On behalf of Greenwood Law | Oct 25, 2019 | Immigration
A policy change proposed by the Trump administration would allow U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to collect DNA samples from immigrants taken into custody in North Carolina and around the country. The proposed policy change was announced by a White House...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Sep 24, 2019 | Immigration
The rate of denials for H1-B visas has been on the rise since the beginning of the Trump administration. The number of denials rose to 32% during the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year from just 6% during the 2015 fiscal year. North Carolina employers that are...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Aug 27, 2019 | Immigration
North Carolina residents who have been following the ongoing legal battles over some of the Trump administration’s more controversial immigration policies will likely not be surprised to learn that another court case is brewing. A proposed rule change published...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Aug 26, 2019 | Immigration
North Carolina readers might be interested to learn that 13 states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s controversial new “public charge” rule, which denies green cards to immigrants who receive certain government...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Jul 31, 2019 | Immigration
Many people in North Carolina are deeply concerned about the changes to the immigration system being made by the Trump administration. Even people who are not refugees or asylum seekers have expressed outrage at the repeated measures aimed to minimize the number of...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Jun 5, 2019 | Immigration
North Carolina residents may be aware that President Trump has taken aggressive action to address what he has referred to as a crisis at the nation’s southern border. In late May, the White House said in a statement that Trump plans to introduce a series of...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | May 8, 2019 | Immigration
Media outlets in North Carolina and around the country have devoted a lot of attention in recent months to the ongoing legal challenges to some of President Trump’s more controversial immigration policies. Trump has declared the situation on the nation’s...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Mar 27, 2019 | Immigration
In 2015, the Obama administration modified the immigration rules to allow the spouses of H-1B visa holders who are applying for permanent residence to work in the United States. The move proved to be a popular one as 91,000 H-4 visa holders in North Carolina and...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Mar 1, 2019 | Immigration
The spouses of H-1B visa holders in North Carolina may be facing the loss of their work permits. A proposal that has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget would end the practice of allowing spouses to get employment authorization documents. The...
On behalf of Greenwood Law | Jan 31, 2019 | Immigration
North Carolina residents may be aware that the living conditions of over 10,000 immigrant children being held in federal custody at the U.S.-Mexico border have become the source of multiple lawsuits in recent weeks. According to these cases, the bad conditions in...
