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Jacob D. Cherry

Associate || Atlanta

Immigration

*Currently licensed in Maryland only. Practice limited to federal immigration law.

Jacob D. Cherry is an immigration attorney in the New York office.  His practice is focused on employment-based immigration and worksite compliance matters.

Jacob works with multinational organizations to secure immigration benefits for their employees and provide guidance on immigration-related compliance matters.  Jacob also counsels and advises employers on the implementation of immigration programs that align with specific hiring, employee retention, and global mobility goals, and he partners with companies to develop immigration strategies to address evolving adjudication standards at Citizenship & Immigration Services, the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and Customs & Border Protection.

Jacob is admitted to practice law in Maryland, and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  He is a graduate of Emory University (B.A. in International Studies), and obtained his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.  He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  During law school, Jacob was a student attorney in the Immigration Clinic, in which he represented clients in asylum and removal defense matters.

Prior to joining Ogletree, Jacob was an attorney with a boutique immigration firm in Philadelphia, where he practiced employment-based immigration. He is also the author of various immigration-related publications.

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Jacob has represented employers across a wide variety of industries, including information technology, financial services, health care and pharmaceuticals, higher education, and manufacturing.  He has represented foreign companies that seek to establish new operations in the U.S., and he has provided advice to foreign nationals who wish to start entrepreneurial ventures.  Jacob has also advised and counseled clients in a wide range of worksite compliance issues, including I-9 and E-Verify matters, as well as investigations by the Department of Labor and the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices.

Education

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Professional Activities

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association

Speeches

Insights by Jacob D. Cherry

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State Department Issues Guidance on National Interest Exceptions to Proclamations Suspending Entry of Certain Foreign Nationals

On August 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of State issued guidance on scenarios that may qualify for a “national interest exception” under Presidential Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (“Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak”) and Presidential Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (“Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak”). Citing economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump issued the proclamations and temporarily suspended the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. Although both proclamations referenced exceptions for individuals “whose entry would be in the national interest,” formal guidance had not been released prior to this announcement.

U.S. Suspends Entry of Certain Graduate Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China

On May 29, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of a small subset of Chinese nationals that seek to study or conduct research in the United States, citing a threat to the “long-term economic vitality” of the United States “and the safety and security of the American people.” The accompanying press release notes that the proclamation “will not affect students who come to the United States for legitimate reasons.”

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