For many employers, the conclusion of the H-1B lottery season brings a familiar frustration: identifying a strong candidate, preparing for sponsorship, and then learning that the individual simply was not selected in the lottery. Given the volume of registrations...
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Asylum in 2026: A System Under Strain
So far, in Trump 2.0, the asylum process in the United States has changed in very real and very significant ways. Some obvious, others less so from the outside. What used to be a difficult but navigable system has become far more uncertain, with a series of policy...
H-1B Filing Season for FY 2027: A Different Kind of Lottery
If your business depends on specialized talent, the H-1B filing season has always required planning. This year, it requires something more: strategy. Beginning with the FY2027 season, the government has replaced the purely random H-1B lottery with a weighted system....
When Liberty Itself Is on the Line: Habeas Corpus and Immigration Detention in the Trump Era
In a political climate where immigration enforcement has once again become a rallying cry, the ancient writ of habeas corpus may be one of the last meaningful checks on executive overreach. Under the Trump Administration’s revived and endlessly expanding enforcement...
Denaturalization: When Citizenship Itself Becomes Precarious
For most immigrants, naturalization represents the end of a long and often difficult process (or dare I say journey for some). It’s the moment when uncertainty gives way to belonging; when the right to vote, to travel freely (both within, and to and from the United...
We All Need to Tone It Down: My Call for Measured Voices in a Volatile Moment
The recent shooting at an ICE facility in Texas highlights how volatile our national conversation around immigration has become. Within hours of the incident, President Trump blamed “radical leftists” for fueling the violence. Others pointed in different directions....
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Law: Here’s What That Means Now
Immigration law doesn’t stand still these days (even if it historically felt like moving a glacier). It is now evolving faster than many can keep up with, given the evolving and shifting priorities of the President (and Congress too), and the implications are all too...
Immigration Under Trump 2.0: Almost Six Months In, A System in Freefall
We’re just five or so months into the second Trump Administration, and already the immigration system, or what remains of what we historically understand it to be, has been gutted, reengineered, or in some cases, outright ignored. And, to be fair, I have advocated...
Employer Compliance in the Trump 2.0 Era: What You Need to Know About I-9 Audits, On-Site Inspections, and ICE Raids
Employer Compliance in the Trump 2.0 Era: What You Need to Know About I-9 Audits, On-Site Inspections, and ICE Raids Immigration enforcement in the workplace (and practically everywhere for that matter) is in the midst of an unprecedented resurgence. With Trump 2.0...
International Students Now Face Greater Scrutiny and Risk of Removal
College students have long served as the moral compass of American society, frequently at the forefront of protests challenging government policies and actions. Many participate in demonstrations with the expectation that their civil liberties, such as freedom of...