Episode 16 - Recap of Recent Immigration Events, News & Laws (July 2016)

Recap of Recent Immigration Events, News & Laws including 00:45: Update about the podcast 3:25: AILA 2016 Conference in Las Vegas 04:45: Backlog in Immigration Courts (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/20/federal-immigration-court-backlog-tops-500000-pending-cases.html) 06:25: Asylum Backlog, years of waiting for interview (https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do) 07:45: EB-5 Backlogs increasing (http://jqklaw.blogspot.com/2016/07/eb-5-other-uscis-timelines-for-july-2016.html) 09:00: Visa Bulletin Backlog for F-2A Category (https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-august-2016.html) 11:26: Adjustment of Status for DACA Recipients (http://jqklaw.blogspot.com/2016/07/nearly-3000-daca-recipients-receive.html) 13:42: TPS Extended for El Salvador (https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-el-salvador)  and Syria (https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-syria) 15:00: K-4 Adjustment Caselaw (http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/144831p.pdf) 15:56: Provisional Waiver (I-601a) Expansion (https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-allow-additional-applicants-provisional-waiver-process) 17:35: Government Requests Rehearing of DAPA (https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/15-674-Texas-Rehearing-Petition.pdf) 18:03: Law School Immigration Program Rankings (http://jqklaw.blogspot.com/2016/07/top-law-school-immigration-law-program.html) Visit ImmigrationLawyersPodcast.com for more. Attorneys can join the ImmigrationLawyersListserv.com Listserv My email is info@jqklaw.com