U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Labor Issue Joint Rule Supplementing H-2B Visa Cap

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. Of the supplemental visas, 6,000 are reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

Read more at: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/us-departments-of-homeland-security-and-labor-issue-joint-rule-supplementing-h-2b-visa-cap

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Oregon man sentenced after HSI investigation helps end credit union fraud scheme

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Beaverton man was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing $60,000 from more than 80 local credit union members.

Winston E. Gray, 31, was sentenced to four years in federal prison and three years’ supervised release.

Read more at: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/oregon-man-sentenced-after-hsi-investigation-helps-end-credit-union-fraud-scheme

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DHS Issues Final Rule to Remove Vacated H-1B Rule from Code of Federal Regulations

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule that removes from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) an interim final rule (IFR) issued in October 2020, which has since been vacated by a federal district court.

On Oct. 8, 2020, DHS issued an IFR titled, Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program. On Dec. 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the IFR.

Read more at: https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/dhs-issues-final-rule-to-remove-vacated-h-1b-rule-from-code-of-federal-regulations

Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.