A proposed Donald Trump-era rule to replace the current H-1B cap lottery system with a wage-level-based selection procedure has been knocked down by a federal judge in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White A Trump-era H-1B cap selection regulation was nullified by the Northern District of California District Court on the basis that then-Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf was not lawfully operating in his post at the time the regulation was adopted.
The judge ruled in favour of the United States on Wednesday. According to the court ruling submitted by the Chamber’s litigation centre, the Chamber of Commerce filed a motion for summary judgement in the complaint challenging the regulation.
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A federal judge has ended a Trump administration regulation designed to make it difficult for international students to gain H-1B status. 
A new policy update from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will make it easier for children of non-immigrant visa holders in the US to shift to a F-1 student visa, benefiting the children of thousands of H-1B visa holders in the US. Under the previous policy, applicants needed to maintain status up to 30 days before the program start date, which required them to file multiple visa extensions to ensure that they do not have a ‘gap’ in status.
A federal judge in Texas ordered the U.S. government on Friday to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to new applicants, saying the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to grant deportation relief and work permits to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Backlogs, processing delays, and revenue shortfalls are nothing new at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The agency has long suffered from severe structural problems that hurt people who depend on it for work authorization, adjustment of status, naturalization, and many other immigration benefits.
The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21, according to a tweet from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
The Biden administration has ended a policy that allowed the U.S. to reject certain visa applications for any blank space on the form – even if that space didn’t apply to the person – a policy that led to thousands of rejections for otherwise qualified migrants.