Pabian Law Clients,
I hope all is well. We have much to share this week!
Updated Password for Pabian Law’s News Site
Before we get into immigration news from the past couple of weeks, we want to share this quarter’s password for the Pabian Law webpage news site.
As a reminder, we created a page on Pabian Law’s website (www.pabianlaw.com/news) to post news, updates, and helpful resources. Some of the articles and content on the site are password protected and only available to clients. We did this to reward our wonderful and loyal clients! Each quarter, we update the password, and the new password just went into effect.
This quarter’s password is Pabian0126
Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia
On January 13th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of TPS for Somalia effective on March 17, 2026. Somali foreign nationals in the U.S. who relied on TPS for protection and employers employing Somali workers will be affected as workers will no longer have valid legal status or work authorization under this TPS designation.
U.S. Department of State (DOS) pauses the issuance of immigrant visas
In a January 14th news posting, DOS announced that it would be pausing the issuance of immigrant visas at U.S. consulates abroad starting on January 21st for nationals of seventy-five (75) countries. The countries are ones that DOS deems are “at high risk of public benefits usage.” The pause impacts only immigrant visa issuance at U.S. consulates abroad and does not affect nonimmigrant visas such as H-2B visas.
DHS increases stipend for self-deportation
On January 21st, DHS announced that it would be temporarily increasing the stipend for foreign nationals without legal status to self-deport using the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Home application. The stipend increased from $1,000 to $2,600.
We hope that you find these resources helpful as we all try to make sense of what is happening in the world of immigration law.
Thanks, everyone, and have a great weekend!
Best regards,
Keith and the Pabian Law Team