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The following are recent developments from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP): International travel improvements. CBP seeks comments by August 15, 2014, on proposed improvements in the entry process and airport-specific plans for international travelers to the United States. On May 22, 2014, President Obama directed the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security to… Read More

Enforcement of immigration laws has largely been focusing on employers.  There has been a huge increase in the number of business audits by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), and it is the stated policy of the Obama administration to enforce immigration laws by focusing on ICE audits of employers’ I-9 records. This employer focus is likely… Read More

Sheldon G. Adelson, Warren E. Buffett and Bill Gates sent a message to Congress in a collaboratively drafted opinion letter published in the New York Times on July 11, 2014. The three urged Washington to come together to establish cohesive and comprehensive immigration reform. Their call comes at a time when the House appears to… Read More

As the United States continues to grapple with an influx of undocumented children and others along the southern border, on July 8, 2014, President Barack Obama requested a $3.7 billion supplemental appropriation to fund activities at the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Justice (DOJ), State (DOS), and Health and Human Services (HHS). In its request… Read More

Following the Obama administration’s decision to increase the number of immigration judges deployed to handle cases related to the influx of undocumented migrants in the U.S. southern border area, the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) published an interim rule effective July 11, 2014, allowing the agency to designate or select temporary… Read More