6 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 2, 2015 that it had received enough H-2B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap for the first half of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. An H-2B visa is a temporary work visa for foreign workers with a job offer […]
By Cristina Marcos Leaders of more than 70 cities and counties signed on to a legal brief on Monday calling for President Obama’s executive actions on immigration to move ahead.A Texas district judge issued a temporary injunction in February to freeze the executive actions to shield certain illegal immigrants from […]
By Stephen Dinan With the push for a broad immigration bill now dead in Congress, business advocates are ramping up their calls for Republicans who run both chambers to at least consider updating the nation’s guest-worker programs to help boost the economy. From overhauling the visa that allows in farmworkers […]
3 Apr
by Foster, on News
By Josh Hicks The Obama administration in recent months has rolled out a new but little-known program that allows Central American immigrants who reside legally in the United States to bring family members to the country. The new policy applies to children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador who face harm from violence and other dangers. Admission […]
