On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Becker & Lee Partner Camiel Becker will provide consultations to DACA entrepreneurs at the upcoming Festival of Undoculnnvoation, where entrepreneurial DREAMers from around the country will meet in Sausalito, California to share their projects and look for funding and support. Read more about DACA entrepreneurs here. Trump’s recent DACA announcement
On September 18, 2017, USCIS resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018) cap, which cap has been set at 65,000 visas. The premium processing service is only available for those applications currently pending, as USCIS received enough petitions to meet the FY2018 cap this past April. In addition
Founding Partner Christina H. Lee and The Honorable Mimi E. Tsankov (personal capacity) will discuss the basics of mandatory detention with a focus on practice before the Executive Office of Immigration Review during the Federal Bar Association webinar, which will take place on September 26th, 2017 at 9 am PT/12 pm EST. This webinar is
On September 5, 2017, President Trump directed DHS and USCIS to phase out President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. Since 2012, certain immigrants who entered the United States illegally as minors and meet other requirements have been given a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and have been given employment