As we welcome a new year - and with it, a new White House Administration and a newly seated Congress - we face new challenges and fresh opportunities in our collective effort to address the green card backlogs. Progress never happens on its own; it depends on our community coming together, amplifying our voices, and setting a clear path for positive change.
To align our efforts and plan for the work ahead, please join us & @FrescoLeon for a public conference call. Your participation is crucial in making 2025 a year of meaningful progress.
Time: 06:30 PM EST (03:30 PM PST)
Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024
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When no one else would lift a finger to help backlogged immigrants maintain their H4-EAD, Immigration Voice acted to fight the good fight. Today, the D.C. Circuit said we were right to do so and affirmed the legality of the #H4EAD program. Thank you - Sudarshana Sengupta and Anuj Dhamija for leading this effort to help an estimated half a million families stuck in the backlog. We are deeply grateful to our attorney Carl Goldfarb and the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for helping immigrant families to work and support their families while waiting for over 170 years of employment-based green card backlog. https://t.co/KB7W5y7RMr
Court ruling says: State Department has the complete authority to pick VB date which is not subject to judicial review.
The Judge ruled: DOJ (as “Defendant”) argued that “no legal consequence flows from the publication of the Visa Bulletin because USCIS makes final determinations with regard to specific applicants” and the Court agreed that “Defendants have convinced the Court that "rights or obligations" are not determined by these Visa Bulletins, and that no "legal consequences" flow from their issuance...
#ICYMI - join us today at 08:30 PM ET as we share important updates & progress around the filing of Adjustment of Status (I-485) in Oct’23.
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We applaud @CongressmanRaja & @RepLarryBucshon for leading bipartisan letter w/ 56 Reps. to @SecMayorkas & @SecBlinken asking for minor fix to Oct Visa Bulletin to help 600K hi-skilled immigrant families. Now up to Biden Admin to respect & treat us fairly! https://t.co/hQtLwwGnh7