NewsBrief Archives - Murthy Law Firm

26 Mar 2026

NewsFlash! DOL Proposes Significant Hike to Prevailing Wages for H1B, H1B1, E-3, and PERM

Tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register that proposes to dramatically increase the prevailing wage levels used in the H1B, H1B1, E-3, and PERM labor certification programs. The NPRM is titled "Improving Wage...

10 Jul 2025

Immigration Impact of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

President Trump signed a spending bill, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” into law on 04.Jul.2025. While the bill does not fundamentally change who is eligible for U.S. immigration benefits or create new, legal pathways, it dramatically increases funding for immigration enforcement and increases the financial...

08:58 / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / Legislation / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Resident / Student / Travel / Worker

27 Feb 2025

Murthy Snapshot: New Alien Registration Process

On 25.Feb.2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the upcoming launch of a new alien registration process. While the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) has long required the registration of most aliens who remain in the United States for 30 days or more,...

12:08 / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief / USCIS News

23 Jan 2025

NewsFlash! Court Blocks Trump’s Order Limiting Birthright Citizenship

Today, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), temporarily blocking the enforcement of President Trump’s executive order that significantly limited eligibility for birthright citizenship. The news of this TRO was widely expected among legal scholars, as the executive order appears to...

15:31 / Citizen / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief

17 Jan 2025

Congress Poised to Pass Laken Riley Act, Authorizing Detention for Theft-Related Crimes

Congress appears ready to pass the Laken Riley Act, which authorizes the detention of certain foreign nationals charged with theft and other crimes in the United States. This law also denounces the Biden Administration for its border policies and calls for stronger border enforcement measures. New...

13:03 / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief

28 Feb 2024

Murthy Snapshot: Ukrainian Re-Parole

On February 27, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that eligible Ukrainian nationals paroled into the United States due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia can apply for a two-year humanitarian period of re-parole. While we work to provide our readers...

07:01 / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / USCIS News

28 Nov 2022

DACA Implemented as a Regulation

On October 31, 2022, a new final rule on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) went into effect. The implementation of this final rule means that DACA – a program that provides certain temporary protections and benefits to qualifying undocumented immigrants who were brought to...

07:57 / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief

28 Jun 2021

EB5 Regional Center Program to Expire, at Least Temporarily

The regional center portion of the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor program will expire after June 30, 2021. Congress failed to reach an agreement to extend the program, and it is now in recess until July 9, 2021. There is still reason to believe...

12:00 / EB5 Investor / For Individuals / Investor / Legislation / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News

26 Feb 2021

Congress Proposes Bill to Transform U.S. Immigration System

On February 18, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (USCA) was introduced in both houses of Congress. This bill, which is modeled after a proposal laid out by President Joe Biden, would fundamentally transform the U.S. immigration system. However, this bill has a long...

12:37 / Citizen / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief / Resident / Worker

20 Jan 2021

President Biden Starts Implementing His Immigration Policies

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn in today as the 46th president of the United States, and he has already begun the process of undoing Trump's immigration policies. To start with, by the end of the day, President Biden will have signed several executive orders...

18:27 / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief / Resident / Worker

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