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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the publication of a rule formalizing DHS’ longstanding policy to expedite and streamline the citizenship process for men and women bravely serving in America’s armed forces.
The rule amends DHS regulations to conform to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2004, reducing the time requirements for naturalization through [...]

The Department of Homeland Security announced the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010. This designation will allow eligible Haitian nationals in the United States to continue living and working in US for the next 18 months.
TPS will apply only to [...]

As our regular readers will know, the DHS move to allow OPT extensions for STEM Students on F1 Visa was challenged in court, on grounds that the extension is a political move to allow alien workers to transition into H1-B status. However, on August 5th 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Faith Hochberg denied a [...]

It took eight years for the law to actually come into fruition, but finally this August the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the first few U visas for immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence.

U visas have signaled a hopeful improvement in the area of crimes against women immigrants who are often helpless [...]

On May 29, 2008, a conglomerate of anti-H1B organizations including the Immigration Reform Law Institute, The Programmers Guild and a few other groups, filed a lawsuit in the U.S District court in Newark, NJ challenging the authority of the DHS in creating a rule such as the OPT extension rule. The lawsuit is urging [...]