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Supreme Court to Hear Travel Ban Cases; U.S. Government to Partially Implement Ban on Travel from 6 Muslim-Majority Countries
On Monday, June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear the Travel Ban cases when it reconvenes later this year, in October. The first Travel Ban (Executive Order 1) was announced on January 27, 2017, and was...
Trump’s Executive Order to Buy American and Hire American Makes No Changes to H-1B Visa and Current Immigration Law
On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to promote the policy known as Buy American and Hire American. In President Trump’s words, the order established a government policy “to aggressively promote and use American-made goods and to...
Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” Measures for Non-Citizens Released for Public Comment
During his presidential campaign, President Trump made repeated promises to conduct “extreme vetting” of all non-citizens applying for admission into the U.S. On May 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) released its proposal for “extreme vetting” measures, which...
Trump’s Immigration Ban Explained
On January 27, 2017 the President signed an Executive Order on Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals. This article focuses on Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Executive Order: Section 3: Bans entry for citizens of...
States and Congressional Republicans Move to Overturn Immigration Action
President Obama’s efforts to bring about immigration reform through executive action are running into heated opposition from Republicans, both in Congress and the courts. Even as details have yet to be announced, the reform plans are facing a lawsuit. On...
Political (In)Action on Immigration Reform: Part 2
While media attention has focused on the border crisis involving large numbers of unaccompanied children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the larger issue of immigration reform continues to stagnate in the nation’s Capital as the political parties continue to...
Political (In)Action on Immigration Reform
Partisan politics continues to stand in the way of immigration reform. House Democrats this week offered a ‘discharge petition’ on an immigration overhaul bill (H.R. 15) in an attempt to force GOP leadership to bring the bill to a vote....
Republican Standards for Immigration Reform Highlight Differences Between Parties
On January 30, 2014, House Republicans issued a statement containing their “Standards for Immigration Reform.” The statement comes following a year which included passage of a Senate immigration bill, only to have the House fail to pass any similar legislation...
