Travel Ban 3.0 – Who Can Come and Who Has Been Left Out. On September 24, 2017, President Trump announced new travel restrictions following his initial travel ban earlier this year through the Presidential Proclamation, “Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats.” President…
Latest Details on Employment Based Green Card Interviews: Will Field Officers Readjudicate? By Ameer Shaikh (Newark/Fremont, CA) On September 28, 2017, MPLG participated in a USCIS Ombudsman teleconference regarding the USCIS’ new interview requirement for employment based green cards. Here are a few of the salient points gleaned from the conversation: The USCIS will begin…
Trump Administration and America Turns Its Back on the DREAMers Kalpana V. Peddibhotla & Roujin Mozaffarimehr On September 5, 2017 President Trump announced that his administration will be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, effectively ending protection for the DREAMers he promised to support during his campaign and the early months of…
The Insidious Attack on Business Immigration to the U.S. By Kalpana V. Peddibhotla & Ameer Shaikh Trump Administration Changes Business Immigration Overnight and Simultaneously Circumvents the Legislative Process. This needs to be stated bluntly: The Trump administration’s assault on immigrants is an assault on the viability and strength of American business. The immigration debate is often framed…