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Firms allowed to hire immigrant manual laborers expand to hire more Americans

The US government has recently enacted the largest shift in immigration policy since 1924. As officials restrict unauthorized immigration, they face a stark choice: create offsetti...

New bill by Chip Roy targeting H-1Bs wants to end lottery, OPT: Put America's white-collar workers first

McCAUGHEY: Merit immigration keeps losers out and lets winners in

U.S. immigration laws give preference to newcomers with family ties

How Trump's H-1B Overhaul Is Changing US Skilled Immigration

Introduced in 1990, the H-1B visa program is one of a series of US immigration initiatives created during the 20th century to address specific labor shortages

Excerpt: Citizenship Follies

In an age of cheap and easy transportation and communication, you can have either tight citizenship rules with more openness to the outside world, or loose citizenship rules and le...

From H1B to 'maybe': Green card dream hits red light

Proposed Regulation Would Tighten Up Rules for Work Permits

DHS has published a new regulatory proposal to limit or restrict employment authorization eligibility from certain classes of aliens that are generally present in the country witho...

One U.S. visa program is growing rapidly. No one is happy with it

Republicans on Capitol Hill are starting to talk about one facet of immigration reform: how to expand the popular H-2A visa program for farm laborers. They face obstacles.

Of Course Our Immigration System Should Discriminate Against Bad Immigrants

When people show up willing to work, with skills and values that fit with the country they're joining, the results speak for themselves.

Green Card Seekers Must Now Apply from Abroad, White House Announces

State of the Union: The move comes after visa processing at U.S. consulates were suspended in 75 countries. The post Green Card Seekers Must Now Apply from Abroad, White House Anno...

4 Ways the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Supercharged Trump's Immigration Crackdown

A look back on a year of immigration enforcement expansion funded by the OBBBA.

Congress Passes $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Funding Law

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 214–212, along party lines, to pass the Secure America Act (S. 2), a measure providing roughly $70 billion in funding for U...

Game Changer: No More 'Honor System' - Green Card Applicants Must Apply From Their Home Country

Bill in US Congress seeks to end H-1B visa as route to green card

A hardline Republican lawmaker has introduced a draft legislation in the US Congress seeking an overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, including ending its use as a pathway to perman...

Trump goes after green cards

On the Friday before Memorial Day, on the eve of a long weekend, the Trump administration announced that it was further gutting legal immigration. The Department of Homeland Securi...

Green Card From Home Country Only, Says US

The move will be a blow to Indian workers

Time for Merit Immigration: Keep Out the Losers, Let in the Winners

Stephen Miller Blames Migration Policy for Zohran Mamdani's Electoral Sweep in New York

"Democrats imported a new electorate, and that electorate is remaking Congress," White House aide Stephen Miller tweeted Tuesday night.  The post Stephen Miller Blames Migration Po...

Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

USCIS Elevates Discretion in Adjustment of Status Adjudications. Clarifications Follow, but Uncertainty Remains

A View from the Frontlines: Why the Court’s Rejection of the $100,000 H-1B Fee Safeguards Corporate Fraud, Not the Rule...

U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin has struck down the $100,000 H-1B entry fee. Siding with a coalition of corporate-backed, blue-state attorneys general led by California, the jud...

Immigration Reform News May 26, 2026

English The New York Times Confusion and Worry After Abrupt Change to Green Card Process By Christina Morales May 24, 2026 The New York Times Gov. Sherrill Demands Access to ICE Fa...

UPDATE: USCIS Limits Adjustment of Status to Applications Demonstrating Need for Extraordinary Relief

On May 21, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released a policy memo limiting the issuance of green cards based on adjustment of status to applicants demonst...

A Charge Is Enough: Blanche v. Lau and the Green-Card Holder’s New Limbo. Proof Can Wait. Your Status Can’t: Blanche v....

Law Offices of Michael D. Baker, Chicago U.S. Supreme CourtOct. Term 2025 A green card is supposed to mean you belong here. Blanche v. Lau says it means that only until a border of...