[Blogger’s note: The H-1B Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)(” Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions”) closed for comments October 27, 2025. More than 9,000 have been submitted with additional comments possible on the lottery registration form until November 24, 2025. On varying and at times overlapping or contrary
Although the pace of President Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) targeting border enforcement has slowed since Inauguration Day, the repercussions of these and more recent EOs on legal immigration have grown.
This article will outline and assess recent efforts by federal immigration officials in the Department of State (DOS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and component
[Blogger’s Note: This post, coauthored by my colleague, Amanda Adamczenko, and me, presents a “win-win-win” opportunity — a rara avis in the current climate. For the sake of all law-abiding immigration stakeholders, let’s hope that it gains traction.]
With an array of executive orders (EOs), President Trump has affirmed his commitment to controlling immigration
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued 26 Executive Orders and additional actions focused on immigration enforcement, with significant impacts on legal, employment-based immigration. The directives include stricter vetting processes, potential delays in visa processing, and heightened scrutiny for foreign workers, especially those from countries facing visa bans. This vetting process will involve not only
The upcoming political transition to Republican control of the White House and Congress will no doubt bring significant changes to U.S. immigration policy and prompt an immediate call to action for mobility leaders.
Immigration policy changes historically occur swiftly after inauguration. Incoming administrations often use the first 100 days of a new presidency to take
By Angelo Paparelli and Manish Daftari
[Blogger’s note: This article, co-authored by Manish Daftari and me, originally appeared on October 1, here. It is republished courtesy of Vialto Partners.]
Recent developments have upended many of our earlier predictions of the likely post-election immigration landscape in the United States.
These include:
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14110 on the “Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
EO 14110 included several directives intended to remove immigration-related impediments that make the U.S. less welcoming to noncitizen talent in the fields of artificial intelligence and other “critical and emerging technologies.”
Among the
On October 23, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the component within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) charged with the adjudication of applications for immigration benefits and naturalization, proposed in a 94-page, single-spaced, three-column document to “modernize” the H-1B nonimmigrant visa category for noncitizen workers in specialty occupations. The comment period for this
I came to this [position as U.S. Secretary of State] with two very basic propositions, and I’ve seen those propositions, I think, validated by the experience we’ve had over the last three years. One is that if the United States is not engaged, if we’re not leading, then one of two things [will happen]: either