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Court Blocks One of Trump’s Final Efforts to Keep Out Refugees
The Trump administration’s latest effort to prevent refugee resettlement in the United States was halted after a federal court ruled that the president’s order allowing state and localities to refuse to take in refugees is illegal. The January 8 ruling puts a stop to one of President Trump’s most blatant attacks on the country’s refugee […]
Read MoreTrump’s Presidency Begins and Ends With Demonizing Immigrants
Five years ago, Donald Trump descended an elevator and declared that Mexico was sending rapists and “bringing crime” across the border. Now, while America still reels from the deadly insurrectionist attack on the Capitol building, Trump is set to travel to Texas on January 12 to boast about the border wall. But rather than “highlight […]
Read MoreIt’s Time to Fix the Immigration Court System
This article is part of the Moving Forward on Immigration series that explores the future of immigration in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. The backbone of a functioning justice system is due process. Yet over 1.25 million immigrants are fighting for their right to survive in an immigration court system that is anything […]
Read MoreImmigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Block Trump Administration Attempt to Thwart Court Order
Immigrant rights advocates moved for a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration’s latest attempt to circumvent an earlier court order prohibiting the government from applying an asylum ban to people whom U.S. Customs and Border Protection had previously turned away from ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreCrain’s Cleveland Business: Ohio business leaders will push for place-based immigration in 2021
The push for more immigration targeted to specific regional areas as a means to replace declining population while growing the workforce is one of the main focuses for Ohio Business for Immigration Solutions and other organizations. As Ohio’s 134th General Assembly and the 117th Congress prepare toconvene new legislative sessions in January, business leaders havejoined […]
Read MoreLooking Ahead to the Georgia Senate Special Elections 2021: A Changing Electorate at the State and Metro Level
With so much of the 2021 federal legislative agenda resting on the outcome of the two Senate run-offs in Georgia on January 5, 2021, NAE took a closer look at the voters who will be participating in those elections. Given President-elect Biden’s slim, yet historic, victory in Georgia in the presidential election, we examined the […]
Read MoreThe Trump Administration Will Inflict More Damage to the Immigration System Before Leaving Office
As the Biden-Harris administration prepares to take office, many anxiously await what immigration policies the Trump administration will finalize in the lead up to Inauguration Day in the form of new regulations, memos, and proclamations. While it may be a “lame duck” period, it is one of the busiest as an administration will do all […]
Read MoreWho Is Alejandro Mayorkas? The New DHS Secretary Will Spearhead Biden’s Immigration Agenda
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has announced its choice for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas. If confirmed, Mayorkas will represent several historic firsts for the department—he will be the first Latino and immigrant to lead DHS. This is a significant departure from the leadership installed at DHS under the Trump administration. His […]
Read MorePractice Tip: The Government Answered a Complaint Alleging Administrative Procedure Act Violations – Now What?
This practice tip responds to a frequent question from attorneys new to federal court litigation who filed a lawsuit claiming the government violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
Read MoreLawsuit Now Covers Hundreds of H-1B Petitions for Market Research Analyst Positions Filed by American Businesses
A federal judge has granted class certification in MadKudu Inc., et al. v. USCIS, et al., a lawsuit challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions for market research analyst positions filed by businesses in the United States.
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