Category: In the News
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Fong Ilagan, LLP Recognized by Super Lawyers and U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2020
Fong Ilagan, LLP is excited to announce that William D. Fong and Gary J. Ilagan have both been recognized on the 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list by Thomson Reuters. This is the 15th year in a row for Mr. Fong and the 9th for Mr. Ilagan. Mr. Fong has been regularly listed as a Texas…
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What does the future look like for the H-1B Visa Program?
What does the future look like for the H-1B Visa Program? Recent reports from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) show that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is denying H-1B visa petitions at higher rates than ever. NFAP reports show in 2015 H-1B visas were being denied at a rate of 6%. This…
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World Day of Migrants and Refugees ends a busy Month for Immigration News
“World Day of Migrants and Refugees” ends a busy month of September for Immigration News Sunday 29th of September marked the Vatican’s “World Day of Migrants and Refugees”. Over 100 years on from the first day it was instituted by Pope Pius X in 1914, it would appear to have been celebrated in years past…
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U.S. Corporations Join Forces and Voices for immigration reform
2019 Sees a growing number of U.S. Corporations join immigration corporate roundtables to get their voices heard It’s not easy to deliver Immigration news without mentioning the recent activities of the Trump administration. The focus of the news has over recent months largely concentrated on policies and protocols instigated to stem the numbers of immigrants…
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Department of State Visa Bulletin For October 2019
Department of State Visa Bulletin for October 2019 and Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the Visa Bulletin The U.S. Department of State earlier this month published their updated monthly Visa Bulletin for October 2019. The Bulletin, which can be seen in full here on the https://travel.state.gov website, details the availability of immigrant numbers during…
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Texas Tent Courts take the strain of Immigration Case Backlog
Migrant Protection Protocol Program Cases heard in Texas Tent Courts With president Trump’s latest victory in the Supreme court having delivered yet another blow to U.S. asylum seekers, there are even more concerns close to the border. Having this week won the Supreme Court Justice’s decision to allow the Trump administration rule that prevents migrants…
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Trump’s Immigration Reforms, Summer 2019
Reflections on Trump’s relentless pursuit for Immigration reform President Trump’s recent “Safe third country asylum agreement” is clearly just one further bullet point on the Whitehouse’s growing bucket list for reducing immigration into the U.S. With the latest changes to Public Charge rules and its definition, which will again tighten ‘eligibility’ for those potential immigrants…
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Immigrants Credit Histories will now affect Immigration Status
Trump Administration Rule will now look at immigrant’s Credit Histories Earlier this month the Trump administration implemented comprehensive changes to U.S. immigration policy including an initiative to allow the Government to consider the credit history of prospective immigrants The rule change will effectively make it more difficult for prospective U.S. immigrants and legal immigrants to…
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5 Facts about the New EB-5 Rules
5 Things You Need to Know About the New EB-5 Visa Rules The EB-5 Visa, otherwise known as the Immigrant Investor Program, came into existence in 1990 to stimulate the American economy. Through capital investment in job-creating real estate projects classified as New Commercial Enterprises (NCE’s), immigrant investors can secure conditional U.S. residency for themselves…
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Is Your Business at Risk from an ICE Audit?
Be Prepared for An ICE Audit Do you recall the story of Tom Cat Bakery in New York City that lost 21 of their employees thanks to an ICE audit? Many advocacy groups felt the bakery mishandled the audit which got their employees fired. Some of the restaurants in the city stopped using their products.…