In a remarkable decision, Chief Justice Roberts reinstated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, allowing individuals who have DACA to renew their work permits for two more years, and allowing new applicants to submit their applications. Both sets of individuals will also be able to submit requests for travel documents (Advance Parole), for emergency travel outside the United States. Read more about the decision, and the impact below, as well as President Trump’s tweet that that he is still going to end a program that 71% of Americans want continued.
There will also shortly be a presidential announcement illegal stopping LEGAL immigration to the United States (with some exceptions). Stay tuned for that announcement, and the lawsuit that will quickly follow.
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Here is the Immigration News You NEED to Know Now
UP-TO-DATE IMMIGRATION NEWS
Supreme Court Rules DHS Violated APA, DACA Stands (At Least for Now) – The Court noted in its decision that DHS may rescind DACA and that the dispute instead was primarily about the procedure the agency followed in doing so. This also means that newly eligible people may apply, and all DACA recipients can seek advance parole for emergency travel purposes
Trump Says Proclamation Imminent, May Suspend Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers, With Exceptions – A Presidential Proclamation is expected imminently to suspend the entry of many nonimmigrant workers, possibly until the end of the year.
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Kuck Baxter Immigration — In The News
Charles Kuck was quoted by the Times of India in “Class Action Lawsuit Against H-1B Denials for Market Research Analysts Gathers Steam.” Mr. Kuck said, “USCIS does not like being sued. The class action lawsuit actually resulted in USCIS re-opening and approving the plaintiff’s H-1B applications for market research analysts. We would love for more employers and employees to join our suit—there is no cost in doing so.” The article is at
https://bit.ly/2AQrSCM.
Charles Kuck had an editorial published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution calling for the reinstatement of DACA by the Trump Administration:
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Kuck Baxter Immigration LLC has an office in Adel, Georgia, near the Irwin, Folkston, and Stewart Detention Centers, which hold more than 6,000 detained immigrants. The new office is managed by our Senior Counsel Elizabeth Matherne, the former Director for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Irwin Detention Project.
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