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Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas released a memorandum on October 29, 2021 announcing and explaining the immediate termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. The implantation of the MPP termination will be execut… Read More

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced on October 27, 2021 that 24 new Immigration Judges will join the Board of Immigration Appeals. Four of the new judges are Assistant Chief Immigration Judges and two are Unit Chief Immigrati… Read More

On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 a federal jury determined that the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to immigration detainees who work in the detention center in Washington State. The GEO Group was paying the immigration detainees who preformed tasks su… Read More

As Congress works to get a $1.75 trillion social spending framework approved by Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, the immigration reform is creating a roadblock. The initial proposal created a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigr… Read More

On October 27, 2021 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a memorandum on new guidelines to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The memorandum discussed guidelines on how to enforc… Read More

President Biden released a Presidential Proclamation, “Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic” on October 25, 2021. In this proclamation President Biden states, “I have determined that it is in t… Read More

The United States completed the withdrawal of all US forces from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. The Taliban has since seized control over the Afghan government. Now the US must face the question of what to do now. There are thousands of Afghan refug… Read More

November Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released the November 2021 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) a… Read More