The order requiring USCIS to keep adjudicating cases for nationals of the 39 previously affected countries remains firmly in place. On July 15, 2026, Chief Judge John McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island denied the government's request to pause his own June 5 ruling while the...
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes a built-in requirement that all three countries jointly review the deal every six years and decide whether to extend it for another sixteen. That review deadline landed on July 1, 2026, and the Trump administration announced it will not agree to a renewal at this time. Headlines...
Canadian employers who hire temporary foreign workers are operating under real enforcement pressure right now, and the numbers back that up. Employment and Social Development Canada completed nearly 1,500 compliance inspections in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, and roughly one in eight employers inspected were found non-compliant. Penalties issued to...
As of July 15, 2026, IRCC has stopped accepting new interest-to-sponsor forms under the Parents and Grandparents Program, though it does not affect anyone already in the queue — roughly 60,500 applicants remain in the system, and IRCC still plans to finalize permanent residence for up to 15,000 parents and grandparents in...
On July 20, 2026, Ontario released the full points system and requirements for its new Workforce Priority Stream, which replaced all eight former OINP streams. Scoring favors higher-skill occupations, wages of $40+/hour, longer time already worked in Ontario, and jobs located outside Toronto, while self-employed physicians follow a separate track based on...
Effective September 15, 2026, DHS is replacing the open-ended "duration of status" system for F-1, J-1, and I visa holders with a fixed admission period capped at four years — meaning students needing more time must file a formal Extension of Stay with USCIS, along with a $470 fee, and the post-graduation...
The $100,000 H-1B fee is off the table again, at least for now. On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied the government's request to keep the fee in effect while its appeal continues, finding that the administration had not shown it was likely to succeed...
Reports have been building over the past several weeks of noncitizens being stopped and detained at U.S. airports while attempting to board domestic flights, including people who have a pending immigration case or benefit application on file. Incidents have been reported in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and...
New Jersey recently disclosed that a software error at the Motor Vehicle Commission caused roughly 6,600 people who had indicated they were not U.S. citizens to be registered to vote anyway, with a few hundred of them reportedly casting a ballot as a result. New Jersey is not the first state to...
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the government to apply expedited removal anywhere in the United States, not only near the border. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 to reverse a lower court order that had blocked the expanded policy since last...
