EAGLE Act of 2022 does little to address the underlying problem in employment-based immigration. Many immigrants to the United States face multi-year delays in receiving employment-based green cards due to “per country caps” on the number of visas allocated each year. A proposed law, known as the EAGLE Act of 2022, aims to reduce these […]
As immigration attorneys, we sometimes take for granted the impact we can have on people’s lives and the changes we can bring to people realizing their American dreams. Sometimes, working under the radar, we make things happen for our clients without taking the time to reflect on how impactful the work truly is. Last week, […]
Right now, immigration courts’ dockets total over 1.5 million cases nationwide. DHS and their representatives, Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) attorneys, are thus facing a reckoning of how to best apply the government’s finite resources in prosecuting these cases and fairly enforce civil immigration laws. An April 3, 2022, memorandum for OPLA attorneys provided […]
At the one-year mark of the President Biden administration, it has become clear that no fundamental immigration law changes are going take place. A new report by American Immigration Lawyers Association provides a detailed evaluation of Biden Administration’s accomplishments and shortcomings. From the legislative perspective, nothing has happened, and it is very unlikely anything will. […]