US State Department Releases 2012 Human Rights Reports On April 19, 2013, the United States Department of State released Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012. Country reports are published every year and provide comprehensive [...]

Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in US Senate On April 17, 2013, a group of senators introduced their long-awaited bill for comprehensive immigration reform that would overhaul the immigration system in the United States. The bill, [...]

Immigration Bill Outline Published On April 16, 2013, a bipartisan group of senators published the outline of their proposed immigration bill, titled “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013”.  The full bill is [...]

Asylum Clock Update Agreement Reached in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers On April 12, 2013, the plaintiffs in A.B.T. et al. v. USCIS, et al., represented by the American Immigration [...]

USCIS Reaches FY 2014 H-1B Cap For the first time since 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 within the first week [...]

Congress Passes VAWA Reauthorization On February 28, 2013, the United States House of Representatives passed, 286-138, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), securing important protections for abused immigrants and other [...]

Immigration Reform Moves Forward Comprehensive immigration reform is a step closer to becoming reality as a Senate group introduced its immigration plan, followed by president Obama’s own immigration proposal. On January 28, 2013, a [...]