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On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” The order imposes stringent travel restrictions on foreign nationals from several countries.

Nationals from these 12 countries are completely suspended from entering the U.S. under any visa category:

AfghanistanBurma (Myanmar)ChadRepublic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaEritreaHaitiIranLibyaSomaliaSudanYemen

Nationals from these 7 countries face partial restrictions, including suspensions on immigrant and nonimmigrant B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas (other non-immigrant visas will have a reduced validity) as well...

Foreign nationals living in the U.S. for 30 days or more are legally required to report any change of address to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within 10 days of moving. This rule does not apply to individuals on A or G visas or ESTA (Visa Waiver Program) visitors, but it does include green card holders. In addition, any individual (U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident) who sponsors a foreign national on a Form I-864 Affidavit of Support (usually through a family-based immigration sponsorship process), and whose sponsorship agreement is still in force, must submit a completed and signed...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented a new rule requiring all non-US citizens, including permanent residents and visa holders, to register their presence and provide fingerprints if they are in the US for 30 days or more. Failure to do so could lead to criminal consequences.

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The rule requires three things:

You must register with the US government and provide your fingerprints;You must carry physical evidence that you have registered with the US government (the rule does not indicate that digital evidence is sufficient); andYou must update the US government within 10 days of...

We have received reports that foreign nationals who are in the United States as students and researchers in the F-1, J-1, and M-1 statuses have received notices in the last few days that their visas have been revoked and that their SEVIS records have been terminated. Most of these individuals have had issues with the police, even if charges were ultimately dropped, or expressed certain political opinions. A terminated SEVIS record usually means that the individual’s status is no longer valid. What remains unclear is whether the individual should leave the U.S. or whether there are legal options for them.

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Can officers search my electronic device at the airport or border?

You don’t have to be a law enforcement officer, lawyer, or suspect to be familiar with terms like reasonable suspicion, probable cause, search warrants, and so forth. Anyone who has ever watched a crime show on TV has heard these terms. The 4th Amendment protects us against unreasonable searches by the government. Government enforcement officials must meet certain standards or take certain steps before searching people, their homes, papers, and personal effects.

The Federal Government has authority to search and inspect people and goods coming into and going...

Each day in the news there are reports of individuals being denied reentry into the U.S. We anticipate that the official rules concerning travel and visa issuance will be evolving, so it is important to keep an eye out for the latest news developments. In the meantime, until there is more certainty, the practical questions people are asking are whether they can travel, whether they should travel, and if they travel how best to prepare themselves.

Our recommendation is that you should avoid unnecessary international travel until there is more certainty about the rules concerning travel and reentry into the...