These two topics reflect perhaps the most visible steps that this administration has taken in restricting immigration, without giving much if any thought to how those policies will cause massive damage to the economy.    That damage will drive away highly skilled workers who want to work in the US, as well as manually skilled workers who fill essential jobs in multiple industries.  The following comments show how the administration is trying to make the H-1B system available

Background On Friday, September 19, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive  Order that purports to apply a $100,000 fee to all new...

Big news for the H-1B program: Beginning Sept. 21, 2025 , all new H-1B petitions must include a $100,000 payment . Renewals and current...

On Friday, September 19, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant...

DHS has announced a new Registration Requirement through an Interim Final Rule that is effective on April 11, 2025.   The duties created...

A federal judge has temporarily halted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s plan to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for...

We are proud to announce that Mr. Chapman has been awarded the Judicial AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for 2025. This...

Attorney Gerard Chapman has been selected as a WWL: Thought Leader in Corporate Immigration for 2025. Thought Leaders is a publication...

Claim: Undocumented Immigrants Do Not Pay Taxes and Deplete Medicaid and Social Security Benefits   One of the most persistent myths...

Claim: There is a phone app that is assisting our government smuggle in “illegal immigrants.”  There have been claims that the current...

Recently we have seen several false statements regarding immigrants, and many people seem to be accepting them as accurate.  They are...

TPS Advisories and eligibility summaries are provided courtesy of The Legal Aid Society, Civil Division. Note that they do not...

ICE issued a broadcast message on DHS notices announcing the suspension of certain regulatory requirements concerning on-campus and...

Desde el 20 de enero cuando presidente Biden fue juramentado como el 46o Presidente de Estados Unidos, lo ha convertido en una de sus...

Since January 20th when President Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, he has made it one of his top priorities...

Background Regarding Recent DACA Changes On July 28, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a policy memo stating that...

On December 30, DHS announced that over the summer and fall it had scaled back up its ASC appointments, but that as of late October, the...

Prisila Reyes is a national of El Salvador who has been separated from her children for over 10 years. During her years in that country,...

Free market adherents often complain about too much red tape and government interference, many times with good reason. They argue that...

On October 1, 2020, a Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White issued an injunction against the recent ban that prevents US consulates from p