Dozens of Central Americans expected to ask for asylum at U.S. border today

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-central-americans-asylum-20180429-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

1,488 U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Arrested, Detained by ICE Since 2012

https://www.thedailybeast.com/1488-us-citizens-mistakenly-arrested-detained-by-ice-since-2012

USCIS to Begin Using More Secure Mail Delivery Service

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will begin phasing in use of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery service to mail Green Cards and other secure documents beginning April 30, 2018. The first phase will affect documents that need to be re-mailed because they have been returned as non-deliverable. These documents include Permanent Resident Cards (also called Green Cards), Employment Authorization Cards, and Travel Booklets. Applicants who have changed mailing addresses during the course of the application process are more likely to have their secure documents sent with the new delivery method, which USCIS will expand to all secure documents in the future. As part of the new delivery method, applicants must present identification to sign for their documents upon delivery. They also have the option to designate an agent to sign on their behalf by completing the Postal Service’s PS Form 3801, Standing Delivery Order (PDF) or PS Form 3801-A, Agreement by a Hotel, Apartment House, or the Like (PDF). Applicants can sign up for USPS Informed Delivery to receive delivery status notifications. Applicants will also have the option to arrange for pickup at a post office at a convenient date and time by going to the USPS website and selecting “hold for pickup.” Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery increases the security, integrity, and efficiency of document delivery. The Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery process provides better tracking and accuracy of delivery information, improving service to applicants. Information on how to track delivery of secure documents is available on the USCIS website. For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis), Facebook (/uscis), and Instagram (@USCIS).

Miami’s EB-5 regional center to shut down

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/04/26/miamis-eb-5-regional-center-to-shut-down/

ICE Agents Crash Court To Detain Student, Upsetting Judge

https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/1037332/ice-agents-crash-court-to-detain-student-upsetting-judge?nl_pk=3d58be1d-130f-45ab-8328-a9ad142de766&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immigration&read_more=1

Transgender Woman Arrested by ICE Agents While Seeking Protective Order Against Alleged Abuser

https://www.insideedition.com/headlines/21709-transgender-woman-arrested-by-ice-agents-while-seeking-protective-order-against-alleged-abuser

Three injured after Border Patrol chase ends in rollover

http://amp.10news.com/2565924225/three-injured-after-border-patrol-chase-ends-in-rollover.html?__twitter_impression=true

Sessions resumes immigrant legal advice program under pressure from Congress

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/04/25/politics/immigration-legal-advice-program-resumed/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Judge orders reopening of DACA, after 90-day delay

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/daca-ruling-new-applications/index.html

9,000 Nepalis face deportation as Trump administration prepares to cancel residency permits

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/9000-nepalis-face-deportation-as-trump-administration-prepares-to-cancel-residency-permits/2018/04/24/e6cd7594-4800-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223_story.html?noredirect=on&noredirect=on&utm_term=.bfba4677ccd1&__twitter_impression=true

Feds announce new restrictions on H-1B visas and plans to rescind ‘startup visa’ workaround

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geekwire.com/2018/feds-announce-new-restrictions-h-1b-visas-plans-rescind-startup-visa-workaround/amp/#ampshare=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/feds-announce-new-restrictions-h-1b-visas-plans-rescind-startup-visa-workaround/

Greyhound Is Choosing To Let Border Patrol Demand Its Passengers' Papers

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ade43d3e4b0df502a4ea22a?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Israel’s Got Its Own Refugee Dilemma: African ‘Dreamers’

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/opinion/israel-refugees-african-dreamers.html

ILP067: Interview with Ally Bolour

France approves controversial immigration bill

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43860880

USCIS Form I-821 Updated

From USCIS:

Good afternoon, We recently updated the following USCIS form(s): Update to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status; New Edition Dated 04/11/18 04/23/2018 12:00 AM EDT Update to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status; New Edition Dated 04/11/18

How the Border Patrol Faked Statistics Showing a 73 Percent Rise in Assaults Against Agents

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/23/border-patrol-agents-assaulted-cbp-fbi/

Canadian Lawsuit Challenges the United States’ Designation as a Safe Country for Asylum Seekers

http://immigrationimpact.com/2018/04/20/canadian-lawsuit-united-states-safe-country-asylum-seekers/

USCIS Form I-360 Updated

Good afternoon,

We recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Update to Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant; New Edition Dated 04/12/18

04/20/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Update to Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant; New Edition Dated 04/12/18

Upstate NY farmer says ICE officers stormed his farm without a warrant, cuffed him, threw his phone

https://articles.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/upstate_ny_farmer_says_ice_officers_stormed_his_farm_without_a_warrant_cuffed_hi.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Pennsylvania Judge Calls ICE to Arrest Couples on Their Wedding Days

http://www.newsweek.com/judge-calls-ice-arrest-couples-their-wedding-days-895116?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

The $1/Day Standard & Other Problems with DHS’s Public Charge Rule

https://www.cato.org/blog/1day-standard-other-problems-dhss-public-charge-rule

USCIS Form I-907 Updated

From USCIS:

Good afternoon,

We recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Update to Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; New Edition Dated 04/11/18

04/19/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Update to Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; New Edition Dated 04/11/18

Without notice USCIS says that STEM OPTs cannot be placed for training at third party client

Cyrus Mehta (@cyrusmehta) tweeted at 7:11 AM on Fri, Apr 20, 2018:
Without notice USCIS says that STEM OPTs cannot be placed for training at third party client sites even if there is a proper training program and a bona fide employer employee relationship https://t.co/axcHHPcrBj
(https://twitter.com/cyrusmehta/status/987333053298233346?s=03)

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Feds Must Rethink Detention Procedures For Immigrant Teens

https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/1035161/feds-must-rethink-detention-procedures-for-immigrant-teens?nl_pk=3d58be1d-130f-45ab-8328-a9ad142de766&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immigration

Poll finds half of Californians OK with travel ban

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/general-news/20180418/poll-finds-half-of-californians-ok-with-travel-ban

Policy Update: Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship for Children Born Out of Wedlock

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/Updates/20180418-AcquisitionOfCitizenship.pdf

California rejects border duties for troops

https://apnews.com/e0ef40fbb0404df0a22b4b2318074472

High Court Strikes Down 'Crime Of Violence' Definition

https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/897396/breaking-high-court-strikes-down-crime-of-violence-definition?nl_pk=3d58be1d-130f-45ab-8328-a9ad142de766&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immigration

Largest Worksite Raid in a Decade Signals a Dark Turn in Immigration Enforcement

http://immigrationimpact.com/2018/04/12/worksite-raid-tennessee-immigration-enforcement/

U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-vietnam-deportees/u-s-seeks-to-deport-thousands-of-vietnamese-protected-by-treaty-former-ambassador-idUSKBN1HJ0OU

Los Angeles Wins Suit Against DOJ Over Immigration Policy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-12/los-angeles-wins-suit-against-sessions-over-immigration-policy

H-1B visa applications are down again

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/12/technology/h-1b-visa-applications-2018/index.html

USCIS Forms G-325a Update Notice

Good afternoon,

We recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Update to Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action); dated 03/29/18

04/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Update to Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action); dated 03/29/18

For more information, please visit our Forms Updates page.

USCIS Will Conduct a Lottery for CW-1 Petitions for Fiscal Year 2019

From USCIS:

SCIS has received petitions for more than the number of visas available for fiscal year (FY) 2019 for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) program. The cap for CW-1 visas for FY 2019 is 4,999.

As a result, USCIS will be conducting a lottery to ensure that it does not exceed the CW-1 cap. USCIS will randomly select petitions received between April 2, 2018 and April 13, 2018. If USCIS receives your petition after April 13, it will be rejected and will not be considered for this lottery.

For more details on the FY 2019 CW-1 program and what to submit, refer to our March 20 alert. For more information on the CW-1 cap, visit our CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) Cap page.

California unauthorized immigrant license program issues over 1 million cards

https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/04/05/82112/california-unauthorized-immigrant-license-program/

Justice Dept. to halt legal-advice program for immigrants in detention

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/justice-dept-to-halt-legal-advice-program-for-immigrants-in-detention/2018/04/10/40b668aa-3cfc-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html?utm_term=.b2e864db586b

Police report sheds light on fatal crash involving immigrant couple and ICE

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ice-crash-20180409-story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

Trump removes Chad from travel ban

https://www.axios.com/chad-off-trump-travel-ban-554f3020-29b6-4445-957d-90e459623f76.html

New E-Verify.gov Website

https://www.e-verify.gov/

Justice Department Seeks to Denaturalize Two Foreign-Convicted War Criminals Who Fraudulently Obtained Refugee Status and Naturalized Into U.S. Citizenship

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/justice-department-seeks-denaturalize-two-foreign-convicted-war-criminals-who

The U.S. Just Quietly Deported The Largest Group Of Cambodians Ever

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ac77dd9e4b07a3485e3da6c

Episode 66 - Interview with Immigration Attorney Matthew Kolken

Las Vegas mother on verge of legal residency detained, ordered out of US

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/las-vegas-mother-on-verge-of-legal-residency-detained-ordered-out-of-us/

Teen Who Faced Deportation After He Informed on MS-13 Gets Temporary Reprieve

https://www.propublica.org/article/ms-13-gang-informant-deportation-ice-asylum-hearing-temporary-reprieve

Could Conor McGregor Be Deported

http://blogs.ilw.com/entry.php?10495-Could-Connor-McGregor-Be-Deported

Department Of Homeland Security Compiling Database Of Journalists And 'Media Influencers'

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellefabio/2018/04/06/department-of-homeland-security-compiling-database-of-journalists-and-media-influencers/#4cc026c16121

Sessions orders 'zero tolerance' policy at Southwest border

http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/381991-sessions-orders-zero-tolerance-policy-at-southwest-border

USCIS Reaches FY 2019 H-1B Cap

From USCIS:

USCIS has reached the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for fiscal year 2019. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap. The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not prohibited multiple filings. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap.  Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, will also not be counted toward the FY 2019 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to: Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States; Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers; Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position. U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in occupations that require specialized knowledge. We encourage H-1B applicants to subscribe to the H-1B Cap Season email updates located on the H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Cap Season page.

US to begin visa processing of Cuban nationals in Guyana

https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/4/2018-04-06-nk-us-visa-cuban-guyana-cl.html

Trump to sign a proclamation today immediately ordering the National Guard to the southern border to protect the country from the 'growing threat' of illegal immigration

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5577703/Trump-pledges-strong-action-today-Mexican-border-ahead-National-Guard-deployment.html

55K DACA Applications Approved Since January, USCIS Says

https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/1029263/55k-daca-applications-approved-since-january-uscis-says

Undeliverable Permanent Resident and Employment Authorization Cards and Travel Documents to be Destroyed After 60 Days

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/undeliverable-permanent-resident-and-employment-authorization-cards-and-travel-documents-be-destroyed-after-60-days

Trump Says He Plans to Order Military to Guard Border

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/trump-border-immigration-caravan.html#click=https://t.co/IHi6tin9gF

Mexico Says It Will Disband The Caravan, But Organizers Say Some Of Its Members Will Continue North

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/mexico-caravan-honduras-central-americaimexico-says-it-will?utm_term=.bl9QdRv4o#.elpvreA7n

Trump administration, seeking to speed deportations, plans to impose quotas on immigration judges

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-quotas-20180402-story.html

ICE arrests farmworkers, sparking fears in the Central Valley over immigrants and the economy

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-farmworkers-ice-20180316-htmlstory.html

Venting on Immigration, Trump Vows ‘No More DACA Deal’ and Threatens Nafta

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/us/politics/trump-immigration-daca.html

USCIS and CBP to Implement Form I-129 Pilot Program for Canadian L-1 Nonimmigrants

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-and-cbp-implement-form-i-129-pilot-program-canadian-l-1-nonimmigrants