Farmers turn to flawed visa program in search for legal labor. Now the rules are changing

The H-2A program now comes with higher up-front costs but is essential to keeping farms afloat amid a labor shortage.

Farmers turn to flawed visa program in search for legal labor. Now the rules — and costs — are changing.

There’s a market for lending to H-2A workers crunched for time, he said — one dominated by “people doing scams to get your ...
National Law Review

USCIS Issues Additional Guidance on the Proclamation Imposing $100,000 Payment for H-1B Petitions

On October 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance on its website regarding the presidential proclamation, “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” ...

Trump’s new citizenship test rule: Fail this part and your interview ends immediately

New Trump-era rule changes how the U.S. citizenship test is scored — and one wrong move could end your interview early.

Becoming a U.S. citizen just became harder: How the new civics test questions differ from the old ones

Green card holders face a revamped civics test and added hurdles. Critics warn that the process is now more demanding than ...