All Aboard The U.S. Immigration Merry-Go-Round!

It's becoming clichéd at this point to start off saying that 2020 has been an almost unbelievably, non-stop, surprise-filled year, in nearly all aspects of our lives. That's particularly true for US immigration, but not necessarily only because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on business and the economy.

On top of the pandemic, the current Administration has attempted to take an unprecedented number of Executive Branch actions to restrict or hinder employer access to the legal US immigration system. Many of those actions have been successfully challenged in the courts, but others remain in place for now. And, the pace at which the Administration is issuing new Executive Orders or promulgating new regulations in this space has been increasing in the 2^nd half of 2020.