Updates & Events

The Department of Homeland Security posted Federal Register notices on temporary protected status for Sudan and Ukraine.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to require non-U.S. travelers entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination upon request.

Several measures related to foreign students were announced.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) introduced H.R. 7374, the “Jumpstart our Legal Immigration System Act.”

In United Farm Workers v. DOL a federal district court vacated a 2020 final rule, “Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States,” remanding it to the Department of Labor for further rulemaking consistent with the court’s order.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it is adopting a “risk-based” approach when waiving interviews for certain conditional permanent residents who have filed a petition to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status.

Under IRC § 6330, a taxpayer is entitled to a “collection due process” (CDP) hearing before the IRS Appeals Office can take any enforced collection action.

Savvy contractors can position themselves to win future projects by defining which types of funded projects are most likely to offer contracting opportunities and then following the flow of federal money into those projects.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) introduced the “Jumpstart our Legal Immigration System Act,” a bill that would recapture approximately 400,000 family- and employment-based visas, create an accelerated path to adjustment of status for those already in the United States, and provide additional funds to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to improve visa processing.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it is adopting a “risk-based” approach when waiving interviews for certain conditional permanent residents who have filed a petition to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status.