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supereme court rules trump wrongly ended DACA,leaves program in place

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Supreme Court Rules Trump Wrongly Ended DACA, Leaves Program In Place. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot carry out its plan to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which has allowed nearly 800,000 young people, known as “Dreamers,” to avoid deportation and remain in […]

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Will the H-1B and other U.S. Work Visas get suspended?

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Will the H-1B and other U.S. Work Visas get suspended? For three years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the federal agency that Since the April 22 Executive Order that temporarily banned entry into the United States on permanent resident visas, there has been a lot of speculation about the possibility that H-1B and

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Trump Wasted So Much Money Harassing Immigrants that USCIS Needs a Bailout

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Trump Wasted So Much Money Harassing Immigrants that USCIS Needs a Bailout For three years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the federal agency that processes visas, work permits and naturalizations — has lectured immigrants about how they should become more self-sufficient. It has alleged, without evidence, that too many immigrants are on the

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PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING WORK VISASe

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PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING WORK VISAS On Monday June 22, 2020, President Trump extended and expanded his April 2020 immigration ban to now include new work visas in addition to family visas. The new order bars hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States, as part of a

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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions

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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration is resuming premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in phases over the next month. Effective June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for all eligible Form I-140 petitions. Effective June 8, USCIS will accept premium processing requests for: H-1B petitions filed before June

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7th Circuit Blocks Feds From Enforcing Public-Charge Immigration Rule in Illinois

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7th Circuit Blocks Feds From Enforcing Public-Charge Immigration Rule in Illinois CHICAGO (CN) — A Seventh Circuit panel Wednesday upheld a decision blocking enforcement in Illinois of a Trump administration policy that adds barriers for immigrants seeking green cards if they rely on public benefits, food stamps or housing vouchers. The 2–1 decision from the appeals

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USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services

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USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is preparing some domestic offices to reopen and resume non-emergency public services on or after June 4. On March 18, USCIS temporarily suspended routine in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and application support centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of coronavirus

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USCIS-ITServe Settlement Overturns 10 Years Of H-1B Visa Policies

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USCIS-ITServe Settlement Overturns 10 Years Of H-1B Visa Policies U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has agreed to a settlement with the business group ITServe Alliance that overturns 10 years of policies restricting employers and H-1B visa holders. The settlement follows a pivotal March 10, 2020, District Court opinion that repudiated key USCIS actions and a May

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H-1B Workers: Worth Their Weight in Innovation

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H-1B Workers: Worth Their Weight in Innovation The Trump Administration is reportedly working on an executive order to ban the issuance of new H-1B visas. His order is expected to be issued before the end of this month. His order would be quite a negative blow to the U.S. economy and hit American economic innovation the hardest.

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DHS begins collecting DNA from undocumented immigrants.

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DHS begins collecting DNA from undocumented immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security is inching toward implementation of a decades-old law directing it to collect DNA from the undocumented immigrants arrested by its officers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has started a small pilot project in Dallas to collect DNA samples of undocumented immigrants who are

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