While we review and write about what executive action on immigration will do, we can already tell what it will not do:
1. Unused visas will not be recaptured and therefore the backlog will remain as is. I am seeing a lot of questions about family-based and employment-based backlogs. And I am sorry to say it is not there.
2. There was much hope that the way visas are counted will change. That will not happen.
3. Though the devil is in the details, it i hard to tell whether the Neufeld memo will be elimnated for H1b. It could be part of the section that refers to easing burden of businesses, but perhaps unlikely.
4. H4 visa holders will receive work permits, but not everyone unfortunately. EADs will be limited to those with approved green cards.