US Immigration
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The U.S. Department of State must issue more than 9,000 additional diversity visas before October 2022, a D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday, describing the deadline as a compromise between the shorter time frame the visa winners wanted and the longer one the government sought… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Afghan man who worked with the U.S. government in the Central Asian country told a California federal court that the U.S. Department of State failed to protect his children from the Taliban while their visa applications are processed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A coalition of immigrant advocates has asked an international human rights commission to urge the United States to stop expelling migrants under a public health authority known as Title 42, arguing in a filing released Thursday that the policy wrongly harms asylum seekers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is failing to implement a coherent immigration strategy, according to a new report from a think tank, which found the department lacks coordination internally and with other government agencies… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Immigrant advocates are pressuring Vice President Kamala Harris to use her authority as president of the Senate to overrule the advice of the upper chamber’s parliamentarian, who has rejected two attempts by Democrats to include immigration proposals in a multitrillion-dollar budget package… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 