U.S. employers have historically hired foreign workers to fill their specialty roles. They've applied for H-1B visas on their behalf to get them here. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reportedly making it increasingly harder for them to do this...
New fast-track deportation rule goes into effect
The Trump administration is broadly expanding its power to deport undocumented immigrants. This new strategy allows immigration officials to deport immigrants within two years of illegal entry without court hearings. Officials claim this is...
False alarm on ICE raids has benefited immigrants
On July 12, 2019, the government did something unusual: It announced that mass raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were about to take place over the weekend. Most of the time, the government doesn't publicize such raids in advance....
Doctors could leave U.S. over lack of a green card
Could Louisiana be at risk of losing hundreds, if not thousands, of doctors because the doctors don't have their green cards? It appears that way. A fascinating report recently from Washington, D.C.-based television station WUSA said that tens of thousands of doctors...
What qualifications must you have for an EB-1 employment visa?
Under U.S. immigration law, about 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas become available to qualified applicants each fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. According to the U.S. State Department, employment-based visas are divided into five categories. One of those...
