The Supreme Court of the United States has been issuing a lot of major decisions lately, with far reaching impact. Recently, three of these were handed down that will likely have repercussions in the immigration world: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which overruled Chevron deference), Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. Cyrus Mehta joins Mona to discuss the potential ramifications of these recent decisions. For instance, what exactly does this mean for investment and employment-based immigration programs in the United States? What changes can we expect from USCIS? How will these decisions impact investors, workers, students, and their families? Furthermore, what about influence of these rulings on other government agencies?
“It’s really a double-edged sword. Yes, if Congress reforms the Immigration Act, that’s what we need. We need a complete update and reform of the Immigration Act. But Congress is polarized. and it has not passed any meaningful immigration reform. So, we have to depend on executive authority. And therein lies the challenge with the downfall of Chevron.” – Cyrus D. Mehta
About our Guest
Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta represents corporations and individuals from around the world in a variety of immigration matters, including business, employment, entrepreneur and investor immigration, asylum and ethics. Based on over 30 years of experience in immigration law, he is able to comprehend all kinds of problems and provide effective, ethical and strategic solutions to his clients.
Mr. Mehta is the Editor-in-Chief of the AILA Law Journal and conceived of the first ever AILA Law Journal Symposium in 2024. He is the immediate past Chair of AILA’s Ethics Committee. Moreover, Mr. Mehta is a board member of The New York Immigration Coalition and a board member of Volunteers of Legal Services. He is also special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Mr. Mehta is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council, former Chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law of the New York City Bar, former Secretary of the New York City Bar, and former Chair of AILA’s Pro Bono Committee. He has also served as a member on numerous national and local AILA committees in the past.
Mr. Mehta is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, including on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and Work. Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice of immigration law, the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the immigration field and the AILA 1997 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyers Award for outstanding contributions in the immigration field. He has also received three AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010, 2016 and 2020. Mr. Mehta is ranked highly by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law and also by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in immigration law, among other rankings.
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