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Andrew Kreighbaum
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Immigration and labor reporter at Bloomberg Law. Covering the legal and policy landscape affecting immigrant workers in the US. Member of Washington-Baltimore News Guild. Email: [email protected] Signal: kreighbaum.85
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · Feb 17
If you’re a current or former worker at DHS, State or DOL—or have any involvement in immigration law—you can reach out to me securely on Signal.

Happy to talk off the record.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8h
The suit shows how the fee would squeeze businesses well outside of the tech sector that don’t have other options beyond the visa program to meet critical labor needs.
H-1B $100,000 Fee Lawsuit Signals Labor Disruptions Beyond Tech
The first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers was launched by a coalition of employers well outside of Silicon Valley, showcasing the effects the steep new co...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8h
President Trump’s surprise proclamation slapping new H-1B workers with a $100,000 fee jolted the tech industry.

The first legal challenge to the fee though didn’t come from Silicon Valley, but a coalition of healthcare, education, and religious employers.

#H1Bvisa #immigration #healthcare #tech
H-1B $100,000 Fee Lawsuit Signals Labor Disruptions Beyond Tech
The first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers was launched by a coalition of employers well outside of Silicon Valley, showcasing the effects the steep new co...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 5d
The Supreme Court let the Trump administration strip more than 300,000 Venezuelans of the right to temporarily live and work in the US, a decision that opens a new category of migrants to the prospect of arrest and deportation
Supreme Court Lets Trump End Venezuelan Migrant Protections
A divided Supreme Court let the Trump administration strip more than 300,000 Venezuelans of the right to temporarily live and work in the US, in a decision that opens a new category of migrants to the prospect of arrest and deportation.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 5d
The first legal challenge to President Trump’s $100,000 H-1B entry fee was filed in San Francisco Friday.

Read the complaint: aboutblaw.com/bjLp

#immigration #H1B #tech
Trump Hit With First Lawsuit to Block $100,000 H-1B Entry Fee
A federal court should set aside a new $100,000 fee imposed on H-1B workers by the Trump administration, according to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of industry groups, unions, and individual visa hol...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 6d
Republicans claim Democrats are shutting forcing a shutdown over healthcare for unauthorized immigrants. But the GOP is about to cut coverage from 1.4 million immigrants with lawful status in the US, @erincdurkin.bsky.social reports

#immigration #shutdown #healthcare
Health Care Losses for Legal Immigrants Caught in Shutdown Fight
Despite Republicans pushing the argument that Democrats are leveraging the government shutdown to provide undocumented immigrants with health care, it’s legal immigrants that are about to lose coverag...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6d
JUST IN: Over Trump DOJ objection, judge dismisses w/prejudice federal case against man accused of assaulting two MS national guardsmen in DC. Judge Sparkle Sooknanan sees "improper purpose"/potential "prosecutorial harassment" in courthouse shuffle. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8d
You can read this opinion here:
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8d
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target noncitizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech,” Judge William G. Young wrote.
Trump’s Student Deportation Policy Ruled Unconstitutional (1)
A US policy targeting international students for removal on ideological grounds is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Boston ruled in a significant loss for the Trump administration’s crackdown on f...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8d
The Trump administration's ideological driven deportation campaign targeting international students over pro-Palestinian advocacy is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Boston found.
Trump’s Student Deportation Policy Ruled Unconstitutional (1)
A US policy targeting international students for removal on ideological grounds is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Boston ruled in a significant loss for the Trump administration’s crackdown on f...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 8d
DHS plans to begin accepting new #DACA requests after a multi-year freeze on new applications.

While Texas residents can only seek deferred action, immigrants in the rest of the country who qualify for the program elsewhere will also be able to apply for work permits.

#immigration #dreamers
US to Accept Immigrant Dreamer DACA Requests After 4-Year Freeze
Young immigrants brought to the US without authorization as children can soon file new requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Department of Homeland Security said, ending a long-runn...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 12d
Have questions about the White House H-1B proclamation or the proposal to overhaul the annual visa lottery?

I’m doing a #RedditAMA on H-1B changes at 12 ET today.

Link here: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

#h1b #immigration #tech #visas
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 13d
Teamed up with Ellen Gilmer @bgov.com to look at how Trump's proposed H-1B lottery overhaul reignites legal disputes from his first term over executive powers to pick participants in the visa program.

#immigration #tech #employment #H1Bvisas
Trump H-1B Lottery Proposal Tests Authority to Pick Visa Winners
A Trump administration plan to steer visas heavily used by the tech sector to higher-earning workers is set to renew a legal fight over authority to pick and choose users of the H-1B program.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14d
The Trump admin clarified that current workers won't be affected.

But scant guidance otherwise has left businesses guessing over how it affects nonprofit employers or student visa holders and how exemptions can be claimed. It's not even clear how to pay.
Trump’s New H-1B Fee Sparks Confusion Among Employers, Attorneys
Attorneys are still deciphering scant guidance from federal agencies on how President Donald Trump‘s new $100,000 fee on H-1B petitions will affect hospitals, educational employers, and recent graduat...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14d
Days after a White House proclamation took effect slapping a $100,000 entry fee on H-1B workers, major questions remain about it will be carried out.
Trump’s New H-1B Fee Sparks Confusion Among Employers, Attorneys
Attorneys are still deciphering scant guidance from federal agencies on how President Donald Trump‘s new $100,000 fee on H-1B petitions will affect hospitals, educational employers, and recent graduat...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 15d
Read the proposal here: aboutblaw.com/bjBi
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 15d
The Trump administration has released a proposal to replace the current H-1B visa lottery with a weighted selection process favoring higher wages and skill levels.

#H1B #visas #immigration #tech
Trump Plans H-1B Lottery Replacement With Wage-Based Rule
The Trump administration is proposing a major overhaul of the selection process for H-1B visas heavily used by the tech industry, basing allocation on skill-level required and wages offered for a posi...
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Francesca D'Annunzio @francescadnunz.bsky.social · 16d
In April, authorities raided what they say was a Tren de Aragua gathering. Attendees say it was a birthday party.

Among those detained included a homeless barber/DoorDash driver, and three people who fled Venezuela years ago *because of* that gang

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Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-...
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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · 16d
Hi! We made a show for you about what’s been happening at immigration court:

www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 17d
After a White House proclamation Friday night left H-1B workers scrambling to make it back to the US before Sunday, the Trump administration says a new $100,000 entry fee doesn’t apply to current visa holders.

#H1B #tech #immigration
Current H-1B Workers Avoid $100,000 Trump Entry Fee, USCIS Says
A White House proclamation adding a $100,000 entry fee for H-1B workers applies only to future petitions for specialty occupation workers, according to the Trump administration.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 18d
An H-1B travel ban?

The White House issued a proclamation Friday using the same legal authority behind the Trump travel ban to impose a new $100,000 entry fee for H-1B workers.

But attorneys say the measure flouts the Immigration and Nationality Act and invites immediate legal challenges.
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Fee Invites Immediate Legal Challenges
President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas flouts clear requirements of federal immigration law and will invite immediate lawsuits, attorneys said.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 19d
President Trump plans to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday requiring a $100,000 fee for H-1B applications, @bloomberg.com reports.

The proclamation will assert that the H-1B visa has displaced US workers and restrict entry under the program without the payment.
Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas In Latest Crackdown
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb ov...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 19d
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are renewing efforts to protect children of immigrant workers who may age out of legal status while their parents are stuck in green card backlogs.
Bipartisan Proposal Would Protect Kids of Long-term H-1B Workers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to shield children of immigrant workers from losing their legal status while their parents’ green card applications are pending.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 19d
The State Department has broad authority to terminate visas, even for people already admitted to the US. But immigration attorneys say that power hasn’t been used in such a way before to silence dissent.
Rubio Wields Untested Power to Punish Visa Holders’ Kirk Speech
The State Department is increasingly using broad authority to deny and revoke visas to punish speech by noncitizens critical of the Trump administration’s agenda or its allies.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 19d
Marco Rubio’s promise to revoke visas over statements about the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is the latest instance of the Trump administration using visa policy in furtherance of its political agenda.
Rubio Wields Untested Power to Punish Visa Holders’ Kirk Speech
The State Department is increasingly using broad authority to deny and revoke visas to punish speech by noncitizens critical of the Trump administration’s agenda or its allies.
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