On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians in the United States. The Supreme Court’s majority ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can move forward with plans to end TPS for […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for July 2026. Until July 1, the June 2026 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the priority dates that are current in each respective category, the categories […]
This update follows our June 8, 2026 Foster LLP alert Federal Court Blocks $100,000 H‑1B Fee. The federal court’s decision vacating the $100,000 H‑1B fee has been followed by new developments, altering the immediate impact of that ruling. On June 12, 2026, Judge Leo Sorokin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a temporary administrative stay of his June […]
On June 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island issued a decision striking down several USCIS policies that had paused or restricted the adjudication of immigration benefit applications for individuals from certain countries subject to recent travel restrictions. In the 135-page decision, the court ruled that the challenged USCIS policies violated […]