VELAZQUEZ V. GARLAND DECISION BELOW: 88 F.4th 1301 (CA10) CERT. GRANTED 7/2/2024 QUESTION PRESENTED: Federal immigration law allows the government to grant a "voluntary departure" period...
Gutierrez v. Garland "Sergio Manrique Gutierrez petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an order of removal by an Immigration...
BIA, June 28, 2024 "The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing the below issue(s): ISSUE(S) PRESENTED: What is the scope of...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/03/2024 "MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE [and] THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Extending Eligibility...
DOL, July 2, 2024 "The Employment and Training Administration published an FRN on June 24, 2024 updating the AEWRs under the H-2A temporary agricultural employment program that apply to a limited...
USCIS, Mar. 8, 2016- "This policy memorandum (PM) provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers regarding the amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that expands eligibility for employment authorization to battered spouses of certain nonimmigrants. An interim PM titled Eligibility for Employment Authorization upon Approval of a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition; and, Eligibility for Employment Authorization for Battered Spouses of Certain Nonimmigrants was posted on December 12, 2012 for public comment.
This final PM applies only to the employment authorization eligibility of an abused spouse admitted under INA section 101(a)(15)(A), (E)(iii), (G), or (H) who accompanies or follows to join a spouse admitted under INA section 101(a)(15)(A), (E)(iii), (G), or (H) and is effective upon publication of the new Form I-765V, Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse, for this program.
This PM revises Chapter 30.13 of the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM); AFM Update AD16-01."