On May 10, 2021, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced [link] that it is rescinding a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking [see blog] to withdraw The International Entrepreneur parole program, which had been instituted by a a final rule published on January 17, 2017. The rule had been previously allowed to take effect [see article] due to an injunction against an initial effort to end the program in 2017.

Ksena Karelina Freed From Russian Prison
Ksena Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russia citizen, was freed from Russian prison in a prisoner exchange after she had received a lengthy sentence for making a $52 donation to a charity conducting humanitarian work in Ukraine.