AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarCourt Hearing Shows Businesses Could Prevail Against H-1B Visa RulesForbes - Stuart AndersonOn November 23, 2020, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White heard arguments focused on a single question: Did the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) have “good cause” to bypass standard rulemaking procedures and publish emergency regulations to restrict H-1B visas? …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarTrump Will End H-1B Visa LotteryForbes - Stuart AndersonThe Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would end the H-1B visa lottery, used when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives more petitions than allowed under the annual limit. In its place, USCIS would grant petitions based on the registrations received starting with …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarSome doctors fighting the pandemic now have another thing to worry aboutverified_publisherCNNCNN — For months Dr. Jinendra Satiya has faced fears on the front lines of a deadly pandemic, treating coronavirus patients. But now the doctor, on a fellowship at a Boston hospital, is facing a new anxiety: that new immigration restrictions could make it harder for him to stay in the country. Satiya …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarTrump Administration Issues Two New Rules To Restrict H-1B VisasForbes - Stuart AndersonThe Trump administration has fired both barrels against U.S. companies and their ability to hire high-skilled foreign nationals, including international students, on H-1B visas. The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new rule designed to make it much more expensive to employ an H-1B visa …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarTrump administration announces new H-1B visa restrictionsAxios - Stef W. KightThe Trump administration announced new, long-anticipated restrictions for the H-1B high-skilled visa program on Tuesday, some of which will go into …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarTrump Administration Proposes Clampdown on Open-Ended Student VisasThe Wall Street Journal. - Michelle HackmanThe Department of Homeland Security is proposing to add a fixed end-date to student visas when they are issued, departing from its current practice of allowing them to remain valid as long as an international student is in school. The proposal, which the department posted in the Federal Register on …
AvatarJulie BehrFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo10 Common Questions About Islam, Answeredhowstuffworks.com - Dave RoosFor many Westerners, the religion of Islam remains a mystery. In the United States, Muslims — those who follow Islam — made up only 1.1 percent of …
AvatarJulie BehrFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Plight of Egyptians Living in Israel - Algemeiner.comalgemeiner.com - by Edy CohenEgyptian military trucks cross a bridge laid over the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Israelis …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarRegulation To Restrict H-1B Visas Moves Toward Final StepForbes - Stuart AndersonIn the Trump administration’s potentially most consequential action to restrict high-skilled immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a new H-1B visa regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final review. The long-anticipated rule, which is expected to be …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarNew USCIS Immigration Fees Hit Businesses, Citizens And StudentsForbes - Stuart AndersonThe Trump administration will increase fees on businesses, new citizens and international students who need work authorization. The new fee rule from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the latest Trump administration action to restrict immigration to the United States and make …
AvatarJulie BehrAvatarAvatarNetflix’s Searing Docuseries Immigration Nation Is the Most Important TV Show You’ll See in 2020TIME - Judy BermanBorder Patrol finds a migrant man frozen to death on a snow-covered mountain in the desert. A Spanish-speaking officer phones the dead man’s father, who inquires, through tears, about how he can recover his son’s body. “Are you in the United States legally?” the officer wants to know. A tiny, …