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With renewed leadership under the Trump administration, U.S. immigration law and policy have once again shifted toward restriction, heightened enforcement, and increased scrutiny across nearly all immigration categories. While the scope and timing of specific changes continue to evolve, recent actions and policy signals provide insight into what employers and foreign nationals can expect.  […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through its Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) Directorate, conducts unannounced worksite visits to verify the information submitted in employment-based immigration petitions. Recent reports indicate that H-1B employers and their employees are increasingly subject to these surprise site visits, often with little or no advance notice. These visits are different from visits from […]

On December 16, 2025, President Trump expanded the travel ban to include 20 additional countries (Proclamation of December 16, 2025 published on whitehouse.gov and White House Fact Sheet on Proclamation of December 16, 2025).      This latest proclamation further restricts entry into the United States and follows the travel restrictions first announced on June 4, 2025 (New Presidential Proclamation Bans […]

Following President Trump’s initial public statements regarding the “pause” of immigration-related processes for nationals of countries already subject to his administration’s travel ban, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced significant changes to immigration processing for such nationals.  According to a newly released memorandum (PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf) dated December 2, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will immediately place a processing hold on all pending immigration […]