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F-1 Students and “Cap-Gap”

Oct 4, 2018

Recently, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a reminder to F-1 students: F-1 students who have an H-1B petition that remains pending on Oct. 1, 2018, risk accruing unla...

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The Diversity Visa Lottery is Not Dead Yet; Application Period Opens Wednesday

Oct 1, 2018

President Donald Trump has promised to eliminate the diversity visa lottery, but he hasn’t eliminated it yet. The application period opens October 3 and continues through November 6 for calendar ...

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Sessions a Good Argument for Making Immigration Court an Article I Court

Sep 24, 2018

Since 2013, the Federal Bar Association (FBA) has advocated moving the immigration court from the Department of Justice (DOJ), where it lives under the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and to ...

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HHS, DOJ Decisions Swell the Number of Undocumented Minors in Detention

Sep 18, 2018

Last week, NPR’s John Burnett told the story behind new shelters built in Texas to house the growing number of detained unaccompanied minors. According to Burnett, the Department of Health and Human S...

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Art Show Puts Face on the Latino Experience in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Sep 11, 2018

Recently, we observed that the Trump Administration’s posture toward immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers falls apart as nakedly and unacceptably cruel if Americans are unable to empathize with the...

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