On January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump signed two Executive Orders on immigration. Through these Orders, the President has ordered: (1) the construction of a wall along the United States’ southern border (2) a study of security at the southern border (3) the hiring of 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and 10,000 immigration enforcement officers (4) […]
On August 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended and re-designated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians, allowing Syrians who have already obtained TPS to re-apply and for Syrians who have arrived to the United States more recently to apply for TPS. This extension and re-designation is for 18 months, from October […]
Individuals interested in coming to the United States in order to engage in trade, may be able to qualify for a Treaty Trader (E-1), as long as they are a citizen of a country with which the United States “maintains treaties of commerce and navigation” and as long as other specific conditions are met. In […]
