Weekly Immigration News Recap (December 19-25)
Options for Nonimmigrant Workers Following Termination of Employment
Information is available for nonimmigrant workers whose employment has ended either voluntarily or involuntarily from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Based on current laws and regulations, these employees may have numerous alternatives for staying in the United States during a term of approved stay. The choices that nonimmigrant workers who want to stay in the country during their period of authorized stay after termination may have are listed below. Please be aware that not all of the options below permit work.
Source: USCIS
DHS’s Public Charge Final Rule Goes into Effect on Dec. 23
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will implement its Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final regulation on December 23, 2022. This previously announced final rule clarifies and standardizes how DHS will handle the public charge ground of inadmissibility for noncitizens. The previous administration started to take into account supplemental public health benefits like Medicaid and nutritional assistance as part of the public charge inadmissibility determination, but this final rule returns the historical understanding of a “public charge” that had been in place for decades.
Source: USCIS
U.S. Department of State Releases its Visa Bulletin for January 2023
The Visa Bulletin for January 2023 was published by the U.S. Department of State. Family-based categories’ wait times remained unchanged, and some of these categories were still in effect in all nations. Similarly, there were few changes in the employment-based categories, with the exception of EB-1, which showed a 6 month and 3 week regression for China and India. The EB-2 category likewise saw a 2 year regression in China.
Source: Boundless
U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Trump-Era Title 42
The contentious border policy known as Title 42 was postponed until after December 21 by the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal judge invalidated the program back in November, and a group of 19 states led by Republicans then appealed to the Supreme Court to maintain enforcement. More than 1 million migrants have been turned away at the border between the United States and Mexico thanks to the restriction, which was implemented for public health reasons. Originally passed by the Trump administration during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak and continued under the Biden administration as a border enforcement measure, Title 42 has been roundly criticized by immigration advocates.
Source: Boundless
