Foreign Policy and National Security
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Eighteen additional states on Thursday signed on to a lawsuit started by Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri to challenge the Biden administration’s decision to wind down a pandemic-related order known as Title 42 that allows the quick expulsion of migrants arriving at U.S. land borders… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Biden administration plans to issue the highest number of seasonal work visas in a decade, but a successful expansion of the visa program may need greater investment in enforcement to minimize documented abuses and exploitation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued new guidelines that aim to strengthen protections for individuals in immigration custody with serious mental conditions or disorders like dementia, psychosis and impaired intellectual development… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A contractor seeking to hire workers under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program can’t point to its clients’ needs to satisfy the visa program’s requirement that its own workers be hired only for seasonal positions, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals ruled Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Legal battles aimed at fixing the U.S.’ notorious immigration backlogs have been met with stiff resistance from the Biden administration, and the attorneys leading those battles say that more litigation is the best shot at fixing bureaucratic logjams… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 