Even with an election only two weeks away, legal challenges involving immigration law under the Trump administration continue to work their way through the courts. 

The option of becoming a U.S. citizen becomes available to most immigrants who have possessed a green card for five years or three years if the green card was obtained via marriage.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California placed a preliminary injunction on the rule on September 29.  The injunction prevents the rule from being implemented until the legal case challenging the rule is heard in court.

A new proposal from the Trump administration would make pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree much more difficult for certain foreign students. 

Today, September 22, is National Voter Registration day.  U.S. citizens, whether natural born or naturalized, who will be 18 years old by Election Day (Tuesday, November 3rd) are encouraged to register to vote!

A federal appeals court panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower-court ruling that blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to end temporary protected status (TPS) for certain foreign nationals living in the U.S.

The recent government restrictions on H-1B has prompted more employers to consider directly helping F-1 college graduates in Optional Practical Training (OPT) apply for green cards. 

In a widely expected, though still shocking, move DHS and USCIS confirmed in a memorandum that it will automatically reject new applications for the DACA program and cut the deferment period in half.