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.

Asylum For Refusal to Serve in Internationally Condemned Military
Opposition to compulsory military service does not ordinarily qualify an alien for asylum. However, an alien who opposes serving in a military condemned by the international community for inhuman conduct may have a colorable asylum claim.