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Administering H-1B program; enforcing fraud crackdown
On December 29, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published its final rule replacing the H-1B lottery with wage-weighted selection. It takes effect February 27, 2026.
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Administered FRP intake and now unwinds cases and parole-linked benefits
DHS just turned a promised “legal pathway” into a ticking clock. A Federal Register notice published December 15, 2025 terminates every Family Reunification Parole program tied to seven countries—and tells people already here that their parole will end on January 14, 2026.
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Not the decision-maker for visa stamps, but its approvals trigger consular stamping demand
The State Department is implementing social media screening for employment visas. Starting December 15, 2025, H-1B workers and H-4 spouses and kids applying for visa stamps abroad get an "online presence review" — and they're told to make their social profiles public so officers can look.
Processing gatekeeper; guidance defines scope of who pays
The Trump administration imposed a $100,000 fee on new H‑1B visa petitions. Now twenty states are suing to overturn that fee in federal court, calling it an illegal end-run around Congress.
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