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An influential union representing tech workers has plans to appeal a federal judge's decision to uphold the optional practical training (OPT) program. The OPT program allows…

A decision was overturned that denied an Indian woman asylum. The 9th Circ. found that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) wrongly held that death threats, physical attacks on…

Today, the D.C. Circuit lifted a lower court's order that barred the U.S. government from turning back unaccompanied migrant children from the border. A COVID-19 public health…

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants,…

The International Technological University (ITU) has agreed to settle allegations related to student visa fraud. ITU will pay the United States $1.17 Million under the qui tam…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is no longer working to create an Optional Practical Training (OPT) compliance unit. Following an internal review of efforts to…

The Biden Administration issued an executive order instituting a regulatory freeze. The executive order recommended that all currently published rules which are not already in…

On January 26, 2021, a bipartisan 7-4 vote from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs recommended Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the U.S. Department of…

President Biden announced a set of proposed changes to the U.S. immigration system with a comprehensive bill that changes the immigration landscape for many. Notably, foreign…

Representatives Bill Posey (R-Florida) and Bob Good (R-Virginia) introduced immigration bills that are unlikely to gain traction in Congress. The bills propose the elimination of…