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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

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARTIN KLEPPMANN - ENTREPRENEUR

Posted on March 07, 2011
Martin Kleppann, the German-born co-founder of Rapportive who migrated to the US from the UK, was one of the young entrepreneurs interviewed by Tom Brokaw in an excellent piece on the need for H-1B visa reform. His company makes a tool that integrates with Gmail to allow users to see profile information on the individuals sending messages, something that sounds pretty helpful if you're in business and email is your primary communication tool.

NBC NEWS: RESTRICTIVE H-1B POLICIES ARE A JOB KILLER FOR AMERICANS

Posted on March 07, 2011
This report should be required viewing for every member of Congress and every US immigration official working on H-1B visa processing. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

UTAH HEADS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN ARIZONA

Posted on March 07, 2011
Utah legislators passed two measures Friday that set the state on a different course than Arizona. One measure is an enforcement one and would require police to check the immigration status of those stopped on suspicion of committing felonies and misdemeanors...

VETERAN SOLDIER FACES DEPORTATION

Posted on March 03, 2011
Here's an example of a broken immigration system. A nine year veteran of the army who has served in combat zones slips through the cracks of the law and is now facing deportation. Military immigration expert Margaret Stock is quoted in the article explaining how President Obama can fix the problem for this veteran as well as others in a similar situation...

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FED UP ARIZONANS BEGIN PUSH TO SECEDE FROM STATE

Posted on March 02, 2011
I doubt anything will get much attention from the wackos in Phoenix, but I applaud the effort.

NBC EXPLORES REVERSE BRAIN AND NEED FOR VISA REFORM

Posted on March 02, 2011
Tom Brokaw explores the issues for NBC Nightly News. Sounds like important viewing. Here's a preview.

ARPAIO WON'T SEEK SENATE SEAT

Posted on February 28, 2011
Good news for pro-immigration folks as that keeps Jeff Flake, the immigration moderate Congressman, as the leading contender for Kyl's seat.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY - NATALIE PORTMAN - BEST ACTRESS

Posted on February 28, 2011
Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman is the winner of the 2011 Academy Award for her portrayal of a ballet dancer in the film Black Swan. Portman is one of Hollywood's most successful actresses but I was amazed in reading her biography by what this 29 year old actress has done beside acting...

FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL CONSIDERS IMMIGRATION POLICY

Posted on February 27, 2011
Fordham Urban Law Journal has released an issue devoted to the subject of immigration law and urban policy. Here are the articles included in the issue: WELCOME TO AMERIZONA?IMMIGRANTS OUT!: ASSESSING ?DYSTOPIAN DREAMS? AND ?USABLE FUTURES? OF IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND CONSIDERING WHETHER ?IMMIGRATION REGIONALISM? IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME by Keith Aoki & John Shuford THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPLOYER SANCTIONS by David Bacon & Bill Ong Hing COMPASSIONATE IMMIGRATION REFORM by Steven W...

OSCAR HONORS FILM ABOUT REFUGEES

Posted on February 27, 2011
The film Strangers No More won the Academy Award for Best Documentary - Short Subject this evening. The film is described as follows at IMDB: In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn...

HOWARD INDUSTRIES AGREES TO PAY $2.5 MILLION FINE

Posted on February 26, 2011
Wendy Padilla-Madden reports on Lawogix's I-9 blog that Howard Industries, the Laurel, MS company raided in 2008, has pled guilty and will pay $2.5 million, a record fine in Mississippi: Howard Industries, a privately held manufacturer of electrical transmission and distribution equipment, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to violate immigration laws for actions discovered during an August 2008 immigration raid on the company?s transformer plant in Laurel, Mississippi...

STRONG MAJORITY FAVOR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

Posted on February 26, 2011
No surprise, but it's worth noting that Republicans are also more in favor of leaving the 14th Amendment alone than messing with it.

ARMY VETERAN AWARDED $400,000 FROM ICE FOR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT

Posted on February 24, 2011
Despite his insistence that he is a US citizen, ICE detained Rennison Vern Castillo for seven months before they realized the mistake and realeased him. Today he got justice - a damage settlement and a public apology from ICE. Hopefully, the case will lead to better procedures so that this is not nearly as common.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: GERDA WEISSMAN KLEIN - SURVIVOR

Posted on February 23, 2011
Gerda Weissman Klein is to be congratulated for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom this past week. The honor conferred by the American President is the highest civilian award given to American citizens. She received the award in recognition of her decades of work as a human rights activist...

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WON'T DEFEND DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT

Posted on February 23, 2011
The discriminatory law that bars conferring any federal benefits - including immigration benefits - on same sex couples looks headed for the trash heap of history. There are major challenges in the courts right now and the Justice Department decision now makes it much more likely the law will be ruled unconstitutional...

ARIZONA EXTREMIST BILLS COULD LEAD TO EXPANDED BOYCOTT

Posted on February 22, 2011
There's a lot of evidence that SB1070 has cost the state dearly in economic development. Wait until a birthright citizenship bill passes and even bigger boycott initiatives are launched. In a similar vein, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels got a warning from his former employer Eli Lilly that his signing an Arizona-style bill could seriously damage Indiana employers' ability to recruit top talent...

FASHION INDUSTRY JOINS LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM COALITION

Posted on February 21, 2011
From the AP: Saks Fifth Avenue and Oscar de la Renta are among the fashion industry players who are joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg's coalition for immigration reform and calling for an easier visa process for international workers. Bloomberg made the announcement Friday, the day after the close of the fall previews at New York Fashion Week...

EMMANUEL'S OPPONENTS SLAM MAYORAL CANDIDATE ON IMMIGRATION POSITIONS

Posted on February 21, 2011
Years of behind the scenes sabotaging of consideration of immigration reform measures could hurt the Chicago mayoral bid of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel.

OKLAHOMA SEEKING TO COPY ARIZONA BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP MEASURE

Posted on February 17, 2011
Oh Oklahoma, you can't be the cool kid when your lack of originality is so transparent. Arizona may be crazy, but no one disputes that it's the true trendsetter amongst whacko legislatures. But your legislature's just copying Arizona bills verbatim only makes you look lame.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REVEALS ICE MISLED COMMUNITIES ON OPTING OUT OF SECURE COMMUNITIES

Posted on February 17, 2011
The AP's Suzanne Gamboa has a great article describing how a program billed as voluntary for communties turned out to be impossible to get out of once a city has enrolled. Gamboa has reviewed internal documents sought in a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York, the National Day Labor Organizing Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights...

THE FRIENDS VISA

Posted on February 17, 2011
My friend John Lamb in Nashville has had this idea for a while. It sounds a little nuts at first, but as John notes - Giving American citizens the power of granting legal status to their foreign-born friends is an idea I've had for a while but not trumpeted very much...

LUONG UNG - IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY - HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Posted on February 16, 2011
The American Immigration Council, an organization that does great work fighting for immigrants, annually honors immigrants of achievement. This year they have selected Cambodian-born Luong Ung who has been the national spokeswoman for Campaign for a Landmine-free World...

MORE WAKE UP CALLS FOR REPUBLICANS

Posted on February 15, 2011
Former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie warns his party that they need to prove they're pro-immigration by supporting legal immigration reform measures that will make the US system more welcoming. In the mean time, a new poll shows the public is overwhelmingly in favor of comprehensive immigration reform...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MICHAEL BUBLE - MUSICIAN

Posted on February 15, 2011
Congrats to crooner Michael Buble. The Canadian-born singer walked away with the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Haven't Met You Yet" and another for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Crazy Love. He's now got quite a collection - five in all! Crazy Love has been a smash success for Buble debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart last year.

WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH

Posted on February 15, 2011
Daily Kos reports on a hearing in Kansas regarding repealing a law that allows all residents to seek in state tuition at the state's universities. Really, there's no need to even comment on this - it's obviously appalling and should make people in Kansas immediately donate money to whoever is running against this guy...

NUMBERS USA GRADES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS

Posted on February 13, 2011
Remember, the worse the grade, the more we love 'em. And where's Jeb Bush? He'd definitely get a D-. Thanks NUSA for making it easy for the pro-immigration folks as well.

VIVEK WADHWA: HOW TO FIX THE FLAWED STARTUP VISA ACT

Posted on February 12, 2011
Vivek Wadhwa, one of my favorite employment immigration pundits gives kudos to Congress for thinking about trying to encourage job creation by making it easier for entrepreneurs to get green cards. But he points out several problems with the bill that need to be addressed if it is really going to be effective.

ILLEGALLY PRESENT MEN NOW REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE

Posted on February 12, 2011
Thanks to Dan Kowalski at Bender's Immigration Bulletin for posting this news. Selective Service has just posted the following item on the front page of its web site. The news is really important because a lot of people only register once they get permanent residency...

IMMIGRATION RETURNS TO THE TOP OF HISPANICS' LIST OF MOST PRESSING ISSUES

Posted on February 12, 2011
Republicans who think Hispanic voters really are just the same as every other group and don't care about immigration are dead wrong. Most Americans don't think much about immigration and rank it way down on the list of pressing issues. And they're mixed on how they feel about it...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ERICK DE LEON - BOXER

Posted on February 11, 2011
Congrats to Erick De Leon, the Mexican-born 2009 Golden Gloves champ who just naturalized and is now a contender to compete on the US Olympic boxing team next year in London.

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