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Latest news related to immigration law in a simple, clear, and interesting manner by a partner in Siskind Susser's Memphis, Tennessee office who specializes in immigration matters in the healthcare and technology industries.
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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 17:55:32

CONDOLEEZA RICE URGES GOP TO EMBRACE IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on November 19, 2008
Another prominent figure in the Republican Party urges her party to change its ways on immigration. Rice tells the New York Times: IMMIGRATION POLICY IS FOREIGN POLICY. We didn?t get comprehensive immigration reform. . . . I think everybody knows that this president tried...

ROVE: GOP NOT SUPPORTING COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM OR RISK IS "SUICIDAL"

Posted on November 18, 2008
Karl Rove warned the GOP about this years ago and it is why he banned Tom Tancredo from the White House. Here's what he writes this week in Newsweek:Hispanics dropped from 44 percent Republican in 2004 to 31 percent in 2008. The GOP won't be a majority party if it cedes the young or Hispanics to Democrats...

VISA WAIVER PROGRAM NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN TO SEVEN NEW COUNTRIES

Posted on November 17, 2008
Welcome news for a country that needs as many tourist dollars as we can get right now. Effective today, the new countries on the list are the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Republic of Korea and the Slovak Republic.

FAQ ON NEW E-VERIFY FEDERAL CONTRACTOR RULE

Posted on November 16, 2008
Still a work in progress, so feel free to make suggestions. FAQ on Federal Contractor rule - Get more Business Documents

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IMMIGRATION AND OUR SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN

Posted on November 16, 2008
The Chicago Reporter has a great article reviewing many of the issues confronting our nation's soldiers.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ALBERTO RIVERON - NFL REFEREE

Posted on November 16, 2008
The New York Times had a story on the front page of the Sunday Sports section this morning profiling Cuban-born Alberto Riveron, one of the first Hispanic officials in the National Football League. It takes years to work up to ranks before one of the coveted NFL jobs opens and Riveron spent 15 seasons officiating college games before getting his NFL break.

PRO-IMMIGRATION MARTINEZ STRUGGLES FOR PLACE IN GOP

Posted on November 15, 2008
Mel Martinez is one of the most visible members of a club with an increasingly smaller membership - pro-immigration Republicans. The Florida Senator is joined by John McCain, Sam Brownback, Arlen Specter and a few others in the Senate, but those ranks could grown even smaller...

ANTI-IMMIGRANT LUNGREN TO COMPETE FOR REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADERSHIP

Posted on November 15, 2008
California Republican Dan Lungren has announced he will challenge House Minority Leader John Boehner next week for leadership of the Republican Caucus in the US House of Representatives. Lungren scores an "A" on anti-immigrant NumbersUSA's scorecard for immigration voting records...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: FRANK GEHRY - ARCHITECT

Posted on November 15, 2008
I graduated college in December 1986 and I had nine months before I was to start law school. I was lucky enough to land a job in between as an architectural surveyor for the Metropolitan Historical Commission in my college town of Nashville, Tennessee...

GOP POLLSTER: IF THE PARTY CAN'T REVERSE HISPANIC LOSSES, IT WON'T WIN AGAIN

Posted on November 14, 2008
Hopefully, the chorus of warnings from the GOP's own will seep in.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ODED "MAX" BRENNER - CHOCALATIER

Posted on November 13, 2008
Israeli-born Oded "Max" Brenner is bringing a "chocolate culture" to the United States and if the rave reviews of his two US restaurants in NY are an indicator, he's succeeding wildly. Brenner has opened 18 other Max Brenner chocolate shops and restaurants outside the US, but the American market is now his main priority...

E-VERIFY FEDERAL CONTRACTOR RULE GOES FINAL

Posted on November 13, 2008
Here's the big rule that could cause millions of employers to look seriously at signing up for E-Verify. In short, if you want to do business with the federal government, you're likely going to need to use the electronic verification system. I'm working through this 275 page document and hope to have a summary available soon...

PALIN: LOSING THE HISPANIC VOTE WAS KEY REASON THEY LOST

Posted on November 12, 2008
Sarah Palin told NBC's Matt Lauer this morning that one of the major reasons the GOP lost the presidency this year was the ticket's failure to win over Hispanic voters in sufficient numbers. The liberal blog The Daily Kos seems to get this as well as it analyzes how the GOP blew it with Latino voters...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: PADMA LAKSHMI - COOKBOOK AUTHOR, TV SHOW HOST, MODEL

Posted on November 12, 2008
Indian-born fashion model Padma Lakshmi is a good example of someone who has pulled off a successful second act in life. She was a top fashion model for several years and graced the covers of several magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Newsweek (shown here)...

ANTIS IN CONGRESS SUFFER HUGE LOSSES

Posted on November 12, 2008
10 of 13 incumbent Republicans who lost seats last week were members of the notoriously anti-immigrant Immigration Reform Caucus. In 19 or 21 House races where immigration was a major issue, the more pro-immigration candidate won. In the Senate, 5 pros beat 5 antis in races where immigration was an issue...

ICE MAY NOT REVEAL RESULTS OF OBAMA AUNT LEAK INVESTIGATION

Posted on November 12, 2008
This certainly doesn't inspire confidence in the agency.

GOOD GOVERNMENT: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES SITE TO HELP IMMIGRANTS LEARN ENGLISH

Posted on November 12, 2008
The US Department of Education has launched a free web-based service to help immigrants improve their English language skills. Some may remember that his was one of the initiatives Secretary Chertoff announced in his big speech last summer in the list of 26 major immigration reforms.

THE IMMIGRANT HEALTH CARE DILEMMA

Posted on November 09, 2008
The New York Times Deborah Sontag has written one of the best reports I've so far seen on the difficult subject of health care and immigrants. Sontag's story focuses on what hospitals do who receive seriously injured and ill immigrant patients - both legally and illegally present - who lack health insurance...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MEL MARTINEZ - US SENATOR

Posted on November 09, 2008
Mel Martinez is a Cuban-born Republican US Senator from Florida. He came to the US as a refugee in 1962 as part of Operation Peter Pan, a Catholic Church-sponsored initiative that brought 14,000 children to the United States. Senator Martinez practiced law for 25 years in his home town of Orlando and was elected in 2004 to replace Democrat Bob Graham...

DHS FILES MOTIONS TO END NO-MATCH INJUNCTION

Posted on November 08, 2008
November 21st is the date of the hearing. Motion to Vacate Prel Injunction - Free Legal Forms

FORMER GOP GOVERNOR: LOSS OF LATINO VOTE COULD KEEP REPUBLICANS PERMANENTLY IN THE MINORITY

Posted on November 07, 2008
Unfortunately, too many Republicans still think the anti-immigration position of the party is working for them. Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar knows better. When exit polls from Tuesday show 68% of Latinos think the GOP is anti-immigrant, you've got a problem...

DECEMBER VISA BULLETIN OUT

Posted on November 07, 2008
Some okay news on family visas. Generally bad news on employment numbers. Here are the highlights: Family 1st - Advancement of worldwide, China and India numbers by three weeks to 22 May 2002. Mexico moves up a week to 22 September 1992 and the Philippines moves up a month to 1 June 1993...

COULD H-1BS BE PART OF STIMULUS BILL?

Posted on November 07, 2008
Some are talking. Anti-H-1B Computerworld writer Patrick Thibodeau is concerned enough that he's trying to rile up the troops.

USCIS TO SPEND $500 MILLION TO DEVELOP PAPERLESS PROCESSING

Posted on November 07, 2008
Electronic filing and processing of immigration applications has been something USCIS has been promising for years, but we're still stuck with an agency with mid-90s technology. Does USCIS really mean it this time?

TALK OF CABINET POSTS FOR LATINOS, BUT NOT IMMIGRATION

Posted on November 07, 2008
Hopefully, the nation's Latino community will be paid back for their substantial contribution in the election of the President in more than just a few appointments.

PRO-IMMIGRATION SLATE WINS CITY COUNCIL

Posted on November 07, 2008
This is the first I've heard of a slate of candidates making a pro-immigration agenda their primary campaign issue take over a local city council. This should be interesting.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: SONAL SHAH - ADVISOR TO OBAMA TRANSITION TEAM

Posted on November 07, 2008
President-Elect Obama has just announced the members of the team of advisers who will be making recommendations on the appointment of officials in the new Administration. One of those advisers will be Sonal Shah, an Indian-born economist who is on Google's global development team...

OBAMA'S AUNT TO FIGHT REMOVAL

Posted on November 07, 2008
My friend Margaret Wong is trying to help the President-Elect's aunt reopen her case and seek a legal way to remain in the US. Good luck, Margaret and Aunt Zeituni.

ELECTION RECAP

Posted on November 06, 2008
The results from the election are still not entirely settled, but the dust is beginning to settle and we can begin analyzing the election results and making predictions about what the future holds. The White House First and foremost, we will have four more years of a pro-immigration President...

AGRIPROCESSORS DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AS KOSHER MEAT SHORTAGE WORSENS

Posted on November 06, 2008
The nation's largest Kosher meat and poultry processing plant has declared bankruptcy in the wake of a massive immigration raid and criminal charges being filed against high level officials of the company. The company is still operating, though it is down to a fraction of the staff that previously worked at the company...

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