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Finally- some good news in the immigration world! Kudos to the State Department for reversing the denial of the visas for this girls' robotics team from Afghanistan to visit the U.S. They were issued temporary "parole" after a large public outcry.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/13/afghan-girls-team-can-travel-to-u-s-for-robotics-contest-after-visas-denied-twice/?utm_term=.31a855600ccd Entrepreneurs and small startups are responsible for creating jobs in the U.S. We currently do not have an entrepreneur visa to help immigrants wanting to start companies in the U.S. This entrepreneur advance parole was a temporary solution created by President Obama to help these entrepreneurs start companies here. It is a shame that it has been postponed.
How the Trump Administration is affecting immigration. As mentioned in our previous article, all of the best and brightest in the tech world will start immigrating to countries that welcome them, like Canada.
http://www.salon.com/2017/07/06/trumps-anti-immigration-policies-are-pushing-tech-workers-and-students-to-canada/ This article explains how H-1B visas CREATE jobs in the U.S. By forcing tech companies to send workers abroad, the next tech boom that creates jobs will not be in Silicon Valley and the U.S., but in Canada or India.
www.zdnet.com/article/restrictions-on-the-h1-b-visa-are-a-form-of-economic-suicide-interview-with-colin-earl-ceo-of/ The restrictionist actions of the U.S. government to limit visitors to the U.S. may soon result in U.S. citizens needing visas to visit Europe. www.yahoo.com/news/eu-escalates-visa-war-us-140924083.html
The first Executive Order regarding the Muslim travel ban has received more press than the second Executive Order President Trump signed that same weekend. The second Executive Order has mostly been referred to as the “Sanctuary Cities” ban, but it also has crazy interior enforcement provisions that literally turn local police officers into federal immigration officers.
We are very concerned that this second Executive Order will result in local police starting to feel empowered to pull people over who do not “look American” for “traffic violations.” This second Executive Order gives them a lot of power to arrest and remove people that they “think committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense” (they do not even have to be charged or convicted of committing these acts) and/or in the judgment of the officer “pose a threat to the public safety or national security of the U.S.” If someone finds himself in this situation and does not have his immigration documents on him to prove he is here legally, he can be arrested and possibly put into removal proceedings. In addition, we are hearing rumors that the TSA might start requiring that all Permanent Residents of the U.S. be checked while flying to make sure they are carrying their Permanent Resident cards on them- even when traveling within the U.S. If they do not have their Green Cards on their person, the TSA will call ICE. Accordingly, please advise all of your Permanent Resident employees and anyone who is not a U.S. citizen physically present in the U.S. (business visitors included) to ALWAYS carry their passport, I-94 Card, I-797 Approval Notice and Green Card with them AT ALL TIMES. It has always been the law that these documents should be in their person, but it has been a low priority item for the Immigration Service and did not result in people being arrested and removed. This may not be the situation anymore. We are hopeful a federal judge will intervene soon and hold provisions of this second Executive Order unlawful as well, similar to what the 9th Circuit did with the Muslim Ban, but for now- it is the law of the land. If you should have any questions, please advise. An article by Roberta Rampton and Mark Hosenball in Reuters describes how the White House has announced changes to the U.S. visa waiver program today, November 30, 2015. The changes are in response to the attacks in Paris. The Department of State will immediately start to collect more information from travelers' past visits to Syria and Iraq.
For more information, please refer to this link. http://news.yahoo.com/u-tightens-visa-waiver-program-wake-paris-attacks-173956106.html Due to President Obama's executive actions last November 2014, certain families members of Filipino and Filipino-American World War II veterans will soon be eligible to receive parole to come to the U.S.
http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/dhs-create-filipino-wwii-veterans-parole-program |
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