The Trump administration is reportedly considering issuing a new travel ban by executive order that is expected to be released in the coming days.
In this video, attorney Jacob Sapochnick discusses what we know about the President’s new travel ban including which countries may be subject to a partial or full suspension on entry and how you may be impacted.
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Overview
A New York Times articles has revealed the countries that are being considered for a partial or full suspension on entry to the United States. Anonymous sources speaking on condition of anonymity have revealed that the affected countries have been divided into three tiers: red, orange, and yellow.
Each of these tiers is subject to certain restrictions on entry to the United States.
Have you ever wondered what to do if you are detained at a U.S. airport or port of entry while traveling as a green card holder?
In this video, you will learn about your rights as a green card holder and under what circumstances you can be detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when re-entering from a trip overseas.
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Overview
What happens when a Green Card holder is detained at an airport or U.S. port of entry after returning from a trip overseas?
In recent months, green card holders have reported being detained at U.S. ports of entry after returning from overseas travel. Viral social media posts have told cautionary tales of individuals being taken to secondary inspection when passing through customs.
All travelers arriving at U.S. ports of entry are subject to inspection by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to ensure compliance with immigration laws and regulations.
Unlike tourists and temporary visa holders, permanent residents (green card holders) are entitled to certain rights that others do not have. This includes the right to:
Live permanently in the United States provided you do not commit any actions that would make you removable under immigration law
Be protected by all laws of the United States, your state of residence and local jurisdictions
When being questioned or detained by a CBP officer, permanent residents may:
Report the incident to their embassy or consulate
Request to speak with an attorney to discuss the legal consequences of detainment and/or green card revocation
Are you applying for permanent residency based on marriage to a U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident in 2025?
If so, you won’t want to miss this important video addressing the challenges that couples may soon be facing during their immigration process under the Trump administration.
To learn what you need to look out for and how to minimize difficulties in the process, please continue watching this video.
Overview
Trump’s return to the White House has changed the immigration landscape in several important ways that will impact the green card process for couples applying both inside the United States with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and those applying for spousal visas at U.S. Consulates and Embassies abroad.
In this video, we address these changes and how you can prepare for these challenges in the years ahead.
Reduction of Consular Staff Will Lead to More Immigrant Visa Appointment Backlogs in 2025
For those applying for spousal visas through Consular processing, one of the most impactful changes is a recent executive order signed by Trump directing the State Department to reduce visa staff and local employees at U.S. Embassies and Consulates overseas.
Along with these changes, the President has asked the State Department to revise or replace the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), and all handbooks, procedures, and guidance used by Consular officers when issuing U.S. visas. This means that visa applications may be scrutinized more heavily moving forward, and interpretations of the law may be viewed more narrowly.
In a practical sense, this reduction in Consular staff means that spouses will experience longer wait times to receive immigrant visa interview appointments, because posts around the world will have more limited resources to respond to the large caseloads.
Moving forward spouses should expect their cases to remain warehoused at the National Visa Center (NVC) for extended periods until an interview appointment becomes available.
During these uncertain times in immigration, we bring you this informative video to summarize President Donald Trump’s recent thirteen executive actions on immigration.
Some of the highlights of this discussion include President Trump’s executive order affecting birthright citizenship, measures to enhance border security, mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, potential executive orders implementing new travel bans, and much more.
To learn more about these executive orders and how they may impact you, please keep watching.
Overview
What happened on day one of the Trump administration?
President Trump signed thirteen executive orders on the first day of his presidency, setting the tone for the start of his administration with new policies that create obstacles for certain immigrants.
EO #1President Trump’s America First Priorities
The first of these executive orders is “President Trump’s America First Priorities,” which outlines the top priorities that we can expect to see from the Trump administration over the next four years.
The major highlights of this order are as follows:
President Trump promises to take “bold action” to secure the U.S. border and protect communities by calling on the U.S. Armed Forces and National Guard to assist with border security
At the President’s direction, the State Department will have an “America-First” foreign policy
Ends Biden’s Catch-and-Release Policies
What it is:Catch-and-release authorized the release of individuals without legal status from detention while awaiting immigration court hearings.
Reinstates Remain in Mexico Policy
What it is: Known formerly as the Migrant Protection Protocol, this policy will require certain asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court.
Continues the construction of his southern border wall with Mexico
Prohibits asylum for individuals who have crossed the border illegally
What it is: Aims to end asylum and close the border to those without legal, to facilitate a more immediate removal process
In recent months, President elect Donald Trump pledged to end birthright citizenship – a right that is protected by the 14th amendment.
In this video, Jacob Sapochnick answers an important question, can he really do it?
Keep on watching this video to learn more.
Overview
Donald Trump made national headlines during a recent interview with NBC news where he suggested he would end birthright citizenship with the passage of an executive order.
In his interview, he told the media, “We’re gonna have to get it changed, or maybe I would go back to the people, but we have to end it. We’re the only country that has it…I was going to do it through executive action…”
The Trump team is also reportedly seeking to crack down on birth tourism, a phenomenon, where expecting mothers travel to the United States to give birth for the purpose of obtaining U.S. Citizenship for their child.
What is Birthright Citizenship?
Birthright citizenship means that any person born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a U.S. Citizen. This right is enshrined in the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Interpretation of the 14th Amendment
Trump allies believe that the 14th amendment has been misinterpreted and does not apply to children born in the United States to undocumented parents. They also take the position that birthright citizenship does not apply to noncitizens entering the country on temporary visas like B1/B2 to give birth.
President Trump will soon return to the White House, bringing with him many changes in the world of immigration.
In this video, attorney Jacob Sapochnick shares the ways in which the Trump administration will impact the processing at visas U.S. Consulates and Embassies worldwide, including immigrant and non-immigrant visas.
This video also covers the latest updates regarding the operational capacity of U.S. Consular posts and Embassies as of November 2024.
If you are currently waiting in line for a visa interview at a U.S. Consulate or Embassy abroad, you won’t want to miss this video.
Overview
President Trump will settle into the White House on January 20, 2024, bringing with him new appointments to cabinet level positions. His pick for Secretary of State is likely to be the Republican Marco Rubio, a known conservative who supports legal immigration and a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Nonimmigrant visa applicants may face new restrictions when applying at U.S. Consulates and Embassies. During the previous Trump administration, work visa applicants were under much heavier scrutiny than ever before. H-1B, O-1, L-1, and J visa applicants found it much more difficult to obtain approvals both at the USCIS and Consular level.
These challenges existed even for applicants seeking extensions of their work visa.
To avoid being subject to greater scrutiny, applicants should file their cases as soon as possible. If premium processing service is available for your petition, take advantage of it.
The American people have spoken. Donald Trump will return to the White House on January 20, 2025, becoming the next President of the United States.
This past month, the Trump administration has been busy laying the groundwork to implement stricter border policy measures, strike-down Biden-era immigration policies, and put in motion the large-scale deportation of undocumented immigrants.
But how could a Trump presidency impact legal immigration?
In this video, attorney Jacob Sapochnick explains what we can expect to see from the incoming Trump administration, with a specific focus on the changes that could impact business immigration law. You will learn about the five major changes that employers and foreign workers should consider in the months ahead.
If you’re an employer looking to hire foreign talent, or are actively employing foreign workers, then you won’t want to miss this video. If you’re a foreign worker going through the visa process, or thinking of applying for a visa, we will share with you the insider information you need to know to ensure your process is successful.
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Overview
The Trump administration’s immigration policies are expected to impact workers in all industries. Individuals close to the President elect have revealed that they are preparing executive actions on immigration to be rolled out soon after Trump takes office in January.
Here are the top five ways that Trump’s immigration policies will impact business immigration.
#1 The Use of Executive Orders
During his first term in office, Donald Trump relied heavily on executive orders to bring about far-reaching changes in immigration policy, including his notorious “Muslim travel ban.”
As you may recall, in 2017 President Trump signed an executive order banning people from six Muslim-majority countries, from entering the United States for a period of 90 days. These countries were Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.
The executive order prevented nationals from entering, even if they held visas to travel to the United States, causing wide-spread family separation for those seeking to be reunited with their spouses, parents, and children in the United States.
Upon taking office, we expect President Trump to issue a series of executive orders that will restrict the admission of certain foreign nationals to the United States and codify his hardline immigration policies.
The aftermath of the presidential election has sent shockwaves throughout the immigrant community.
In just 70 days, Donald Trump is set to become the next President of the United States. That means that major changes are coming to immigration law and policy.
In this video attorney Jacob Sapochnick explains what Trump’s victory means for immigration, including his promise to execute mass deportations throughout the United States, as well as other controversial immigration policies that he is expected to implement when he takes office on January 20, 2025.
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Overview
Mass Deportations
Throughout his campaign, Trump has called for mass deportations nationwide which he has said will be the “largest deportation effort in American history. “
It is said that his advisors are discussing whether they can declare a “national emergency,” to allow the government to call upon military officials to detain and remove undocumented migrant gang members from the United States. His campaign has also suggested ending sanctuary cities to remove suspected criminals, including drug dealers and cartel members from the population.
His promises also include hiring thousands of border patrol agents to secure the southern border to deter illegal immigration.
Trump’s Top Five Policies Targeting Immigration Law
The following are the top 5 areas where Trump’s policies will have the greatest impact in the lives of immigrants in the United States.
Immigrants should understand the potential challenges they could face under the Trump administration and consult with an experienced immigration attorney to create a plan of action in the months ahead. It is important to do so as soon as possible, because sensitive cases may call for immediate action before Trump is inaugurated.
#1 Asylum Restrictions
During Trump’s presidency in 2017, his administration was responsible for implementing widespread asylum restrictions. It is likely that his administration will re-implement many of his previous immigration policies, which limit asylum applications.
His policies are also likely to restrict asylum applications at the border, as they did during his first term in office.
Examples of Asylum Restrictions:
In 2020, the Trump administration published 7 final rules in the Federal Register to:
Former President Donald J. Trump has launched his campaign for a second presidential term in 2024. His announcement creates important implications for immigration considering that he is likely to win the Republican nomination in the presidential race.
In this video attorney Jacob Sapochnick tells you all you need to know about his contentious new immigration plan, ahead of the election.
Overview
It is no secret that during his presidential term Donald Trump took a hardline stance on immigration which led to restrictive immigration policies that impacted thousands of immigrants and nonimmigrants worldwide.
As part of his presidential campaign, Trump recently unveiled his immigration proposals, including new measures that would create further challenges for immigrants to obtain visas to the United States. If he were to be re-elected to the office of the President, such measures would be concerning for people everywhere.
What are some of Trump’s immigration proposals if he were re-elected in 2025?
Among Donald Trump’s immigration proposals, he seeks to prioritize securing the U.S. border to prevent illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico, as well as passing a host of controversial policies limiting legal immigration.
Getting Tough on the U.S. Mexico Border
Trump proposes a naval blockade by the Coast Guard and U.S. Navy to stop drug smuggling boats in U.S.-Latin America waters.
Drug cartels would be designated as “unlawful enemy combatants,” which would allow U.S. military intervention in Mexico.
Completion of the Southern border wall which was part of his immigration agenda as President
In this video, attorney Jacob Sapochnick shares recent legislation that would provide a pathway to permanent residency for certain undocumented immigrants that have resided in the United States for at least 7 years. We explain everything you need to know about this new proposal and how it might impact you.
Did you know? On July 20, 2022, several members of Congress introduced a proposed law, known as “Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929,” that if passed would allow people who have been living in the US for at least seven years to be able to obtain their green card through “registry.”
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Overview
What is this bill about?
The proposed bill known as “Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929,” introduced by Democrats Zoe Lofgren, Lou Correa, and Norma Torres, would change just one line of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) known as the “registry,” which was previously frozen since 1986.
“Registry,” is a section of immigration law that enables certain individuals who have been present in the United States for a specified period of time, the ability to apply for a Green Card (permanent residence), even if they are currently in the United States unlawfully.
To be eligible for a green card under the registry provisions, applicants must have entered the United States by a certain period of time, have continuously resided in the United States since entering, be a person of good moral character, and otherwise not be deportable or inadmissible to the United States.
The registry date under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) essentially functions as a sort of statute of limitations for illegal entry, allowing Congress to set arbitrary dates that determine which undocumented immigrants would be allowed to adjust their status to permanent residency inside the United States.
Congress first statutorily legalized the status of undocumented immigrants who arrived by 1921, then 1924, then 1928, then 1940 and finally 1972. No change in the law has been made since then. But now, Congressional democrats are seeking to adjust the registry date to open a pathway to permanent residency for millions of undocumented immigrants.
While this is only a proposal, that has not yet become law, the bill has the opportunity to create dialogue among both political parties in Congress. The first attempt at renewing the registry provisions came under the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act, which unfortunately failed to gain enough support to become law.
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