U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 200 suspected undocumented immigrants in raids over four days in California, the agency announced Thursday. A total of 232 suspected undocumented immigrants were arrested in the San Francisco Bay area, the agency said in a statement reported by Fox News. […]
Author: Foster LLP
By Yueqi Yang and Dimitrios Pogkas, Bloomberg Big banks in the U.S., which have been seeking to hire more foreign workers in recent years under the H-1B visa program, are now being forced to reconsider their approach after the Trump administration made it harder to obtain the work permits. Eight […]
USCIS Changes Policy on H-1B Petitions for Off-Site Workers
26 Feb
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On Thursday, February 22, 2018, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new policy memorandum notifying USCIS adjudicators of a change in USCIS policy regarding H-1B petitions filed on behalf of employees who will be assigned to work off-site, also called third-party placement. The new policy went into effect […]
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will stay out of the dispute concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for now, meaning participants will still be able to renew their status. The move will also lessen pressure on Congress to […]