USCIS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL IMPLEMENT (ISSUE) PAROLES FOR U VISA APPLICANTS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OVERSEAS. See below for a copy of their announcement:

This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to implement the Secretary of Homeland Security’s discretionary parole authority in order to increase and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in the United States.

In response to rumors of plans to expand the travel ban to other countries, Department Of State (DOS) informed AILA (American Immigration Lawyers’ Association) that there is no addendum

In accordance with the judge’s ruling on February 3, 2017 (where U.S. District Senior Judge James Robart of Seattle issued a nationwide restraining order blocking the travel ban put in place by President Trump on 01/27/2017)

A federal appeals court early Sunday (February 5) denied the Justice Department’s request to immediately reinstate President Trump’s order restricting refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S.

Summary of New memoranda by Department of Homeland Security (‘DHS’) Implementing President’s Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvement Policies Massive expansion of detention by requiring

The directives that stand out are: DHS (ICE, CBP and USCIS) shall execute US immigration laws against all ‘removable aliens’ who: Have been convicted of

On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a new executive order with the same title, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.”

On March 31, 2017, USCIS published a Memorandum titled “Rescission of December 22, 2000 Guidance memo on H1B computer related positions”

As of July 2019, USCIS, Dept. of Homeland Security is processing cases filed in May, 2015.