US Immigration News

The Trump administration is escalating its scrutiny of applications made for US L1B visa extensions for specialized knowledge professionals, to the same level used to assess new applications. The move comes as part of wider efforts to affirm President Trump’s ‘Buy American, Hire American’ policy. The new scrutiny level for L1B visa extension applications comes into force immediately.

The unrelenting US visa crackdown, initiated by President Donald Trump, continues to wreak havoc on foreign nationals seeking entry into the country.

Reports have surfaced that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is ‘quietly expanding’ its site visit program. The program involves USCIS agents conducting unannounced visits at the work sites of immigrants on certain types of US work visa to check compliance with US visa rules.

Russia is seething following a US decision to force its citizens to go to Moscow if they want a visa for the United States.

A recent lawsuit settlement means an undisclosed number of foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries will receive help from the justice department to file new US visa applications. The settlement, agreed by civil rights lawyers and the Trump administration, was announced during a conference call at a federal court in Brooklyn.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of a Texas state law that was set to ban so called Sanctuary cities in the state, in blow to Donald Trump, who has previously spoken against the jurisdictions.

it has been said that there are lower crime rates in Sanctuary Cities.   Undocumented migrants are less likely to be scared to speak to the Police if they feel that they will not be deported.  From a practical point of view does the US actually have the resources to deport the estimated eleven million illegal immigrants.