On March 31, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the forthcoming publication of a joint temporary final rule to make available an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second [...]

On March 16, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new 18-month designation for Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in response to ongoing violent, armed conflict in the country led by Taliban forces. This designation comes less [...]

On December 10, 2021, the Biden administration released its fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, providing the public with a detailed glimpse into the regulatory and deregulatory activities under development across approximately 60 federal departments, agencies and [...]

On December 2, 2021, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the extension of its comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor [...]

On October 12, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a memorandum directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to develop and update policies to [...]