DHS widens green card process for children of foreign government employees

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has widened a process allowing certain US-born children of foreign government employees to register as lawful permanent residents, while acknowledging that a federal court injunction limits implementation of the new rule. The interim final rule applies when neither parent is a US citizen, and at least one was employed by a foreign government at the time of the child’s birth. It took effect on September 4 and applies only...