The H-1B cap season for Fiscal Year 2026 is quickly approaching. USCIS announced on Feb. 5, 2025, that the registration period for FY 2026 will open at noon (EST) on Friday, March 7, 2025, and close at noon (EST) on Monday, March 24, 2025, and that the registration fee will go up significantly. Employers should
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Venezuelan TPS Update: What Employers Should Know About 2023 Designation Not Extended
Announced in a Federal Register notice published Feb. 5, 2025, Secretary Kristi Noem decided not to extend the 2023 Venezuela TPS designation. That designation will expire April 7, 2025.
DHS Secretary Noem announced on Jan. 29, 2025, that she is vacating former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Jan. 17, 2025, redesignation of Temporary Protected Status…
What DHS’ Vacatur of Venezuelan TPS Means for Employers
By Marissa A. Prianti & Michael H. Neifach on
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Jan. 29, 2025, that she is vacating former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Jan. 17, 2025, redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela for an additional 18 months. This announcement impacts approximately 600,000 Venezuelans currently in the United States with TPS.
Former Secretary Mayorkas designated Venezuela for TPS once on…
President Trump’s Immigration-Related Executive Orders: Potential Impact on Employers
By Otieno B. Ombok & Marissa A. Prianti on
Posted in Biden Administration, Citizenship, Compliance and Enforcement, Department of State, Deportation, EADs, Executive Orders, Fees and Penalties, Green Cards, H-1B, H-4, Humanitarian Programs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration Litigation, Other Non-immigrant Visas, Students / CPT / OPT / STEM, Supreme Court, Temporary (Non-immigrant) Work Visas, TPS, Travel (General), Trump Administration, US Immigration, USCIS
Following his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued a number of immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) sure to have impact on employers and their business operations. So far, the focus in the media has been on border security, asylum, refugees, removal of undocumented aliens (deportation) and birthright citizenship. However, there are other aspects covered…
Advance Parole Process Unaffected by Trump EO, But Confusion + Delay Expected Anyway
Humanitarian parole programs for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been cancelled by President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on Securing Our Borders. USCIS’s Uniting for Ukraine application process has also been paused. To date, although it has been reported that Afghan refugees have been removed from flight manifests, the Afghan parole program…
DHS Expands Categories of Individuals Subject to Expedited Removal (Deportation)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice expanding the ability of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove individuals deemed unlawfully present in the United States who are unable to prove U.S. residency for at least two years. It states, “This designation is effective on 6:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday January…
Detention Bill ‘Laken Riley Act’ Heads for President’s Signature
- Theft-related crimes, including
Rescinded Biden Immigration Executive Orders: What Employers Need to Know
As many expected, President Donald Trump has not only issued Executive Orders (EOs), but he has also rescinded many EOs issued by the Biden Administration concerning immigration, including the following: “The Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans” EO which particularly affects business immigration. This EO…
President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and What They Mean for Employers
By Otieno B. Ombok, Amy L. Peck & Marissa A. Prianti on
Posted in Asylum / Refugee, Biden Administration, Citizenship, Compliance and Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Executive Orders, Green Cards, Humanitarian Programs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration Litigation, Other Non-immigrant Visas, Supreme Court, Travel (General), Travel Ban, Trump Administration, US Immigration, USCIS
Following his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders designed to advance his immigration agenda. The orders include:
- Ending Birthright Citizenship
- Enhanced Vetting
- Creating “Homeland Security Task Forces”
- Ending Birthright Citizenship
This order directs federal agencies to refuse to recognize U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to…
H-1B Visas: Will Trump 2.0 Be a Turning Point for Employers Needing Skilled Foreign Workers?
Skilled immigration is making headlines with renewed focus on the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program, the most popular employment-based visa for foreign professional workers. View our full legal update and insights here.