Siskind Summary – The US Citizenship Act (the “Biden Immigration Bill”)
By Greg Siskind (gsiskind@visalaw.com)
Here’s a PDF of this document.
The bill states as its purpose “to provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of
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Immigration Provisions May be in Biden’s COVID Package
President Biden is expected to sign legislation very early on in his tenure relating to the COVID and will likely use the House’s Heroes Act as the model. That bill, passed last May, had significant COVID-related immigration provisions. The provisions
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Siskind Summary – Purdue v. Scalia: Challenging the DOL Wage Rule
Greg Siskind is co-counsel on this case which is filed with lead co-counsel Jeff Joseph of Joseph and Hall in Denver, Chuck Kuck of Kuck Baxter in Atlanta and Jesse Bless with the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
On October 6th, the Department of
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Siskind Summary: National Association of Manufacturers et al v. US Department of Homeland Security
Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction halting the June 22nd nonimmigrant visa ban. This is a stinging blow to an Administration that has used the ban to
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Siskind Summary – Congress Passes Legislation Reforming Premium Processing Program and Raising Fees
The Senate has passed HR 8337, the continuing resolution bill funding the government until December 11th. President Trump will sign this evening in order to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. In that legislation, Congress has included important changes to
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Downgrading Suddenly A Strategy for Backlogged Immigrants
While it might seem counter-intuitive for an employment-based immigrant visa category that requires an advanced degree like a master’s or doctorate to have longer waiting times than a category that requires a bachelor’s degree or lower, this happens occasionally. Such
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USCIS to Provide Contract Interpreters for Asylum Interviews – September 23, 2020
USCIS posted the following notice regarding interpreters at asylum interviews:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a temporary final rule to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) by using government-contracted telephonic interpreters for affirmative asylum interviews at
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USCIS Extends RFE Flexibility Deadline Through End of Year
In news welcomed by the immigration bar, USCIS just sent the following email announcement extending the policy of allowing an extra 60 days to respond to RFEs:
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is
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Siskind Summary – Gomez v Trump – The Visa Ban Case
Lynn Susser’s Client Update
Dear Clients:
I hope this email finds you all well and enjoying the summer. Siskind Susser continues to operate 90% remotely with a few people in the physical office each day.
As you recall, on June 22nd President Trump issued
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