President Biden Issues Proclamation Ending Ban on Certain Immigrant Visas (PP 10014)

By Roujin Mozaffarimehr Today, President Biden reversed one of the immigration bans of 2020 by former President Trump. This ban was premised on claims that immigrants harm the U.S. economy – a premise wholeheartedly rejected by most economists. Today’s proclamation ends the ban on issuance of certain immigrant visas abroad as set forth by Proclamation…

USCIS Issues Policy Memorandum in Reconsideration of DACA

By Roujin Mozaffarimehr On July 28th, Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf issued a Policy Memorandum titled, “Reconsideration of the June 15, 2020 Memorandum Entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.”[1] This new memorandum was issued after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on June 18th which determined…