Breaking: Hawaii Judge Grants Nationwide TRO on New Travel Ban!
The judge in Hawaii v. Trump granted a nationwide TRO enjoining the new travel ban, which was set to take effect at midnight eastern time tonight. Here is the decision-[…]
Category: News Updates
Tahmina’s Speech at Tasveer’s Vigil for Slain Immigrant Srinivas Kuchibhotla
Today, Sunday, March 5th 2017, Tasveer, under the leadership of its Executive Director Rita Meher, organized a vigil that was part of a worldwide memorial for the Kansas city slain immigrant[…]
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for H1b Visas on April 3rd 2017
On Friday March 3rd just before 3pm PST, USCIS dropped a bombshell that premium processing for H1b will be suspended from April 3 for about 6 months. Below is a[…]
9th Circuit – Live Hearing On Appeal of Stay of Executive Order
Here is a link to live stream of oral arguments of Appeal of Stay of Executive Order.
News Update: DHS Suspends Ban, DOS Reverses Visa Recovation & SeaTac Airport Back to Normal
What a whirlwind of a week! On Friday 2/3/17 Our very own Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the Administration and won a temporary restraining order (TRO) that is applicable[…]
Executive Order on High-Skilled Immigration- Tahmina’s Summary
With three executive orders signed on immigration, we have at least three more to go, that we are aware of. The draft executive orders were leaked through Vox last week.[…]
Tahmina Speaks at Seattle’s Immigration Rally
It has been a heartbreaking and challenging few days. Last week was full of chaos, confusion and trying to understand the magnitude of the executive orders, advising officials and clients on[…]
Manar Waheed, Former White House Immigration Dep. Director on Tahmina’s Show
I am so very honored and grateful to announce that Manar Waheed, Former Deputy Policy Director for Immigration at the White House will be appear on my radio show “Immigration with Tahmina” on Desi 1250am[…]
Breaking: Immediate suspension of visas from certain countries and suspension of refugees
Breaking: The president signed another executive order today that immediately SUSPENDS all visas, including immigrant and non-immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The suspension is for[…]
Trump Freezes Immigration Regulations Including Entrepreneur Parole
On the first of being president, Trump ordered a freeze on all new regulations. Here is a copy of the order issued from the White House. The order states, in[…]