New York City Immigration Law Blog
USCIS Announcements of Workload Transfers
In an effort to manage heavy workloads, increase efficiency, and decrease processing times, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has transferred cases between service centers as it does from time to time. USCIS made the following...
Trumps Order To Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities Halted By Seventh Circuit
Recently as of the last week of March 2020, the Seventh Circuit blocked the Trump administration's efforts to force sanctuary cities to follow and abide by federal immigration policies which place restrictions on certain conditions related to public safety funds. This...
Does The Executive Order Protect US Workers?
President Trump' recent executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States on the following assertion, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great American Citizens" actually may hurt the...
USCIS Reopens on June 4, 2020
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the in-person services at their field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers (ASCs) resume after June 4, 2020. With social distancing in mind, all USCIS offices had...
Important Guidelines for H1-B Employers to Tackle the COVID -19 Pandemic
The current COVID-19 health crisis is impacting companies and individuals around the world and presents unique challenges for human resource professionals when it comes to employing temporary foreign workers in the United States. Employers must also be concerned to...
The Real Aspect Of Trump’s Executive Order
The announcement of the Trump Executive Order has alarmed all foreign nationals both immigrants and nonimmigrants. While numerous countries including the US have implemented travel bans, the US State Department has also suspended routine immigrant and nonimmigrant...