As of September 30th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stopped accepting petitions for H-2B visas. The agency says it reached its limit of 33,000 petitions for the first half of fiscal year 2022 for temporary foreign workers with an employment...
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Democrats blocked in new attempt at immigration reform
For the second time in a week, Democrats’ efforts to add a pathway to citizenship for immigrants were blocked by Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. Democrats attempted to add a provision to the budget reconciliation process, changing the registry date from...
New rules limit deportation of undocumented immigrants
The Biden administration announced new directives on Sept. 30, requiring immigration enforcement agencies only to pursue undocumented immigrants who recently crossed into the United States or those who pose a public safety threat. Department of Homeland Security...
Biden administration moves to protect DACA recipients
The Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule on Sept. 28 to shield hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Under the proposal, the Biden Administration looks to strengthen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,...
US eases travel restrictions for visitors
Starting in November, foreign citizens can once again fly to the United States, providing they have proof that they’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have a negative coronavirus test. It’s the first easing of complicated rules that have kept many...
Path to citizenship offered for ‘documented Dreamers’
A bipartisan group of senators introduced an immigration bill in September addressing young adults who legally come to the United States as children but face deportation at age 21 when they age out of dependent status. Under the America’s Children Act,...
Democrats look for new options to achieve immigration reform
Democrats’ attempts to provide a path to citizenship for 8 million undocumented immigrants hit a roadblock in mid-September when the U.S. Senate parliamentarian ruled an immigration proposal could not be included in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill. It’s...
DHS announces increase in H-2B temporary visas
In April, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the Biden administration would increase the number of non-agricultural H-2B temporary visas by 22,000. That number is added to the 66,000 available annually for U.S. employers, many of whom rely...
Biden announces new orders for immigration issues
President Joe Biden continues to move steadily, but carefully, addressing several of the most contentious immigration issues remaining from the Trump administration. The president is reversing dozens of actions intended to deport immigrants and close the country to...
New leadership takes swift action on immigration
Within hours of his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed several executive orders and introduced legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Biden moved to end President Trump’s ban on immigration from nations predominantly Muslim, and provide a path...