On February 2, 2021, the Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The White House also issued three executive orders: White House Issues Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification…
This is a brief summary of President Biden’s Executive Order on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities and Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske’s January 20, 2021, memorandum entitled Review of and Interim Revision to Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal Policies…
On January 22, 2021, Texas sued the U.S. government to stop the 100-day pause in deportations. On January 26, 2021, a judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the deportation moratorium. A TRO is a temporary block…
On January 20, 2021, the newly designated Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issued a memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to conduct a review of their policies…
On his first day in office, President Biden announced the highlights of a far-reaching plan to reform the U.S. immigration system. The anticipated bill is expected to feature a path to permanent residence and citizenship for qualifying undocumented foreign nationals…
In one of the first executive actions of the President Joseph Biden’s term, the White House has requested a freeze on federal agency regulatory activity so that the new Administration may review Trump Administration agency rules and guidance documents either not yet…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a proposed regulation that seeks to broadly expand the collection and use of biometrics in the enforcement and administration of immigration laws. The rule would subject foreign nationals to periodic biometrics collection…
In a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today held that the Trump Administration failed to provide an adequate justification for terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus violating the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). DACA remains in…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 National Emergency announced by President Trump on March 13, 2020, they will accept all benefit forms and documents with reproduced original signatures, including the Form I-129, Petition…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement that it will "temporarily adjust its enforcement posture" effective immediately and shift focus to public safety risks, those who are subject to detention on criminal grounds and those it deems…