This week, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to place new limits on civil immigration enforcement actions in or near courthouses. A civil...
Due to USCIS delays in production of certain employment authorization documents, USCIS announced that employees may use Form I-797, Notice of Action to complete I-9 verification with the following caveats: the notice date on the I-797 must be on or after December 1,...
USCIS announced that it will not furlough approximately 13,400 employees but at the cost of increased USCIS delays. This year, USCIS processing times have increased substantially, including for work authorization. This decision, by USCIS’ own admission (Deputy...
