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Over the next few days many articles with a look back on the year’s biggest immigration stories will be published. If you look through the articles I bet you will see one thing in common: illegal immigration issues dominated the entire 2012 just like they did in 2011. Will we see some signs of reform […]

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Our law firm represents numerous hotels and restaurants across the U.S. Over the past several years, we have established ourselves as leaders in hospitality immigration, helping all levels of hospitality professionals. Sometimes their cases are straightforward. Other times, their stories are full of twists and turns. Our client, a leading luxury hotel in California, was […]

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The White House is reviewing a proposed federal rule (RIN: 1653-AA95) that could change how international students maintain legal status in the United States. The proposal, submitted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would replace the long-standing “duration of status” framework with fixed-term limits for student visas. If finalized, the rule would affect students […]

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The Trump administration has quietly reversed a policy that threatened the jobs and immigration status of thousands of foreign doctors working in the United States. Doctors from countries impacted by the administration’s expanded travel ban will once again be allowed to continue processing visa applications, work permits, and green card cases. Earlier this year, the […]

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The Trump administration has introduced a new visa screening policy at consulate interviews that could make it harder for people with potential asylum claims to enter the United States. According to the Washington Post, consular officers are now directed to ask nonimmigrant visa applicants whether they have been persecuted in their home country, or fear […]

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USCIS is expected to pause or delay adjudication of certain immigration benefit requests that require fingerprint-based background checks following the agency’s implementation of a new enhanced FBI security vetting process. The new process became effective on April 27, 2026. According to reports, USCIS officers have been directed to submit pending applications for enhanced FBI background […]

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For years, DACA gave hundreds of thousands of young immigrants a fragile kind of security: permission to work, build lives, and avoid deportation — at least temporarily. That security just got weaker. On April 24, 2026, the Justice Department’s Board of Immigration Appeals issued a new precedent decision saying that DACA status alone is not […]

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According to a recent New York Times article, the Justice Department is reportedly preparing to expand efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans, identifying 384 people whose citizenship it may try to revoke. These cases may be assigned to prosecutors across 39 U.S. attorney’s offices, which could mean a sharp increase in denaturalization cases. What’s […]

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On Thursday last week, the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a bill that would extend protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants currently living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The proposal would allow eligible Haitians to remain in the country and continue working legally for an additional period due to […]