Immigration

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued two new Policy Memoranda that change the way the agency will approach the issuance of Requests for Further Evidence (RFE), Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID), and Notices to Appear (NTA) initiating removal (“deportation”) proceedings. These changes will have an impact on […]

By Mark Curriden of The Texas Lawbook, Houston Chronicle A federal lawsuit by  Texas officials earlier this year seeking to order the end of the federal immigration program called the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will have “immediate, irreparable injury” to Texas businesses and cost the state’s economy […]

By Michelle Casady, Law 360 A federal judge in Houston on Wednesday afternoon sentenced to prison eight individuals for their roles in a multimillion-dollar call center scam that was based in India and defrauded U.S. residents out of at least $8.9 million. U.S. District Judge David Hittner, during a series […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2018, showing worldwide retrogression for the EB-1 preference category, forward progress for EB-3 and Other Workers India, and forward progress for EB-2 and EB-3 China. The Visa Bulletin shows significant forward progression for EB-3 and Other Workers Philippines, […]