Nurses affected by visa retrogression and waiting for their work visa availability can engage in various meaningful activities including developing clinical skills, pursuing higher studies, obtaining a relevant nursing experience, preparing civil documents, and taking English exams. Read the rest of this entry
President Trump’s Buy American and Hire American Executive Order will enforce immigration laws with policies that award H-1B visas to only the most skilled or highly paid workers.
A recent executive order that seeks to protect U.S. economic interests may take jobs away from foreign nationals employed in the U.S. with H-1B work visas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by six other states, including Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, Nebraska and Louisiana filed a lawsuit Monday 1, 2018 to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, citing that its creation unconstitutional and violated the federal law. The lawsuit asserts that the Obama administration overstepped its authority when the program was created. Read the rest of this entry
Companies consistently choose L1 Visas based on a number of benefits including the ability to make the transfer even before they have an office or branch in the U.S., file a blanket petition, and avoid labor condition application requirements. Read the rest of this entry
The failure of the U.S immigration system is leaving spouses confused and many people are discouraged from applying for immigration relief for fear of becoming separated from their families. Several spouses and immigrant advocacy groups have moved to file lawsuits alleging that immigration officials have developed an illegal pattern of separating families and detaining noncitizen spouses who are trying to obtain lawful immigration status. Read the rest of this entry
A federal judge on April 2018 issued a nationwide ban against a new policy that showed favoritism for local police departments that work with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on immigration enforcement. In 2017, Attorney General Jefferson Sessions made amendments regarding how scoring would be determined on applications for federal grant funds, Read the rest of this entry
The recruitment and professional landscape of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) are likely to be affected by the new immigration policy that seeks to protect American jobs for native Americans. But this would mostly affect recruitment from countries under the travel ban. As the Trump administration stipulated, the aim of the new immigration laws was creating a lawful migration system, secure the American borders and cancel the visa lottery. Read the rest of this entry
