Doug Rand
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This new Trump executive order deserves to be front-page news—it's as bad or worse than his attempt to politicize IGs, for example.Stated simply, Trump wants to fire thousands of apolitical
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Today DHS unveiled a regulatory plan to severely restrict international students & exchange visitors, by making it difficult for them to stay in the US for their full duration of
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The Trump administration now has barely 3 months to lock in any new regulations before a Biden administration possibly begins. We can guess what this might mean for immigration policy…1/
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It's too late for 300,000 aspiring Americans to vote in the 2020 election, because DHS delays will prevent them from becoming US citizens in time.Based on newly disclosed govt data,
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Hey there Immigration Twitter—here are some resources to help us parse what's going on with today's out-of-the-blue policy manual changes from USCIS. Here's the announcement, "Applying Discretion in USCIS Adjudications&qu
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Will Trump's looming #immigration executive order block temporary visitors ("nonimmigrants") or future green card applicants ("immigrants")?@NYTimes: Looks like both.1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/trump-immig
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There are now over 1 million people stuck in the green card queue for workers & their families. Not because of govt delays, but because of irrational limits that Congress
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SBA just released its new "affiliate rule" for the #CARESAct #PaycheckProtectionProgram & only made one change: Faith-based organizations are exempt.That's it. Zero relief for Main Street & VC-backed firms.Here's the
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