On June 4, 2024, President Biden issued a new proclamation and rule leveraging his executive authority to prevent migrants who enter the United States unlawfully from accessing asylum. Citing a need to enhance the United States’ “ability to address the historic levels of migration and more efficiently process migrants arriving at the southern border given
Immigration & Compliance Shareholder Laura Foote Reiff, who serves as vice president of the America is Better Board, helped kick off the organization’s annual Spring Reception March 16, 2023. The event, which focused on welcoming Afghan refugees, included a panel of speakers who drew from their diverse backgrounds and shared the importance of passing
On March 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an automatic extension of parole for certain Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members. DHS will consider extended parole and employment authorization (if applicable) on a case-by-case basis for Ukrainian nationals and immediate families who were paroled before Uniting for Ukraine took effect.
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Kate Kalmykov, co-chair of the Immigration & Compliance Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was appointed as a Ukrainian Habitat Fund (UHF) board member.
New York-based Ukrainian Habitat Fund (UHF) helps secure housing and provides vital assistance to support Ukrainian refugees who were forced to leave their homes because of the Russian
President Trump signed a new Executive Order (EO) on Tuesday, the same day as the last travel ban’s provision against refugee admissions was due to expire. The EO allows refugees to travel into the U.S. and the Department of Homeland Security to process refugee applications. The Trump Administration had previously blocked refugee travel through an
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Aug. 28, 2017, that beginning on Oct. 1, USCIS will begin requiring in-person interviews at local District Offices for adjustment of status applications based on employment, as well as certain refugee/asylee relative petitions.
In the past, USCIS did not require an in-person interview adjustment of status applications based
On Jan. 27, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Immigration entitled “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.” The EO impacts, among many other processes, the entry to the United States for immigrants and non-immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The EO also