WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In late October, President Donald Trump lifted a temporary ban on most refugee admissions, a move that should have cleared the way for more people fleeing persecution and violence to come to the United States. Instead, the number of refugees admitted to the country has plummeted. In […]
More Than 180 Protesters Arrested At Rally For Dreamers As Congress Drags Its Feet
11 Dec
by Foster LLP, on News
By Elise Foley WASHINGTON ― More than 180 people, including two Democratic House members, were arrested Wednesday in an act of civil disobedience on the U.S. Capitol steps, while demanding that lawmakers inside the building take swift action to help young undocumented immigrants. They were trying to draw attention to […]
By Richard Cohen and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress moved rapidly on Thursday to send President Donald Trump a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown this weekend, leaving fights over budget priorities and a range of other controversial issues for the coming weeks. The House […]
Court Overturns Delay of International Entrepreneur Rule
8 Dec
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On December 1, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) begin implementation of the Obama-era “International Entrepreneur Rule,” which created an option for certain foreign entrepreneurs to enter the United States. DHS had previously delayed the implementation of […]