LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley A federal judge in Los Angeles may have goofed his order barring the U.S. government from cancelling valid immigration visas in connection with President Donald Trump’s refugee policy. District Judge Andre Birotte of the Central District of California issued an order that forbade federal officials from “removing,…
By Jonathan Haggerty Donald Trump filed applications this month for temporary visas for 78 guest workers at his Mar-a-Lago resort and Trump National Golf Club in Florida. According to a Trump interview in September, finding Americans to fill jobs is a monumental task. He told MSNBC’s Morning Joe “getting help in Palm Beach during the…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos The Senate used money from benefit cuts to military veterans in the 2016 budget to pay for the resettlement of an additional 3,000 Afghan interpreters in the United States. A dispute over a similar pay-for plan is behind the Judiciary Committee’s refusal to expand the program again in the 2017 budget. The Special Immigrant…
Rachel Stoltzfoos Switzerland wrapped up a special visa program for strippers Tuesday, issuing the last of its work permits to foreign strippers looking for work in the country before the program expires in the new year. Authorities started issuing the special “L permits” to foreign strippers in 1995 with the aim of protecting them from sex…