The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced the designation of Nepal for TPS. Eligible Nepalese nationals, and even people without nationality who last habitually resided in Nepal, residing in the United States may apply for TPS. 

On Tuesday a federal appeals court denied the Obama administration’s request to lift a hold on the president’s executive actions on immigration concerning DAPA and DACA expansion. Some of the initiatives under the president’s action, which would have granted protection from deportation as well as work permits to millions of immigrants in the country illegally, were scheduled to take effect this month.

On June 3, 2015, Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced Senate Bill S-1501. The proposed bill would reauthorize and reform, as well as extend the EB-5 Immigrant Investment Program by five years, from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2020. The reform most notably would raise the minimum investment amount required to $800,000 for Targeted Employment Areas (TEA) investments, and $1,200,000 for non-TEA investments.