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New Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Policies Threatening Green Card Applicants with Family Separation
USCIS Policies Upend Decades of Practice, Penalizing Eligible Immigrants for Seeking Permanent Residence from Within the United States Boston — Immigrant families, workers, educators, unions, and immigrant rights organizations filed a lawsuit today, challenging two Trump-Vance ad
News · Source: American Immigration Council · Openbound updated
USCIS Changes How Filing Deadlines Are Calculated: What Employers and Foreign Workers Need to Know
USCIS has changed an important rule governing immigration filing deadlines, and the distinction it is drawing could have serious consequences for employers and foreign national employees who wait until the last day to file. On September 23, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
News · Source: Reddy Neumann Brown · Openbound updated
Your Employee’s H-1B Change of Status Is Now in Effect: Next Steps for Employers
Compliance considerations for employers of new H-1B workers who changed status from F-1 OPT, STEM OPT, or another status For many employers, October 1 marked the day a new group of employees moved into H-1B status. Cap-subject petitions approved with a change of status took effec
News · Source: Reddy Neumann Brown · Openbound updated
MurthyAudio: H1B Job Terminations and RFEs
The employer’s legal requirements for a layoff of an H1B worker and trends in Requests for Evidence are discussed by Murthy Law Firm attorneys in the October 2026 podcast. The MP3 is available here and soon can be found in the archive of our podcasts...
News · Source: Murthy Law Firm · Openbound updated
Federal Judge Blocks $100,000 H-1B Fee
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies that required certain employers to pay a $100,000 fee when filing new H-1B petitions. On September 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. granted a preliminary injunction in G
News · Source: Visa Lawyer Blog · Openbound updated
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.
News · Source: TechCrunch · Openbound updated
United States: USCIS Reaffirms Regulation Eliminating Maximum 540-Day EAD Auto-Extension
The final rule, which USCIS is issuing after considering comments to the interim rule, codifies the interim measure without change. As such, EAD renewal applications filed on or after October 30, 2025 ...
News · Source: fragomen · Openbound updated
Wall Street's latest AI spook, Netflix layoffs, 'good debt' and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. CNBC's "Halftime Report" and "Closing Bell" will both air live from San Francisco for ...
News · Source: CNBC · Openbound updated
What this bankruptcy says about AI startups
Character.AI collected millions of users, making it a very appealing acquisition. Google took a unique route to "acquiring" it, hiring away its founders and licensing its technology. Now Character.AI is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what to know.
News · Source: NPR · Openbound updated
DHS Finalizes End of Automatic EAD Extensions: Who Is Affected and What’s Next?
Key Takeaways What happened: On October 14, 2026, DHS published a final rule (91 FR 65306) ending the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for renewals filed on or after October 30, 2025. It took effect immediately. No new change to work authorization:
News · Source: Reddy Neumann Brown · Openbound updated
Netflix holds quarterly earnings call following leadership shakeup and layoffs
Netflix reported its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday. It comes as the streaming company has announced a management shakeup and layoffs of more than 1,000 employees.
News · Source: NPR · Openbound updated
United States: President Trump Extends $100,000 H-1B Fee, But Policy Currently Vacated by Court Order
President Trump has extended a September 2025 proclamation that imposes a $100,000 fee on certain H-1B petitions, through September 21, 2027, but that fee policy is currently blocked by court order.
News · Source: fragomen · Openbound updated