PHOENIX — Detained asylum seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond. U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday that asylum seekers who clear a “credible fear” interview and are facing […]
CBP No Longer Accepts L-1 Renewals At Canadian Border And Preflight Inspection
18 Apr
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Class A Ports of Entry along the U.S. – Canada border and in Preflight Inspection at International Airports in Canada have “original jurisdiction” to adjudicate L-1 petitions presented by Canadian citizens when seeking admission to the United States in L-1 status. Until […]
By Steve Lohr Dozens of American business leaders are challenging the Trump administration over changes to immigration policy that they say threaten the livelihoods of thousands of their skilled foreign workers, and the nation’s economic growth and competitiveness as well. The executives, members of the Business Roundtable, expressed their “serious concern” […]
On Thursday, April 11th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency received enough FY-2020 H-1B petitions to fully exhaust the FY-2020 H-1B Master’s Cap. The USCIS had previously announced that the Regular H-1B Cap was reached on April 5th. USCIS received a total of 201,011 H-1B petitions […]