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In a 6-3 decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, affirming what has been the settled understanding of American law for over a century: children born on U.S. soil are citizens at birth, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. What...

On June 22, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would dramatically increase the cost of applying for naturalization and eliminate the financial assistance options that have long helped lower-income applicants pursue citizenship. What Is Being Proposed? Under the proposal, the filing fee for Form N-400, Application for Naturalization,...

In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge has declared the Trump administration’s attempt to impose a $100k fee on certain H-1B workers to be unlawful. Last September, the immigration community was shell-shocked when the Trump administration announced a $100k fee applicable to certain H-1B workers. Practitioners, employers, and employees initially scrambled to understand what the...

Recent federal actions have significantly expanded both U.S. travel restrictions and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudication policies affecting foreign nationals from designated countries. These changes have immediate and far-reaching implications for visa applicants, employers, and individuals with pending or approved immigration benefits. On January 1, 2026, the White House implemented an expanded travel...

USCIS announced on December 4, 2025, that certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) will now have shorter validity periods for both initial and renewal applications, affecting many individuals seeking or extending work authorization in the U.S.   USCIS explained that the purpose of these changes is to ensure more frequent vetting, deter fraud, and identify applicants who...

On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the ongoing legal battle surrounding birthright citizenship.  Unfortunately, the decision failed to address the substance of the executive order, and its decision was focused on whether lower federal courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions.  Background On the first day of his presidency,...

The U.S. Department of State has announced a significant change in the visa vetting process for international students and exchange visitors. Under new guidance released on June 18, 2025, all applicants in the F, M, and J nonimmigrant classifications will now be required to make their social media accounts public as part of expanded security...

President Donald Trump has reintroduced a key policy from his first term, announcing a new travel ban that affects citizens from 12 countries, with additional restrictions for seven others. This ban is set to take effect on Monday at 12:01 a.m., a move designed to prevent the chaos seen in 2017 when a similar ban...