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November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by Duane Morris

The 2024 Presidential Election’s Impact on Business Immigration

The stated goals of Donald Trump and the Republican Party are to restrict both humanitarian immigration and legal business immigration. The party’s 2024 platform was discussed in more detail in our blog post, “Business Immigration Planning for 2025.” Now that Trump has been elected as our next president, here are some actions businesses can take between now and January 2025 to manage, or even minimize, the impact of those likely restrictions on foreign national employees.

Read the full Alert on the Duane Morris LLP website.

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 by Duane Morris

Proposed First Step Toward Immigration Reform Announced by President

On May 16, 2019, the president announced a plan to reform the U.S. immigration system, with a focus on increased border security as well as a plan to replace the employment-based green card system with a points system modeled on immigration programs in other countries, including Canada and Australia.

While specific details of the plan have not been disclosed, it is to be a merit-based system that would assess permanent residence applicants on the basis of criteria that include age, skills, education level, offer of employment, job creation potential and wage level.

View the full Alert on the Duane Morris LLP website.