Category: General Immigration

  1. Trump and the GOP Planning to Cut Legal Immigration in Half

    President Trump, along with White House Aide Stephen Miller and Republican members of Congress, are seeking to cut legal immigration in half by the year 2027.  According to Politico, Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, with the support of the president, will be introducing legislation to that effect later in the summer.  Currently, the United States accepts approximately 1 million legal immigrants into READ MORE READ MORE

  2. Breaking: Federal Judge Expands List of Relatives Exempt from Trump Travel Ban

    A Federal District Court entered an order expanding the list of relatives who are not subject to the Trump Administration's travel ban. READ MORE

  3. Trump Administration Delays Implementation of “International Entrepreneur Rule”

    This week, the Trump Administration stated it would postpone the implementation of the “International Entrepreneur Rule." READ MORE

  4. The United States Supreme Court Allows Part of President Trump’s Travel Ban to Move Forward, Will Hear Case on its Merits

    Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous order lifting part of the injunction that had been placed against President Trump’s March 6 Executive Order that established a travel ban on certain people entering the United States.  This order allows the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State to restrict travel to the United States for nationals from six countries: Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and READ MORE READ MORE

  5. CBP: Over 50,000,000 Nonimmigrants Entered the United States Last Year. Less than 2% Overstayed Their Welcome.

    A much-anticipated (at least by immigration lawyers) report was recently released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The report, dubbed the “2016 US Entry/Exit Overstay Report,” looks at U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) airport and seaport entry/exit records, crosschecking to see how many temporary visitors may have unilaterally decided to become permanent. READ MORE

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