The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has announced an increase in premium processing fees pursuant to the USCIS Stabilization Act. The increase reflects a congressionally mandated, inflation based adjustment and is part of a biennial review process designed to ensure that premium processing fees retain their real dollar […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, […]
Employers will get a permanent option for verifying employment eligibility remotely beginning Aug. 1 under new Homeland Security Department regulations. The rule was released Friday ahead of the Aug. 30 expiration of temporary, Covid-19 era flexibility for employment verification. Companies that have used that option for the past three years have scrambled in recent weeks to review […]