In April 2021, 17 new immigration judges took the bench, including a number of administrative judges at the Richmond Immigration Adjudication Center.
The DHS withdrew a proposed rule that would have expanded the biometrics collection requirements in immigration applications.
The USCIS reverted to pre-October 2019 policies in Forms I-589 (asylum), I-612 (waiver of foreign residence requirement), I-918 (U visa) submitted with blank spaces.
The USCIS announced on March 30, 2021, that it received enough H1B registrations to reach the FY 2022 H1B Cap.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) made a new interactive EOIR Policy Manual available online, EOIR new policy manual
The DHS announced that it will not defend the new public charge rule of the Trump Administration in court, thus reverting to the 1999 public charge rule.
President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation rescinding President Donald Trump’s Executive Order barring the entry of most immigrants to the United States.
The Second Circuit cleared the way for ordering the Board of Immigration Appeals to make unpublished decisions available under FOIA.
The Supreme Court will review the Trump public charge rule, but it is unclear whether the Biden Administration will seek to defend the rules.
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