DOS, Aug. 16, 2024 - "The State Department, working in close collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is pleased to announce the issuance of all legally available visas in the...
Adam Rosen writes: "I am excited to share a decision from DDC Judge AliKhan denying the government’s Motion to Dismiss a complaint challenging a 6C finding secretly made by DHS against my client...
W. John Yahya Vandenberg writes: "We just got this remand decision for a detained case in Houston (IJ McPhail), and thought it might be of interest to your readers. The Board clearly was not happy...
BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
OFLC, Aug. 15, 2024 "The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released a comprehensive set of public disclosure data (through the third quarter of fiscal year 2024) drawn from employer...
National Council for Adoption v. Blinken
"Members of the National Council For Adoption help prospective parents adopt children. In 2018, the Department of State issued guidance barring adoption agencies from referring certain children to certain parents. When the Council challenged that guidance, the district court dismissed its suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after concluding that the Council lacked standing. We reverse that decision. We also conclude that the guidance is a legislative rule. And because the Department of State issued it without the required notice-and-comment process, the guidance must be vacated."