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 [...]
Asylum for a Youth Leader from Azerbaijan Attorney Ismail Shahtakhtinski secured a grant of asylum through immigration court for a co-founder of an opposition youth organization who was persecuted by the Azerbaijani regime [...]
Asylum from Russia for an Ethnic Korean I.S. Law Firm recently secured a grant of asylum through asylum office for an ethnic Korean woman who was persecuted in Russia because of her ethnicity. [...]
USCIS Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During Waiver Process On January 2nd, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens present in the United [...]
USCIS Asylum Office Customer Satisfaction Survey Results The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate and the Office of Policy and Strategy’s Research and Evaluation Division recently conducted a [...]
