AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

NEW YORK CHAPTER

CLE

November 13, 2017

Topic The Attack on Business Immigration

With the Trump administration making clear that it is taking aim at immigration, business immigration practitioners find ourselves in a period of great uncertainty and change. We are facing an administration that is making changes to the current immigration laws – with threats to make more - that have and will negatively impact the businesses and individuals that we work with. Each day seems to bring more RFEs, increased scrutiny, and new policies and practices which make things more difficult for our clients. In addition to published guidance and policies, we are seeing consular and USCIS officers applying strict and often inappropriate standards which appear to be aimed at making it harder for our clients to obtain nonimmigrant visas and green cards.

This panel will review the current policies and procedures that have been introduced by this administration as well as discuss what is on the horizon for the area of business administration. Speakers will discuss current trends in RFEs, denials, and adjudication trends at the consulates and USCIS, as well as how to prepare your clients and respond.

7:00 to 7:05 Introduction

7:05 to 7:25 Current administrative policies:

What has been said

What can be done by the Administration

What we expect to happen

7:25 to 7:35 Discussion of current legislation in the House and Senate

7:35 to 8:20 How USCIS and consulates are in practice implementing Trump’s

restrictive immigration policies and tips on how to respond

RFES

Denials

Increased scrutiny

Changes to policy

8:20 to 8:40 Tips for planning for your clients’ future during these uncertain

times

8:40 to 8:50 How AILA members can work with clients to advocate against the

administration’s current policies. 15 min

8:50 to 9:00 Q&A

*All speakers will cover all bullet points

*Suzanne Seltzer (DL)

*Allen Orr

*Cyrus Mehta

*David Grunblatt

*Stuart Reich