Obama’s Deportation Relief Program at a Standstill07/02/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedIn May 2015, President Obama’s proposed deportation relief program, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA, suffered…Read More
ICE Sets New Standards for Immigrant Family Detention07/02/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedIn the past twelve months, family detention has dramatically increased, as record numbers of unaccompanied minors and mothers with children…Read More
USCIS reassesses "specialized knowledge" for L-1B’s04/10/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedAt the end of March, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) released a highly anticipated policy memorandum that clarifies the…Read More
USCIS Announces H-1B Cap for FY 2016 Reached04/10/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedOn April 7, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received enough cap-subject H-1B petitions to…Read More
Employment Eligibility for H-4 Spouses04/10/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedOn May 26, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will begin to accept applications for employment authorization for certain…Read More
Matthew I. Hirsch to present seminars for International Students02/03/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedMatthew I. Hirsch will once again be visiting a number of area campuses to present a seminar entitled, “Transitioning from…Read More
Spotlight on the Immigration Innovation (“I-Squared”) Act of 201502/03/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedOn January 13, 2015 a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Immigration Innovation (“I-Squared”) Act of 2015. The Act focuses…Read More
Visa Bulletin Shows Great Leap Forward for EB-3 (but not for India)01/12/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedThe Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for February 2015 been released. The big news for this visa bulletin is the six-month…Read More
Law Office of Matthew I. Hirsch provides summary of President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration01/12/2015Matthew HirschUncategorizedOn November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a series of steps intended to implement changes in U.S. immigration policy. The…Read More
States Sue to Block Obama’s Executive Action12/15/2014Matthew HirschUncategorizedSince President Obama’s announcement in November 2014 about the Executive Action on Immigration, twenty-four states have signed a lawsuit to…Read More
President announces Executive Action to Fix Broken Immigration System11/21/2014Matthew HirschImmigration News, UncategorizedOn November 20, 2014, President Obama announced steps that his administration is taking to fix parts of America’s broken Immigration…Read More
DHS Announces Temporary Protected Status for Nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone11/21/2014Matthew HirschImmigration NewsDue to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, the Secretary of Homeland Security has established a program…Read More