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Finding a Permanent DACA Solution

(Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen. Wikipedia)   With the year coming to a close and the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) looming, lawmakers are scrambling to find a permanent solution to the uncertain future of about 800,000 young immigrants who came to the country as children without immigration documentation or inspection. Read the full article…

Supreme Court lets full Trump travel ban take effect
90 Day Misrepresentation Rule

By Reuben Seguritan     Under the recently updated Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), any visa holder who engages in conduct inconsistent with the terms of his visa within 90 days of entry is presumed to have willfully misrepresented his intention before the Consular Officer during the nonimmigrant visa interview or before the Border Officer upon Read the full article…

Mandatory Adjustment Interviews May Cause Processing Delays

By Reuben Seguritan     In compliance with Executive Order 13780 or “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented in-person interviews for those applying to adjust their status based on employment and beneficiaries of refugee/ asylee relative petitions who are in Read the full article…

Trump demands Congress terminate diversity immigration lottery
Trump calls for ending visa program after N.Y. attack, blasts Democrats
Trump administration toughens H-1B visa renewal process
Citizenship Applications in the U.S. Surge as Immigration Talk Toughens
Humanitarian Parole

By Reuben Seguritan     Foreign nationals who are otherwise inadmissible may still enter the US on a temporary basis using humanitarian parole.   Humanitarian parole is a discretionary power of the United States to allow foreign nationals to enter the United States for a limited period of time because of an urgent or compelling Read the full article…

U.S. Justice, State Departments join forces to probe companies abusing visa programs