The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) issued a new report on the current backlog of cases in U.S. Immigration Courts.  The report shows that while the Immigration Court backlog is increasing, the...

On September 16, 2011, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano, announced a series of initiatives to encourage foreign nationals to study at United States schools. A key component of the...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report assessing H-1B worker use of Social Security numbers (SSN).

In a September 15 cable, the Department of State Immigrant Visa Control unit announced that it will cease authorization of all employment preference cases for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 because the annual visa number...

On September 9, 2011, USCIS announced that approximately 32,200 cap-subject H-1B petitions had been filed for fiscal year 2012.  This means that there are fewer than 32,800 cap-subject H-1B visas remaining for fiscal year...