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Today, we talk about the Immigration Protests, the status of DACA, the SEVIS Litigation update, immigration court arrests, and consular visa denials, and we answer LOTS of immigration questions!
What to expect when Trump is President--Birthright Citizenship, DACA, Deportation, Visas, and Delays. Listen for a spirited discussion of our immigration future.
We take a deep dive today into the politics and meaning of the new Biden Executive Order on Asylum and the Border, and we answer listener's questions today on immigration
We are all about Parole today, and the proposed Senate legislation. What affect will it have?
Today's is a deep dive on USCIS Statistics for all applications types and for asylum. Numbers tell the story of priorities!
The USCIS just published proposed H-1B regulations to change and "modernize" the program. We take a deep dive into these changes, some of what are terrific, and some where bode ill for employers.
The USCIS publishes processing times for almost all of its case types. These published times are not what you think they are. Listen and find out why the USCIS is not telling the truth about its real processing times.
The Immigration Hour Podcast for August 9, 2023 is now ready to download! Today we talk about the Biden Family Reunification Parole Program, the natural consequences of Florida stupid anti-immigration law, and we play the CATO Green Card Game!
Today we talk about the H-1B lottery and the "mess" that USCIS finds itself in, of its own making, and how the media has forgotten about the border now that there is no "crisis." This and more in today's podcast.
Today we are talking H-1B, including the results of my H-1B FOIA for FY 2022 (for which I got FY2023 data), what the percentages of approval and submission were, what that means for the FY2024 lottery, and we also chat about the H-1B Canada program, as well as the new bill to double the H-1B numbers in Congress.
Today we analzye the Discovery we received in our ongoing EB-5 litigation related to delays stemming from intentional mismanagement and organization incompetence. This Discovery is now a key part of showing how there is no rational basis for USCIS's adjudicatory process
Back after a brief holiday break, we talk about the crazy Florida Immigration law, how the SCOTUS decision on US v. Texas affects the DACA case, an update on my H-1B FOIA, and the new Family Reunification Parole program announced for Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia.
Today we are looking at the effect of two recent Supreme Court cases on the pending DACA litigation. What good news do these cases bring, and where will DACA be going in the future.
Today we analyze how bad the July Visa Bulletin really is, and what the hidden number of pending cases at DOL and USCIS actually mean for immigration through the EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
The Biden Border Policy appears to be working, for now, and this leads to the bigger question--What Next?
Today's podcast does a deep dive into the newly introduced HR 6637, "Dignidad" or The Dignity Act, the newest attempt and "fixing" immigration (without actually any real forward looking fixes to immigration).
Today we take a deepish dive into the newly and quietly announced USCIS Family Reunification Program, which allows individuals with approved family based petitions to be invited to be paroled into the United States and work while waiting for their priority dates to become current
Today we are talking about the end of Title 42 and what that actually means, cutting through the hysteria, for the future of immigration at our southern border.
We are back after a two year absence, today analyzing the Secure the Border Act, HB2, introduced on May 2, 2023, while this bill will never become law, it does set lay out clearly that the GOP has no idea how to fix the immigration problem we find ourselves in!
Today we are talking about the ongoing litigation on all the Biden Bans, why we are seeing the problems at the border, and answering your #Immigration questions!
Thank you for this great podcast. It is very helpful for immigrants! Keep posting any updates on immigration policies please! :)