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View this email in your browserLos Angeles Council Working to Bar City From Aiding Immigration Enforcement | ABC 7Elected leaders are working to officially make Los Angeles a sanctuary city by barring…

Biden Administration To Grant Protections To Nicaraguan Migrants | Politico/MSNThe Biden administration is planning to redesignate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Nicaragua amid pressure from Democratic leaders and immigrant advocates. It…

The message below is the Arabic translation of the Extension and Redesignation of Yemen for TPS stakeholder message that was delivered via GovDelivery on Dec. 30, 2022. تمديد وإعادة تصنيف…

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Immigration law is often described as one of the most complicated areas of practice in the United States. How can new and aspiring practitioners learn the necessary immigration law and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…