22 Feb
by Foster LLP, on News
WASHINGTON — A Dominican national pleaded guilty Feb. 16 for his role in a scheme to sell the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents to individuals illegally residing in the United States. This guilty plea was announced by the following agency heads: Acting Assistant Attorney General […]
President Trump delayed the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program until March 5, 2018, to allow for Congress to act on a solution. According to a report from the Center for American Progress, an estimated 91% of the close to 800,000 DACA recipients are employed in […]
The annual H-1B quota is perennially oversubscribed. In fact, in the first week that new H-1B petitions are allowed each year, the number of H-1B petitions received is more than twice the number that could be approved under the quota for the entire year. This less than 50 percent chance […]
20 Feb
by Foster LLP, on News
By Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker Democrats wanted this debate,” Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, said Thursday, after the Senate spent the better part of a week trying, and failing, to reach a deal on immigration reform. Last month, to corral enough votes to keep the government running, he […]
