DOL Implements New LCA Form
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced several revisions to Form ETA-9035, the Labor Condition Application (LCA) for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 employment. Employers use the LCA to disclose the wages…
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The administration’s immigration crackdown has led to less undocumented victims of abuse stepping forward
Archi Pyati, with the Tahirih Justice Center, said: “What we’ve seen is women who are victims of violence, who could qualify for a protective order or who could be a…
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TPS Registration Deadline for Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone is August 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, is the deadline for eligible nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone (and people without nationality who last habitually resided in one of those three countries)…
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New Publications and Items of Interest
Flyers for TPS/DED workers and naturalized U.S. citizens. The Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) recently revised two informational flyers for the public. One is for workers…
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Construction Begins on New USCIS Texas Service Center
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the General Services Administration (GSA), and federal contractor Trammell Crow Company and Gensler broke ground on October 12, 2018, on the future home of…
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USCIS Reissues Receipt Notices for Extensions of Conditional Permanent Resident Status
On October 16, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began issuing new receipt notices for certain Forms I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, to replace previously issued receipt…
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Workplace violence sets immigrant community back financially and emotionally
“People are very scared… A lot of people who come from Nepal start working in gas stations, convenience stores or restaurants. Some of these jobs don’t have a lot of…
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Miami-Dade plans to stop paying for federal immigration detentions
Fed up with underwriting the nation’s broken federal immigration system, Miami-Dade County plans to stop paying the cost of temporarily housing undocumented immigrants in its jails. The dramatic shift in…
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Why go federal court to litigate immigration matters?
For most immigration attorneys, bringing an action in federal court is the option of last resort, but there are a variety of reasons to consider litigating an immigration matter in…
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Daily Immigration News Clips
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on June 21, 2016. National Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court to Review No-Bail Policy…
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