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Prosecutorial Discretion Falling Short?

Last year, the President and his immigration deputies announced a plan to review 300,000 immigration removal cases and determine, on an individual basis, whether to administratively close the case. Cases are judged based on a number of factors – but generally meant for those individuals who have acted with good moral character.

Recently the United …

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Deferred Action for Dreamers

Today, the President took action to alleviate the immigration stalemate within Congress. Using the same authority through which many Presidents have granted temporary protected status, the President set out certain rules that will allow qualifying individuals to gain protection from deportation (and work authorization) for two years at a time.

Although the exact details of …

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Both H-1B Visa Caps Met for Fiscal Year 2013

The USCIS has announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the regular H-1B visa cap and the masters H-1B visa cap. The Masters cap was met on June 7, 2012, and the regular cap was met yesterday, June 12, 2012.

Future posts will discuss what options are available in lieu of the H-1B. …

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H-1B Visa Cap Quickly Approaching

The mad rush is on and it is unlikely that H-1B visa cap will remain open for more than a few weeks. The H-1B cap season began on April 1st with 20,000 Master Cap H-1B visa slots available and 65,000 normal H-1B visa slots available. Currently, only 1,300 Master Cap and 9,400 normal H-1B visa …

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