On Friday, February 3rd, Judge James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a temporary restraining order precluding enforcement of key provisions of the President’s recent immigration executive actions. The order temporarily halts the implementation of the 90- day travel ban on immigrants […]
Shortly after the issuance of the President’s Executive Order on January 27th, confusion arose regarding the impact of the order on benefits adjudications for persons from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services in the United States. The wording of the Executive Order […]
Confirmed Facts Recent updates to the executive order issued last Friday that imposed a travel ban on foreign nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen: The White House has issued a memorandum confirming that the order does not apply to U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents. Dual citizens who […]
As an update to the executive order issued last Friday that imposed travel bans on foreign nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a statement confirming that Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders) may be allowed admission into the […]
