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The President Announces an upcoming Executive Order to Suspend Immigration to the United States
On April 20, 2020, at 10:06 pm (ET), President Trump tweeted that he "will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States" in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, please see this article from Forbes. Younossi...
DOL ADVISES ON H-1B REGULATIONS IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK
DOL regulations require employers to continue to abide by the labor conditions to which they agreed when filing the H-1B petition. These are the terms set forth in the underlying ETA Form 9035, Labor Condition Application (LCA). More relevantly, these concern payment...
DHS RECOGNIZES CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 AND ALLOWS FOR SOME EXTENDED FILING TIMES
On April 13, 2020, DHS issued the following statement: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognizes that there are immigration-related challenges as a direct result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We continue to carefully analyze these issues and to...
President Trump issues Threat of Sanctions to Countries who delay Acceptance of its Citizens
On April 10, 2020, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of State to impose visa sanctions pursuant to section 243(d) of the INA on any foreign country that denies or delays the acceptance of its citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents after...