🚨Today the administration published the Unified Agenda-its biannual preview of upcoming regulations.
This is the Spring 2020 agenda. Delayed, I assume, because of the pandemic.
But also because of its size. This has TWICE as many new immigration regulations as the last one.
This is the Spring 2020 agenda. Delayed, I assume, because of the pandemic.
But also because of its size. This has TWICE as many new immigration regulations as the last one.
This agenda has been VITAL during the Trump administration because they accomplish SO MUCH via regulation (see migrationpolicy.org/research/immig…, and keep an eye out for its imminent update).
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HARDSHIP WAIVER
USCIS will reform the provisional unlawful presence waiver-an Obama-era creation that makes it easier for unauthorized spouses & parents of U.S. citizens & LPRs to legalize.
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USCIS will reform the provisional unlawful presence waiver-an Obama-era creation that makes it easier for unauthorized spouses & parents of U.S. citizens & LPRs to legalize.
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ASYLUM
USCIS & EOIR will allow "public health concerns" to play a role in the decision process for granting asylum.
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USCIS & EOIR will allow "public health concerns" to play a role in the decision process for granting asylum.
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U VISA
USCIS will likely be making it more difficult to receive a U visa for victims of crime & more difficult to receive employment authorization while the application is pending.
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USCIS will likely be making it more difficult to receive a U visa for victims of crime & more difficult to receive employment authorization while the application is pending.
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LIMITING CONTINUANCES
EOIR will limit the ability to continue hearings for good cause. (Something already done by Sessions in Matter of L-A-B-R-, but it is very on brand for this administration to layer its changes)
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EOIR will limit the ability to continue hearings for good cause. (Something already done by Sessions in Matter of L-A-B-R-, but it is very on brand for this administration to layer its changes)
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CONTEMPT AUTHORITY FOR IJs
EOIR will implement a 1996 provision giving IJs contempt authority. This is something the union has lobbied for for YEARS (naij-usa.org/images/uploads…). This may be one of the only times their interests & the admin's have aligned..
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EOIR will implement a 1996 provision giving IJs contempt authority. This is something the union has lobbied for for YEARS (naij-usa.org/images/uploads…). This may be one of the only times their interests & the admin's have aligned..
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ZOMBIE J VISA REGS
State Department is resurrecting two zombie regulations on J visas, one specific to summer work travel. Since these went through notice and comment years ago, the admin can publish with fewer nods to procedure.
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State Department is resurrecting two zombie regulations on J visas, one specific to summer work travel. Since these went through notice and comment years ago, the admin can publish with fewer nods to procedure.
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BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR TOURISTS
State Department will launch a pilot program requiring bond to incentivize tourists to maintain status and leave on time.
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State Department will launch a pilot program requiring bond to incentivize tourists to maintain status and leave on time.
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AU PAIRS
State Department is clarifying that au pair regulations preempt state and local laws. @ReichlinMelnick identified this as a way to get around local minimum wage laws:
State Department is clarifying that au pair regulations preempt state and local laws. @ReichlinMelnick identified this as a way to get around local minimum wage laws:
PUBLIC CHARGE
The estimated publication dates for the State Department's and EOIR's public charge regulations is June 2020.
EOIR's includes deportability.
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The estimated publication dates for the State Department's and EOIR's public charge regulations is June 2020.
EOIR's includes deportability.
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ELIMINATING B1 in lieu of H1B
It appears State Department will soon try to eliminate B-1 in lieu of H-1B, which allows foreign employees to engage in more flexible, short term employment in the United States.
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It appears State Department will soon try to eliminate B-1 in lieu of H-1B, which allows foreign employees to engage in more flexible, short term employment in the United States.
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