US Immigration

  • A Washington federal judge on Wednesday granted class certification to a group of young migrants challenging a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rule change making it more difficult for them to get special protections, and temporarily blocked the agency from implementing the policy in the Evergreen State… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday proposed a set of changes to the H-2A visa program, which allows employers to fill seasonal and temporary agricultural jobs for which U.S. workers are not available… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Trump administration on Thursday announced that it would impose an escalating tariff of up to 25% on all goods imported from Mexico unless the country does more to reduce the flow of migrants across the U.S. southern border… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday waived a slew of environmental protection and conservation laws that it said could hinder the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, repeating a move that previously landed the agency in federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Donald Trump on Monday ordered federal agencies to crack down on individuals who overstay business and tourism visas, the latest move to address what the White House describes as a crisis along the border with Mexico… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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