On Friday, August 3, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia again rejected the Government’s justification for ending the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The court had previously ordered the Government to reinstate the program but vacated that order for a 90-day period in […]
Effective July 31, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have entered into a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate and share records in order to better coordinate and increase enforcement of U.S. worker protections under U.S. immigration law. The Immigrant and Employee […]
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates about 362,000 U.S. citizens may be subject to passport denial or revocation. Many of those affected may be on expatriate assignment abroad. Starting in January 2018, the IRS and U.S. Department of State (DOS) began implementation of IRS Code Section 7345, a provision […]
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 […]