Immigration Newsletter – December 2014
Executive Actions for Immigration Reform
In a speech to the nation on November 20, 2014, President Obama announced several initiatives to provide relief to the undocumented and to facilitate the hiring and retention of skilled workers. The President laid out a broad outline for administrative reform, with several agency directives. The timing of the implementation of each discrete action will be different, with some taking place very soon and others, particularly those requiring regulatory review, taking several months or longer.
