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DOL Publishes Round 4 FAQs on H-2A Application Filing and Processing Under Final Rule – Topics include how to file, timing considerations, multiple worksites, National Processing Center processing, amendment requests, and withdrawal requests.

DHS, DOJ Further Delay Effective Date of Asylum Security Bars Rule – The rule would make noncitizens ineligible for asylum if, among other things, they were physically present in a country in which a communicable disease was prevalent or epidemic, and the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General determined that their physical presence in…

CDC Announces New COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Air Passengers From China – Effective January 5, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require a pre-departure negative COVID-19 test, or documentation of recovery within the last 90 days, for air passengers boarding flights to the United States originating from the People’s Republic of China and…

TPS for Yemen To Be Extended, Redesignated – The Department of Homeland Security plans to extend and redesignate Yemen for temporary protected status in a Federal Register notice expected to be published on January 3, 2023.

Supreme Court Extends Temporary Stay of ‘Title 42– The Court plans to consider in late February 2023 whether the 19 states objecting to Title 42 have legal standing to do so.

Visa Bulletin for January 2023 Reports on Availability in the Employment First Category for China and India, Unavailability of Religious Workers Category – Effective in January, employment first preference final action and application filing dates for China and India are established to hold number use within the maximum allowed under the fiscal year 2023 annual limit.

Los Angeles Times/MSN: Immigration reform that Republicans can backAmid a burst of bipartisan collaboration, immigrant advocates are pushing for support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. This legislation passed the House with the support of 30 Republicans and all but one Democrat. It aims to provide a path for legalization for the millions of undocumented agricultural…

Forbes: Restrictive immigration policy continues to pose a threat to the U.S. economy Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell has stated that restrictions on immigration have contributed to a continued worker shortfall. Recent events further prove that a low supply of immigrant workers damages the U.S. economy. The decrease in immigration has led to shortages and…

Texas Tribune: Immigration officials often hand over migrants to local authorities to avoid processing claimsOf the thousands of migrants arrested crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security operation, many have been placed in Texas’ prison system after U.S. Border Patrol agents handed them over to state police. The American Civil Liberties Union…

National Catholic Reporter: Another year of ‘limbo on earth’ for immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekersA large number of active war zones globally has led to mass migration. Millions of refugees and asylum seekers around the world are stuck in “camps” waiting for the next step. Slow movement within the U.S. immigration system has contributed to this stasis.