January 15, 2021
USCIS Final Rule: Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), is narrowly amending its regulations to clarify how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will determine whether there is an “employer-employee relationship” between the petitioner and the beneficiary for the purposes of qualifying as a “United States employer.” DHS is not at this time finalizing other provisions of the Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program, Interim Final Rule published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2020.
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January 15, 2021
Travel Risk Assessment
The DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans recently completed its evaluation and review of all currently travel restricted and 180-day warning countries. Notably, this review included new recommendations to remove from travel restrictions certain countries that have demonstrated significant compliance improvement.
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January 14, 2021
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
January 13, 2021
21-0034 PLCY Undersecretary Wolf – Signed Ratification of Delegable Prior Action as AS 01.13.21
In this document, Undersecretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans affirms and ratifies his prior delegable actions as Acting Secretary and certain delegable actions of others as limited herein.
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January 13, 2021
Order Designating the Order of Succession for the Secretary of Homeland Security (01.11.2021)
This January 11, 2021 order designates the order of succession for the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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January 13, 2021
DHS Delegation No. 23028
In this delegation, the Acting Secretary for Homeland Security vests authority in the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans as specified herein.
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January 13, 2021
Strategic Approach for Arctic Homeland Security
The Arctic’s expanded relevance, coupled with the Department’s significant regional investments, requires DHS to have a unified, deliberate, and forward-looking approach. The Strategic Approach for Arctic Homeland Security fully leverages the broad range of DHS authorities, capabilities, capacity and partnerships to achieve the goals laid out in this document.
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January 13, 2021
Expanding the Period of Designation of the 59th Presidential Inauguration as a National Special Security Event
On January 12, Acting Secretary Gaynor issued a memorandum expanding the period of the 59th Presidential Inauguration National Special Security Event to begin on January 13, 2021.
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January 12, 2021
DHS Strategic Action Plan to Counter the Threat Posed by the People’s Republic of China
The DHS Strategic Action Plan to Counter the Threat Posed by the People’s Republic of China describes how the Department will continue to leverage the entire Homeland Security Enterprise to respond to the myriad threats posed by the Beijing regime to the American people.
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January 12, 2021
DHS S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) is keeping pace with the innovation community to tackle the hardest problems faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise.
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