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Immigration
Extreme Vetting in Business Immigration: Employers of foreign workers face new challenges
While still a presidential candidate, President Trump said he wanted “extreme vetting” of all immigrants coming to the United States. Originally deployed in attempts to ban Muslims and stem the flow of refugees, the plan first took concrete form just one week after the presidential...
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Highlights from 2016’s Numerous Business Immigration Changes
With the Trump administration vowing to make major changes to U.S. immigration law and policy, it is worth looking back at what has happened in these areas over the past year. Without considering what changes may be made going forward, below are some of the highlights in employment-based...
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Injunction Against Administration’s Immigration Programs Puts Pro Bono Efforts on Hold
A federal court injunction against key portions of President Obama’s executive action on immigration has put a halt to programs intended to help eligible non-citizens apply for temporary protection from deportation from the United States. (See Memorandum and Order in Texas v. United States...
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Private Bar Helps Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
The United States is facing an unprecedented refugee crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with the arrival in recent months of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America. In a White House briefing on August 6, 2014, Vice President Joe Biden and other senior government officials...
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