 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

DHS Issues Final Regulations on Sexual Abuse in Detention Centers | On March 7, 2014, the Department of Homeland Security issued a long-awaited set of final regulations applying standards required under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards to... Read More

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News Excerpts From the Sept. 1, 2015, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 26 Aug 2015 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

DHS to Enhance Security for Visa Waiver Program| On August 6, 2015, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the implementation of new security measures for noncitizens seeking to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver... Read More

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News Excerpts From the July 1, 2015, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 19 Jun 2015 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

New York Grants Law License to DACA Grantee | On June 3, 2015, an intermediate New York appellate court approved the application for admission to the bar of a Mexican citizen who was brought to the United States as a child and granted relief under... Read More

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News Excerpts From the April 1, 2016, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 26 Mar 2016 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

H-1B FY 2017 Cap Season Begins April 1 | USCIS will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2017 cap on April 1, 2016. The congressionally mandated cap on H-1B visas for FY 2017 is 65,000. The first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed... Read More

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Arizona Gov. Brewer Asks Court To Hear Immigration Law Appeal
Posted on 11 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Emerging Issues Community Staff

PHOENIX - (AP) Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law. The appeal comes as Brewer faced a deadline for contesting a district... Read More

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Excerpts from the May 15, 2013 Bender's Immigration Bulletin
Posted on 3 May 2013 by LexisNexis Immigration Law Community Staff

Interim Final Rule Issued on H-2B Prevailing Wages On April 24, 2013, the Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security jointly published an interim final rule establishing a new method of calculating prevailing wages under the H-2B program... Read More

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