On its first day in office, the Trump administration published a series of executive orders impacting immigration and the federal agencies charged with the administration of immigration benefits and enforcement actions. We...
EOIR Issues Policy Memo on Operating Procedures around Asylum EAD Clock
Jan 21, 2025
Immigration Updates
As background, if an asylum application is not decided within 180 days, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may provide employment authorization to the asylum applicant. The running of this 180-day waiting...
Biden Administration Extends TPS for El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela
Jan 15, 2025
Immigration Updates
On January 10, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the administration would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadoran, Sudanese, Ukrainian and Venezuelan immigrants who currently...
Final Rule Allows Asylum Officers to Apply National Security, Public Safety Bars
Jan 3, 2025
Immigration Updates
Under a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule, asylum officers (AOs) are allowed to apply national security, public safety, criminal history, persecution, and terrorism-related bars to asylum and withholding of...
USCIS Publishes New Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status
Dec 24, 2024
Immigration Updates
On December 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new edition of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status, which includes updates to the form’s questions and...