Ver la versión en español aquí On October 30, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule terminating the practice of automatically extending an employment authorization document (EAD) based on a timely filed Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization to renew the expiring EAD. Since 2016, holders of EADs in certain … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí A lot. On September 19, President Trump issued a Proclamation, outlining alleged abuse of the H-1B visa program. To address the abuse of the H-1B program, the Proclamation imposes a one time fee of $100,000 on each new H-1B. The fee requirement expires in twelve months, unless extended. Based … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On September 8, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) officially terminated the 2021 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”). The Notice in the Federal Register makes the termination effective on November 7, 2025, sixty days after publication of the Notice. Venezuelans granted TPS under the 2021 … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to move forward with its termination of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for Honduras and Nicaragua effective September 8, 2025. A district court had postponed the termination of TPS until November 18, 2025. The Ninth Circuit stayed the … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On July 8, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for Honduras and Nicaragua. The termination of TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua will take effect on September 8, 2025. The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published the termination notices in the July … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí Honduras and Nicaragua As of July 7, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has failed to make a determination whether Honduras and/or Nicaragua continue to meet the conditions for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) designation. Under the statute, the Secretary of DHS must publish in the Federal Register and … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On June 27, Secretary of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for Haiti. The TPS designation for Haiti had been set to expire on August 3, 2025. The termination of TPS for Haiti will take effect on September 2, 2025. The DHS published … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finally provided tools and guidance for employers trying to navigate the termination of the parole programs for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV). As a reminder, the DHS announced on March 25, 2025, that the humanitarian parole programs for Cuba, … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí February 5, 2025 just became a vitally crucial date for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans living and working in the United States under an October 2023 Venezuela designation of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”). Venezuelans who received an extension of their TPS or Employment Authorization Document on or before February 5, 2025 … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí According to the Sun Sentinel, this hurricane season—which started on Sunday, June 1—is expected to bring more named storms and both more hurricanes and more major hurricanes. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) and Colorado State University predict an active season. NOAA predicts thirteen to nineteen named storms … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On March 25, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security terminated the parole program that had allowed more than 500,000 citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela into the United States over the past two years. (See our blog dated March 26, 2025.) Under the March 25 termination, these individuals … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On March 31, 2025, United States District Judge Edward Chen issued an order postponing the actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the October 2023 designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela. As a result, at least for the time being, the TPS … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí The Department of Homeland Security has terminated a parole program that benefits citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Referred to as the CHNV parole program, the program had allowed citizens of the four countries to request permission to travel to the United States for parole into the country. … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí According to an advance copy of a notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Secretary Kristi Noem is partially vacating the June 4, 2024 decision of former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that extended the designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the new designation of Haiti … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí On February 14, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel William Cowen rescinded several memoranda issued by the former General Counsel during the Biden Administration. Among the memoranda rescinded include:… Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. Last week, we posted about the revocation of the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from Venezuela. As explained last week, there were two Venezuela TPS designations: On February 5, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice in the Federal Register terminating the October 3, … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. Last week, we posted about the Biden administration’s January 17 extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Sudan. On January 28, new Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem vacated the notice extending the TPS designation for Venezuela, Vacatur of 2025 Temporary Protected Status Decision … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) extended the designation of El Salvador, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months. The TPS extensions are as follows:… Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) extended the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haiti for a period of eighteen (18) months, from August 4, 2024 to February 3, 2026. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated countries because the country has … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. With apologies to T.S. Eliot, June is the cruelest month in Florida. It is time to start thinking about hurricanes again. Even if we are blessed with a storm-free six months, no doubt there will be a few near misses that will ramp us all up into prep mode. Here are some … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. On April 25, we posted a blog on the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule that will retroactively ban most non-compete agreements and prohibit such agreements going forward, with limited exceptions. At the time we posted, the date the new rule would go into effect was not clear as the FTC … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. Assuming they survive certain legal challenges, new rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) could dramatically impact the relationship between employers and employees in the United States. The FTC has passed a rule banning non-compete agreements and prohibiting enforcement of non-compete agreements … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. On February 27, we posted a blog on proposed legislation to modify the law regulating child labor in Florida. The bill that the Florida Legislature passed is somewhat different from the bill we blogged about on February 27. We updated our chart detailing the differences between current Florida law … Continue Reading
Ver la versión en español aquí. The Florida Legislature is proposing to change the state’s law regulating the employment of minors ages 14 to 17. Below is a summary of the current limitations on child labor in Florida and how the rules will change once the current bill, HB 49, becomes law. HB 49 passed … Continue Reading
