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Former INS Attorney Carl Shusterman has been writing an immigration blog on a regular basis since 1996.

Adios Ann Coulter

Given all the recent immigrant-bashing by politicians hungry for votes, I could not stop myself from reading a new book entitled “Adios America” by Ann Coulter in which she sets out to convince us that immigration is destroying our country. A more apt title for her book would be “Keep America White!” To her, immigration […]

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President Signs LIFE Amendments Into Law

On December 21, 2000, President Clinton, unable to get his LIFA amendments through Congress, signed the Republican-sponsored LIFE amendments into law. AILA has an excellent summary of the LIFE Amendments. The LIFA amendments would have been a boon to immigrants, advancing the registry date to 1986, permanently restoring section 245(I) to the law, and granting […]

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New Immigration Regulations are Coming
8 Things You Need to Know!

Last week, DHS and DOS announced plans to propose a large number of new immigration regulations during the next few months.  The rules would apply to B-1 business visitors, F-1 students, H-1B professionals and their H-4 spouses, L-1 visa holders.  They would also change the EB-5 program, filings for adjustment of status, asylum and DOS […]

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USCIS Proposes Huge Filing Fee Increases

On November 14, 2019, the USCIS issued a proposed regulation which would substantially increase filing fees for many types of immigration benefits. “USCIS is required to examine incoming and outgoing expenditures, just like a business, and make adjustments based on that analysis. This proposed adjustment in fees would ensure more applicants cover the true cost […]

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New Health Insurance Requirement –
Blocked by Federal Appeals Court

The new health insurance requirement for persons applying for green cards abroad was scheduled to go into effect on November 3, 2019.  It could prevent hundreds of thousands of persons from getting green cards. On November 26, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon issued a preliminary injunction temporarily halting the government’s ability to impose […]

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Relief Act – The Right Way to Fix Immigration Backlogs

One of the most serious problems in our broken immigration system is that there are not nearly enough immigrant visas – also known as green cards – available each year. As a result, immigrants are stuck in crippling backlogs for many years.  The Relief Act introduced by Senators Durbin, Leahy and Hirono on October 16 […]

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New Public Charge Rule Blocked by Federal Courts

The new expanded public charge rule was scheduled to become effective on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. However, on October 11, a number of Federal Courts temporarily enjoined the rule from going into effect. And a new presidential proclamation barring new immigrants from entering the U.S. without unsubsidized commercial health insurance will kick in a couple […]

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2019 Public Charge Rule Ended by DHS

On March 9, 2021, DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced that the Biden Administration would no longer enforce the Trump-era public charge rule: “The 2019 public charge rule was not in keeping with our nation’s values. It penalized those who access health benefits and other government services available to them. Consistent with the President’s vision, we will […]

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New EB-5 Rule Published by USCIS
Higher Investment Amounts Required

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final EB-5 rule on July 24 that makes a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, marking the first significant revision of the program’s regulations since 1993. The final rule will become effective on November 21, 2019. New developments under the final EB-5 rule […]

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BELIEVE Act Needs Your Support –
The Right Way to Reform Immigration

On July 11, 2019, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) introduced the BELIEVE Act (S. 2091) as a way to reform legal immigration to the United States. The Believe Act would abolish per-country quotas for employment-based immigration similar to H.R. 1044 which was passed by the House of Representatives on July 10, but would not result in […]

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