Washington, D.C. Immigration Law Blog

A mandatory registry that was put into place following the terrorist events of 9/11 has now been formally scrapped by the Obama administration. Some Maryland residents may be aware that the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System program has not been in use...

Employment-based visas allow companies in Maryland and around the country to fill high-skill positions with foreign nationals when qualified American workers cannot be found, but the challenges facing immigrants who wish to secure permanent residence in the United...

Many employers in Maryland rely on qualified foreign workers to fill specialty occupations. To retain these workers, employers must apply for H-1B visas. Because demand for H-1B visas has been steadily increasing each year, employers must file their visa applications...

In Maryland and elsewhere across the country, U.S. citizens are experiencing seemingly endless delays in sponsoring their foreign spouses and may be questioning whether anything might be done in order to expedite the process. With a Trump presidency on the horizon, at...

Maryland residents may have read headlines about the worker replacement scandal at Walt Disney World. Disney was criticized for using an outsourcing firm to replace over 200 American IT workers with foreign H-1B visa recipients. Since then, several other companies...

Maryland residents might be interested in learning about a case that is currently being considered by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case concerns the constitutionality of detaining immigrants without detention hearings for lengthy periods of time, in...

Many Maryland residents are aware that immigration reform was part of Donald Trump's platform. One way to achieve his goals may be to reform the H-1B visas, which some claim are harmful to American workers. The visa allows American employers to hire skilled workers...

Maryland military service members who are not U.S. citizens may have paths to becoming naturalized. There are thousands of people who are immigrants who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, and the Department of Defense is working together with the U.S. Customs and...

Some Maryland residents may have heard that the federal government announced a plan earlier in 2016 to end the use of for-profit prisons for federal inmates who had been convicted of crimes. However, while the Justice Department will no longer be using those...