By MIRIAM JORDAN JUNE 8, 2017 Mackinac Island has a permanent population of about 500 people and just as many horses, but no cars. From May to October, the picturesque Michigan getaway relies on about 3,000 workers to power its economic engine: summer tourism. Historically, up to a third of […]
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BENGALURU: There was a sharp decline in the use of H-1B visas by Indian IT companies in Barack Obama’s last year as US president, indicating that Donald Trump may only be accelerating an ongoing trend. The top seven India-based IT companies received only 9,356 new H-1B visas in fiscal year […]
The head of the U.S. Department of Labor signaled Tuesday that the agency will be taking a tough stance on visa abuse and hinted at an increased utilization of criminal referrals, while the department noted that updates may be on the horizon for an application used for H-1B visas. Labor […]
U.S. Federal Appeals Court Maintains Injunction On President Trump’s Travel Ban
25 May
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia published an opinion on International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, a case challenging what has been referred to as President Trump’s travel ban based on a previous Executive Order. The appeals court in a 10-3 decision ruled that […]