Immigration Law News

Release Date 12/13/2023 WASHINGTON – Consistent with its September announcement, the Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice reiterating the extensions of the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the existing designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. As previously announced, the re-registration period for each country is changing from 60…

Release Date 09/08/2023 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending from 60 days to 18 months the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan. The 18-month re-registration period under the designation of: • El Salvador now runs through March 9, 2025; • Haiti now runs through…

Release Date 09/27/2023 We are updating guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens who are employment authorized incident to status or circumstance, including those admitted as refugees, paroled as refugees, and granted asylum, as well as recipients of withholding of removal. We…

Release Date: 10/18/2023 Biden-Harris Administration continues strategy to provide lawful pathways and reduce dangerous irregular migration WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new family reunification parole process for certain nationals of Ecuador, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s effective strategy to combine expanded lawful pathways and strengthened enforcement to reduce irregular migration. The Family Reunification Parole processes…

Cite as “AILA Doc 19022834” (Posted 02/28/19) The U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela has suspended routine visa services due to the ordered departure of nonemergency personnel. Nonimmigrant visa applications may be submitted at an Embassy or Consulate outside of Venezuela. The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia has been designated as the primary site to process immigrant visas for residents of…

Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 14122244 (posted Dec. 22, 2014)” President Obama’s announced administrative relief has created some confusion about who might be eligible for expanded DACA and the new DAPA program. This consumer alert offers a one-page summary of eligibility and warns against scammers and notaries. CONSUMER ADVISORY THE PRESIDENT’S IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS PROTECTIONS FOR SOME UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE…

Leaders from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently met with leaders from the American Immigration Lawyers Association to discuss the current state of the Secure Communities Program, a system by which aliens in criminal custody are apprehended by Immigration authorities. ICE officials claim that in most cases, they adhere to federal regulation and provide written charges of deportation to…

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was reintroduced into Congress today by Senator Dick Durbin, Representatives Howard Berman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and other Congressional leaders. The DREAM Act passed the House of Representatives in November of 2010, but failed to pass the Senate. If the DREAM Act becomes law, it will allow tens of thousands of undocumented…