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Sep 21, 2026 • Policy Updates • 3 min read

DHS Quietly Extended Its "Mass Influx of Aliens" Finding for a Fifth Time - It Has Now Run Continuously for 20 Months

A Federal Register notice published September 21, 2026 extends the DHS Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens another 180 days - the fifth extension of a finding originally set to last 60 days.

USCIS Policy Updates

Sep 21, 2026 • Green Card • 3 min read

EB-1 China Has Been Frozen at July 1, 2023 - and the Community Is Mining 14 Quarters of I-140 Data to Guess What October Brings

EB-1 China held at a July 1, 2023 Final Action Date in September, and a widely-read 1Point3Acres thread aggregating 14 quarters of I-140 data shows how closely the FY2027 reset is being watched.

EB-1A Visa Bulletin USCIS

Sep 21, 2026 • Policy Updates • 2 min read

The BIA Just Erased a 25-Year Protection Against Removal Orders You Never Received

In Matter of DIJI (Sept. 3, 2026), the BIA overruled Matter of G-Y-R- (2001), holding that a notice mailed to the last address you gave the government counts even if you never received it.

USCIS Policy Updates Green Card

Sep 21, 2026 • Immigration News • 3 min read

USCIS Is Posting Its H-1B Wage-Level Fraud Findings on Social Media - and the Details Should Worry Honest Petitioners

Two official USCIS posts detail H-1B wage-level fraud findings: a Florida petition understating required experience by five years, and Nebraska petitions misclassifying engineers as programmers.

H-1B USCIS Policy Updates

Sep 19, 2026 • Policy Updates • 3 min read

New H-1B Executive Order: Agencies Must Weigh an Employer's Layoffs, and DOL Starts Auditing Past LCAs Within 30 Days

A Sept. 18 executive order tells State, Labor and DHS to consider whether an H-1B sponsor laid off, or plans to lay off, similarly situated U.S. workers, and directs DOL's Wage and Hour Division to start reviewing past labor condition applications within 30 days.

H-1B Policy Updates USCIS

Sep 19, 2026 • Policy Updates • 3 min read

Trump Renews the $100,000 H-1B Entry Restriction Until September 2027 - Even Though a Court Has Blocked Its Enforcement

A Sept. 18 proclamation extends the 2025 H-1B entry restriction and its $100,000 payment requirement for 12 more months, starting Sept. 21, 2026. The guidance that implemented the payment remains vacated by a federal court while the government's appeal is pending.

H-1B Policy Updates USCIS

Sep 18, 2026 • Policy Updates • 3 min read

Public Charge Rule Is Now in Effect — and a Third Lawsuit Was Filed the Day Before It Started

The public charge rule took effect September 18 with no court order blocking it; Make the Road New York filed a third SDNY challenge on September 17, but no emergency motion appears on any docket and the states' first conference is not until October 9.

Public Charge Green Card USCIS I-485

Sep 17, 2026 • Policy Updates • 3 min read

The PERM Overhaul Just Reached the White House — DOL Sent Its Proposed Rule to OIRA on September 14

DOL sent its long-signaled PERM modernization rule (RIN 1205-AC29) to White House OIRA review on September 14, 2026 — the last internal step before the proposed rule is published for public comment.

PERM EB-2 EB-3 Green Card

Sep 17, 2026 • Immigration News • 3 min read

The Public Charge Rule Takes Effect Tomorrow — and Unlike Duration of Status, No One Has Asked a Judge to Stop It

Two SDNY lawsuits challenge the public charge rule, but no emergency motion has been docketed — so the rule and the new no-grace-period I-485 edition are on track to take effect September 18.