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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.
By Greg Siskind

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 17:55:32

ADVOCATES SEEKING LAWYER VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI RAID DETAINEES

Posted on September 14, 2008
I've received a request for assistance from the Mississippi advocacy group working with the 400+ detained immigrants who were arrested during the recent raid at Howard Industries in Laurel, MS. They are being held in Jena, Louisiana. If you're interested, email me at gsiskind@visalaw...

WILL LATINOS BREAK BIG FOR OBAMA?

Posted on September 13, 2008
The Dallas Morning News reports on the Hispanic vote in this year's election. Republicans are hoping Latinos will remember McCain's past support for immigration reform (before he flipped his position and opposed his own bill). But here's why McCain should be worried:Many of the children of immigrants have watched their parents struggle to improve the economic health of their families and believe the anti-immigrant movement has demonized their families unfairly...

FRAGOMEN RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT'S BRIEF IN AUDIT FIGHT

Posted on September 13, 2008
Those of you who read the blog regularly will recall my coverage of the rather outrageous Department of Labor decision to audit all of the PERM labor certification cases filed by the Fragomen law firm, the nation's largest immigration practice. The decision was based on the very shaky theory that Fragomen's lawyers did not have a legitimate role to play in the recruitment stage of the PERM process...

MCCAIN CLAIMING DEMOCRATS DERAILED IMMIGRATION REFORM IN SPANISH-LANGUAGE ADS

Posted on September 12, 2008
Unbelievable. America's Voice reminds people of the truth: ?We are stunned. A Spanish-language ad approved by Senator John McCain accuses Senator Obama and the Democrats of derailing immigration reform? He knows better. The whole political world knows better...

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ICE AUDITING SHERIFF JOE

Posted on September 12, 2008
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reviewing the performance of Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio who has a 287(g) agreement with the agency to assist in immigration enforcement. ICE insists the audit is routine, but there have been numerous complaints about Arpaio's implementation of the program...

IMMIGRATION HUMOR: THE JAY LENO CITIZENSHIP TEST

Posted on September 12, 2008

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: PREM REDDY, MD - PHYSICIAN/CEO

Posted on September 12, 2008
The notorious poor business acumen of the typical physician is probably just a stereotype and surely the budding physician entrepreneur can look to Dr. Prem Reddy for inspiration of what is possible. The Indian-born Dr. Reddy is one of the most successful cardiologists in the country, but he is equally famous for being the major owner of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns a number of hospitals in California...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: THOMAS P. CAMPBELL - MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Posted on September 11, 2008
British-born Thomas P. Campbell (he's the one on the left in the picture) made the news yesterday when he was named as the new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's premiere art museums. Campbell has worked his way up at the ladder at the Met for the last 13 years starting as an Assistant Curator, then Associate Curator, then Curator and now the top executive staff member position...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: HELENE COOPER - AUTHOR

Posted on September 11, 2008
I was waiting in line at Starbucks yesterday and noticed that the book they are featuring for sale at stores across the country is by Liberian-born Helene Cooper. The book is called the House at Sugar Beach and is about her growing up in Liberia and her immigrant experience in the US...

51 WORKERS ARRESTED AT PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA BAKERY

Posted on September 11, 2008
Two misdemeanor charges against managers. The rest are administrative charges against the workers.

VISA BULLETIN FOR OCTOBER IS RELEASED

Posted on September 11, 2008
OK, here are the changes. Please don't ask me to predict the movement of numbers. When I become clairvoyant, I intend to retire from immigration law and bet the horses :-). Family 1st - Rest of world, China and India each advance two weeks to 15 April 2002...

HURRICANE IKE CAUSING DISRUPTIONS IN IMMIGRATION PROCESSING

Posted on September 11, 2008
Court hearings cancelled in Houston, Harlingen and Willacy. ICE repeats Gustav pledge that it will not carry out enforcement during evacuations.USCIS office and application support centers in Houston are closed. Harlingen will depend on storm's track.

HISPANIC VOTERS KEY TO OBAMA IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES

Posted on September 10, 2008
President Bush secured 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2004 so John McCain's failure to get close to that number in most recent polls of Hispanic voters could be a game changer this year. USA Today reports on the Hispanic vote in New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Florida.

IMMIGRATION ABUSES COULD COST AGRIPROCESSORS KOSHER CERTIFICATION

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Orthodox Union, the organization that certifies that food produce in the US is Kosher, could impose a most serious punishment on Agriprocessors, the Iowa meat processing plant that was raided earlier this summer. Hundreds of workers were arrested and officials at the plant were accused of engaging in various abuses against the workers...

GOP POLITICIANS TIED TO ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS

Posted on September 10, 2008
Many politicians have had to face scrutiny over the years when it was learned they hired illegally present immigrants. But it's unusual for two of these controversies to arise on the same day. GOP Senator Gorton Smith of Oregon (who is running for reelection in a tough race in November), has been accused by a Willamette, Oregon newspaper of employing illegally present immigrants in his family-owned frozen food company...

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD IMMIGRATION BILLS

Posted on September 10, 2008
The House Judiciary Committee today marked up and sent to the House floor four important immigration bills. They are H.R. 6020 - provides immigration benefits for immigrant soldiers and their families H.R. 5882 - recaptures employment-based and family-sponsored immigrant visas lost when USCIS failed to adjudicate enough petitions in a given year H...

IS IT FAIR TO HATE?

Posted on September 10, 2008
Pro-Immigration advocacy group America's Voice has a new video reminding people that FAIR - the Federation for American Immigration Reform - has been deemed a hate group.

USCIS MAKING PROGRESS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES

Posted on September 10, 2008
Some good news from USCIS and the Ombudsman. A joint press announcement states that the backlog on security clearances has declined significantly in recent months. According to Ombudsman Michael Dougherty: The significant reduction in long-pending FBI name checks will result in improved service for USCIS customers Congress provided the necessary funding for USCIS and the FBI to complete a larger percentage of FBI name checks in a timely manner...

HOUSE COMMITTEE SET TO MARK UP IMMIGRATION BILLS TODAY

Posted on September 10, 2008
The House Immigration Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up key immigration bills today including one that recaptures unused green card numbers and which will help to reduce backlogs. Another would temporarily allow in more nurses to the US to help alleviate a crisis shortage in hospitals across the country...

OBAMA BLASTS MCCAIN ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on September 10, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama attacked John McCain over his changed position on immigration in an address today to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus today. Specifically, Obama criticized his opponent for failing to include comprehensive immigration reform in his party's platform...

RELIGIOUS LEADERS LAUNCH "TOUR OF THE FAITHFUL"

Posted on September 10, 2008
From America's Voice:A diverse group of national faith leaders, including Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. Jim Ryan, Council Executive, Colorado Council of Churches, and The Most Reverend Bishop John C...

SAN FRANCISCO DELAYS ROLL OUT OF CONTROVERSIAL ID PROGRAM

Posted on September 09, 2008
Supporters of the plan to offer photo identification documents regardless of legal status are upset that the city is delaying the implementation of the plan.

STATE DEPARTMENT DENIES PASSPORTS FOR CERTAIN MEXICAN-AMERICANS

Posted on September 09, 2008
This is just a really strange story and one that will no doubt end with a judge or judges telling the State Department to get real. According to a report in the Washington Post,The State Department is denying passports to people born in southern Texas near the border with Mexico if they were delivered by midwives, citing a history of birth certificate forgeries there for Mexican-born children dating to the 1960s, according to U...

YA THINK?

Posted on September 09, 2008
The ACLU is accusing a North Carolina sheriff who referred to illegally present immigrants as "breeding like rabbits" and stating that "Mexican are trashy" as being biased and engaging in discriminating practices.

IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS CAUSING STIR

Posted on September 09, 2008
In the last few years, immigration enforcement agents have been increasingly using driving checkpoints to catch drivers who are illegally present in the US. They work in a way that's similar to drunk driving checkpoints. Whether this enforcement tactic should be used has been debated in communities across the country...

ACLU SUES RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR OVER E-VERIFY ORDER

Posted on September 06, 2008
Last March, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcierri issued an executive order requiring all state contractors use the E-Verify electronic employment verification system. Carcierri skipped what other states have been doing - getting their legislatures to actually pass a law - and made law himself...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MASIELA LUSHA - ACTRESS

Posted on September 06, 2008
Okay, I have to admit that I've lately starting watching the George Lopez Show on Nick at Night. It was just an accident at first and I had never seen the show on its first go around on ABC. But its pretty funny and its one of the few shows about a Hispanic family ever on a major network...

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM OPPOSES COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on September 04, 2008
As the McCain-Palin ticket is introduced to the country at the GOP national convention in St. Paul, it pays to discuss what the Republican platform has to say about immigration. Despite the fact that the platform starts out with the promising statement that the US can have a strong immigration system without sacrificing the rule of law, the text focuses almost entirely on enforcement...

IMMIGRATION MEASURES WILL BE ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER

Posted on September 04, 2008
Most people in the US are focused on the presidential and congressional races in November. But many voters will also have to decide on ballot initiatives on a variety of issues. One is immigration. Oregon voters will need to decide on a measure to limit access to English as second language classes for immigrants...

WILL ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS EVACUATE NEW ORLEANS

Posted on August 31, 2008
There will be no shelters in New Orleans this time. Mayor Nagin has ordered the city completely evacuated as Hurricane Gustav approaches. The AP is reporting disturbing news that many immigrants are avoiding evacuation buses because of a fear of being arrested by ICE officers...

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