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AIC Shares Research On U.S. Immigration Detention

On February 13th, the American Immigration Council (AIC) hosted a webinar titled “The Other Walls for Immigrants: Understanding the United States’ Overreliance on Immigration Detention.” The online panel featured members of AIC sharing their research on immigration detention in the U.S. Tory Johnson, the Research Projects Manager at AIC, began the panel by presenting her findings…
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Over 2.3 Million Applications In Limbo As USCIS Reaches “Crisis-Level” Delays

Despite the Trump administration’s failure to secure funding for a United States border wall, an “invisible wall” of new USCIS policies has resulted in unprecedented delays for those seeking legal immigration to the country. On January 30th, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reported that the USCIS “net backlog” had bloated to over 2.3 million delayed…
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Chinese H and L Visa Applicants Must go to U.S. Embassy and Consulates

H and L visa applicants in China must now go to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates in Guangzhou and Shanghai: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-niv-typework.asp#WhentoApply” The United States Embassy in Beijing and Consulates General in Mission China would like to take this opportunity to advise the American Immigration Lawyers Association that changes have been made to…
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Major Changes to the H-1B Lottery

Major Changes to the H-1B Lottery “Buy American, Hire American.” These words have directly affected the volatile state of U.S. immigration policy since President Donald Trump signed this executive order on April 18, 2017, leading to a temporary suspension (until February) for the premium processing of H-1B petitions and increasing the number of Requests for Evidence…
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Premium Processing to Resume for H-1B CAP Petitions

Announcement from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website: Premium Processing to Resume for H-1B CAP Petitions USCIS will resume premium processing on Monday, Jan. 28, for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (the “master’s cap”). Petitioners who have received requests for evidence (RFEs) for…
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