.@USCIS has issued updated guidance on the H-1B Procolomation on their website (uscis.gov/working-in-the-uni…)

I respectfully disagree with Judge Reyes here. I’ve seen plenty of woods and water fronts thanks to golf!

Here is the thing I’ve learned being in Judge Reyes’ court. She isn’t summoning government officials just to swing her power around. In the hearing @BaniasLaw and I had with her, she asked DOJ for an answer. They couldn’t give it so she told them to get ICE counsel. They didn’t have an answer because the decision was made above them. So she said she’d keep going through the chain of command until someone could provide simple answers to basic questions. The issue with the current administration is that they are executing things at the top, and then get indignant about being asked about those (many times unlawful) decisions.

While the job posting is absurd and shows USCIS has no intent to follow its Congressional mandates, there is some humor in it. For example, an ISO job posting on USAJobs.gov shows the position "requires no college degree." While I do not personally think a college degree is the end-all be-all of anything, it is funny when we see some of the stuff USCIS sends on EB-1As, NIWs, and O-1s, and others. Individuals who are some of the top tier in the world (or close to it) are seeing pushback from a role that "requires no college degree."

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B) prevents lawful nonimmigrants from owning a gun unless it’s for hunting. I’m not sure how that is still constitutional given the current jurisprudence of 2A. Either way, not allowing people to protect themselves is absurd and the statute should be repealed.

Reminder, even though the administration is starting this with all sorts of political pretext, this requires them to prove their case in an Article III court in front of a real judge, not one of their crony immigration “judges”

So this regulation for USCIS benefits is just going to go back and forth between administrations isn’t it? Deference helps efficiency in the agency when there is no change in a benefit request.

From Ellis Island

Having been in Judge Reyes’ proceedings, she won’t let either party weasel their way out of things. Would hate to be on the wrong side of it. But, good thread on how DOJ leadership is ruining DOJ reputation in courts. It will take a long time to repair the damage.

Great quote at the ferry line for Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Ugh. @immigrationgirl we’re going to have to update our forms software for this totally real program that totally exists!

Employees can and do often transfer companies for better opportunities. And with the unfortunate state of the green card backlog, many that I’ve worked with are not overly concerned once their I-140 is approved. Can also just end the green card backlog!