On October 10, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register suggesting changes to the "public charge" rules and how these rules would affect nonimmigrants and immigrants seeking admission to the United States.

The United States, Mexico and Canada recently reached a trilateral agreement on September 30, 2018 as part of the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Known going forward as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the immigration provisions in the agreement appear not to have suffered any significant changes and have been rearranged somewhat, to the relief of many on all sides of the border.

As reported in our recent client alert, employers must provide sexual harassment training to all of their employees. The deadline for training, which had been January 1, 2019, has been moved back to October 9, 2019.