United States: General Immigration

H-1B workers who lose their jobs and file to change status to B-1/B-2 visitor status are facing increased scrutiny from USCIS, with rising denials challenging what was once a widely accepted strategy. Recent policy shifts have recharacterized job searching as an impermissible primary purpose for visitor status, creating new risks for terminated workers and their prospective employers.

As H-2B visa workers increasingly extend their status and transfer between seasonal employers, questions arise about their ability to travel domestically and internationally between work periods. This guidance explores the permissible travel options for H-2B workers during seasonal transitions and highlights critical compliance considerations that employers must understand to avoid jeopardizing their workers' visa status.

Pabian Law's April 2026 quarterly update examines critical developments in U.S. immigration law for hospitality employers, including H-1B visa cap changes, accelerated EB-3 green card processing timelines...

Although earlier estimates placed the employment-based green card backlog at approximately 1.8 million cases (Cato Institute, 2023), more recent data indicate that significant backlogs persist in 2025...

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INTERPOL is not a global police force, and it doesn’t have the power to arrest anyone. It’s a coordination platform—an international system that lets member countries share data and request cooperation through standardized alerts and connected databases.

In this special relaunch episode of Statutes of Liberty, Klasko Immigration Law Partners introduces a new series focused on one of the most pressing issues facing organizations today: immigration...

The White House released its FY27 budget proposal this morning, which seeks $2.2 trillion for the federal government. As stated in the preamble, which reveals the president’s priorities, the proposal constrains non-defense spending, proposing a 10% cut compared to FY26 non-defense levels; maintains investments in border security and immigration enforcement; and requests $1.5 trillion for national defense, a 44% increase.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Trump v. Barbara, on the Administration's bid to eliminate "birthright citizenship" for children of undocumented and temporary foreign nationals in the U.S. Under the Executive...