The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to reclassify Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-mediated immunity tests and Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-mediated immune response enzyme-linked immunospot tests intended for use as an aid in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (product codes NCD and OJN, respectively), both of which are postamendments class III devices (premarket approval), into class II (special controls), subject to premarket notification. FDA is also proposing a new device classification regulation along with the special controls that FDA believes are necessary to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for these devices.
A Minnesota federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to restore attorney access at the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis in an order torching the government for legal misstatements and discrediting a key government witness.
An Arizona federal judge has rejected two environmental groups' constitutional arguments against a waiver under which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had permitted 41 miles of border wall construction to be exempted from legal restrictions.
A coalition of states told a federal judge that the Trump administration appears to have ignored an order limiting the types of Medicaid data that can be shared with immigration officials, potentially handing over reams of "off limits" data on citizens and green card holders.
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class' blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.
A California appellate panel has vacated an immigrant's jury-trial conviction for assault with attempt to commit rape, finding his lawyers did not tell him about a change in case law opened the door to an immigration-safe plea that there is a "reasonable possibility" he would have sought instead of trial.
A Manhattan federal jury weighed claims Friday that Cognizant Technology Solutions fired a New York University professor for complaining about hiring bias, after a lawyer for the company called him a troublesome employee who has no contemporaneous evidence of his concerns.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing this document to inform the public of the approval of a new credentialing organization, The Evaluation Company, for certain health care workers for immigration purposes.
The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comments and public input regarding its proposal to revise Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regulations governing the prevailing wages for employment opportunities that United States (U.S.) employers seek to fill with alien workers on a permanent or temporary basis through certain EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based immigrant visas via the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program or through H-1B, H-1B1, or E-3 nonimmigrant visas. Specifically, DOL is proposing to amend its regulations governing the PERM program and Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) to incorporate changes to the computation of wage levels under the Department's four-tiered prevailing wage structure based on the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) wage survey administered by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These proposed revisions aim to better align prevailing wage levels with the wages paid to U.S. workers who are similarly employed in the occupation and area of intended employment. The Department's proposed revisions also seek to strengthen program integrity by reducing the incentive for employers to use these programs to replace, rather than supplement, U.S. workers by employing lower-paid alien workers. In addition, the revision would enable the Department to more effectively ensure that the employment of immigrant and nonimmigrant workers admitted or otherwise provided one of the covered statuses does not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers.
The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families rescinds obsolete provisions of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants regulations (45 CFR part 402). The Administration for Children and Families has undertaken a sweeping review aimed at eliminating outdated rules and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens to streamline, simplify, and efficiently deregulate across multiple fronts simultaneously to better serve the public. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the direct final rule as required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).