Topics: Immigration
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the presidency. Within two hours of assuming office, he executed a series of executive orders intended to carry out a restrictive and enforcement heavy immigration agenda. While these executive orders do not directly target employers or employment-based immigration, employers should expect additional scrutiny of the foreign nationals they employ and their workforce generally.
The Trump Administration announced the intention to require the registration of all foreign nationals in the United States and enhance the vetting and screening of foreign nationals seeking admission to the United States. Foreign nationals in the United States should expect multiple, duplicative, and repetitive visits to USCIS’ Application Support Center to have their photograph and fingerprint taken. While it remains to be seen what the practical effect of this directive will be, employers should anticipate longer adjudication times, additional scrutiny, and higher costs to petition to employ foreign nationals in the United States.
The Trump Administration has also stated that it intends to limit the number of employment authorized non-citizens in the United States. This will likely manifest itself in the form of the termination of DACA, and revocation of Temporary Protected Status and humanitarian parole issued by the Biden Administration. Foreign nationals using these programs to work in the United States should anticipate that the...
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