Immigration

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for September 2018, reflecting worldwide retrogression for EB-2, EB-3, and Other Workers, which follows previous retrogression in the EB-1 category. This retrogression may create a temporary opportunity during the month of September 2018 for certain beneficiaries of approved Form […]

by David Yaffe-Bellany, The Texas Tribune MCALLEN — After fleeing Guatemala, 25-year-old Silvia Guidel crossed the Rio Grande last month on a raft with her three young daughters, walked in the South Texas heat for nearly an hour, and then turned her family in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to […]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) had served Notices of Inspection on more than 5,200 businesses from January 2018 to the present as part of a two-phase nationwide operation to audit employer hiring records for compliance with employment eligibility verification requirements. By comparison, HSI […]

By Lomi Kriel and Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle Michelle Nicoll Gutierrez had often visited the United States legally since her mother married a retired U.S. Foreign Service official years ago and relocated from Mexico to Maryland. Nicoll Gutierrez’s toddler son was born here after she became ill during an extended […]