Please find the most up-to-date version of our resource, Trump Administration Immigration Actions (2025).
As we all try to make sense of the many Trump Administration’s immigration-related actions and initiatives, we hope that this resource is helpful to understand the actions that are impacting the hospitality industry. We will email this resource to Pabian Law’s clients every other Friday.
Please note an update from the last version of the chart: On July 17th, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor issued a memorandum temporarily establishing the Office of Immigration Policy (OIP) within the Office of the Secretary (OSEC). OIP will assist OSEC with all immigration related work streams. Importantly, the memorandum speaks favorably of legal immigration in the form of employment-based visas for foreign workers. It explicitly states that OIP will assist in improving access to these visa programs and enhancing program performance. In my opinion, this is a big deal as this is a proactive, written communication from the Trump administration that it is embracing legal immigration through work visas (ex. H-2B visas). It is important to note that J-1 visas are not work visas and are not receiving support from the Trump administration through this memo.
We hope that you find this resource helpful as we all try to make sense of what is really happening in the world of immigration law. Wishing everyone a great weekend!
Thank you,
Keith and the Pabian Law Team