Immigration Law

LATINO GROUPS TO SCORE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES

Posted on March 31, 2010
Good. Members of Congress who think Latino voters aren't paying attention and they can vote anti-immigrant to keep Tea Party activists happy may want to rethink that strategy. In related news. America's Voice has released poll data showing Latino voters are not energized and aren't planning on coming out in big numbers in November unless they seem some positive action on immigration reform...

WHITE HOUSE FIRES BACK AGAINST GRAHAM

Posted on March 31, 2010
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday that the President's support for comprehensive immigration reform is unwavering, but that he can't do it alone. From the Dallas Morning News: "The president has been a strong advocate and proponent of immigration reform," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said...

GREECE ADDED TO VISA WAIVER LIST

Posted on March 31, 2010
If Greek nationals are exhausted by the economic crisis in that country (and they've still got some money), they can now come for a vacation here in America with a little more ease. They've finally been added to the list of Visa Waiver countries eligible to come to the US for up to 90 days without a visa stamp in their passport.

GRAHAM'S TANTRUM: THE VIDEO

Posted on March 29, 2010
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GRAHAM: IMMIGRATION REFORM DEAD IN THE SENATE

Posted on March 28, 2010
Lindsay Graham has repeated his observation that the health care vote has poisoned the well in the Senate and not to expect any action on the issue this year. According to The Hill: Graham, who's sought to work with some Democrats on the controversial issues, said that healthcare efforts had 'poisoned the well' for bipartisan cooperation going forward...

ON THE HILL

Posted on March 25, 2010
I may be a little light in posting today and tomorrow because I'm in Washington to walk the halls of Congress to talk about the need for immigration legislation.I'll be joined by more than 250 other members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association here to explain to members of Congress what families and employers are experiencing in the field...

WILL USCIS SABOTAGE THE NEW HEALTH CARE BILL?

Posted on March 22, 2010
This evening Congress passed historic legislation extending health coverage to more than 30 million more Americans. That?s the equivalent of adding the population of the entire country of Canada to the insurance rolls. This is going to be a monumental challenge for many reasons one of which is the fact that the country already has a severe physician shortage...

GRAHAM BACKTRACKS ON THREAT TO WALK AWAY FROM IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on March 22, 2010
Last week Lindsay Graham indicated that if Democrats passed health care reform using reconciliation, that would spell the end of immigration reform. Now he is reversing that position. Graham was interviewed on Univision that he is still on board.

THE NEXT EINSTEIN

Posted on March 22, 2010
NY Times columnist Tom Friedman has another great article reminding Americans why immigration is in our self-interest. In his latest piece he talks about how most of the finalists for the Intel science prize for high school kids (the most prestigious honor a young American science student can seek) are immigrants or children of immigrants...

200,000 MARCH FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on March 22, 2010
Most of the media was understandably focused on health care reform after yesterday's historic vote in Congress, but the immigration debate was literally right around the corner. An estimated 200,000 marchers filled five long blocks of the Washington Mall yesterday to urge the President and members of Congress to now pivot from health care reform to immigration...

THE REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN

Posted on March 22, 2010
USA Today writes about the steady flow of talent leaving the US and gives a plug for the Start Up Visa.

SON OF THE YEARI

Posted on March 22, 2010
Is this how antis treat their mammas?

THE IMMIGRANT DIVIDEND

Posted on March 21, 2010
Readers have been sending me the best links. Here's one from the latest issue of Newsweek: As the white house revives immigration reform?an issue the president is discussing with congressional leaders?it may want to ponder the effects of curbing foreign labor...

THE MEHTA-ENDELMAN PLAN

Posted on March 20, 2010
A few of you have written to me telling me about an interesting set of ideas proposed by my friends Gary Endelman and Cyrus Mehta, both fellow immigration lawyers. I've praised the plan in the comments, but it is worth bumping up to its own post. The proposal has three major components: 1...

WILL ANTIS SEND THE NEXT BIG THING TO ASIA?

Posted on March 20, 2010
A kind reader sent me a link to a new Business Week article that discusses a fast emerging trend in American business schools - taking jobs in Asia rather than in the US. One of the biggest targets - young Asian immigrant students in the US being lured back home: How much longer can the Asian allure hold? With protectionist talk rising in America, and China trying to put the brakes on its rapidly growing economy, there's always a chance that Asia could stumble...

$285 BILLION

Posted on March 20, 2010
The Center for American Progress has published a new report showing that this is what it would cost to rid the country of the estimated 10,000,000 illegally present immigrants in the US.

POLL: IMMIGRATION CRUCIAL ISSUE TO MOST HISPANIC VOTERS

Posted on March 20, 2010
Those who follow immigration politics closely know that the finding in a new America's Voice Bendixen poll of 1,100 Hispanic voters that more than 3/4 consider immigration to be a major issue for them is true. But for many anti-immigrant members of Congress, there's a case of wishful thinking going on - that Hispanic voters only consider immigration a minor issue and will vote on other issues instead...

PRESIDENT PRAISES SCHUMER-GRAHAM FRAMEWORK

Posted on March 18, 2010
Just released from the Press Secretary's Office: In June, I met with members of both parties, and assigned Secretary Napolitano to work with them and key constituencies around the country to craft a comprehensive approach that will finally fix our broken immigration system...

SCHUMER AND GRAHAM INTRODUCE CIR TO THE PUBLIC

Posted on March 18, 2010
We still don't have the official summary of the Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill, but Senator Charles Schumer, the chair of the Senate Immigration Subcommittee and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have written a joint op-ed piece that will appear in tomorrow morning's Washington Post that describes the major provisions of the CIR bill they will shortly introduce in the Senate...

TEA PARTY LEADER CRITICIZES ANTI-IMMIGRATION REPUBLICANS

Posted on March 17, 2010
Dick Armey, former Republican House Majority Leader and one of the national leaders of the Tea Party activists, had some surprising comments on immigration. From the Arizona Daily Star: Republicans are alienating Hispanic voters with their rhetoric on the immigration issue, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Monday...

SPAT BETWEEN AFL-CIO AND US CHAMBER REGARDING CIR GOES PUBLIC

Posted on March 16, 2010
As if CIR isn't on shaky enough ground as is. The AFL-CIO is pushing a protectionist agenda that will mean no future guest worker program when unemployment rates return to normal. And their plan would put existing non-immigrant visa programs in jeopardy...

IMMIGRATION REFORM BACKERS HEADING FOR MASSIVE DC RALLY

Posted on March 14, 2010
On March 21st, thousands of people will descend on Washington, DC to press the President and Congress to keep promises to move an immigration bill forward. Whether immigration reform will move or not may be impacted by this rally as well as whether the President wins on getting his health care bill passed.

APRIL VISA BULLETIN SHOWS MIXED RESULTS

Posted on March 14, 2010
A few bright spots mixed in with a lot of not so much... Family 1st - Advancement of worldwide, China and India numbers by two weeks to 08 July 2004. Mexico moves forward two weeks to 15 October 1992. The Philippines moves up two months to 1 March 1994...

DETAILS STARTING TO EMERGE REGARDING CIR BILL

Posted on March 13, 2010
Senators Schumer and Graham presented a three page outline of their reform proposal when they met earlier this week. The Los Angeles Times gave a few hints in an article that appeared yesterday: Although details of their blueprint were not released, Graham said the elements included tougher border security, a program to admit temporary immigrant workers and a biometric Social Security card that would prevent people here illegally from getting jobs...

USCIS REMINDS CHILEANS OF IMMIGRATION ACCOMODATIONS

Posted on March 11, 2010
USCIS has issued a memorandum to Chileans in the US letting them know that various measures are in place to assist some who may face immigration obstacles due to the massive earthquake in their country: The grant of an application for change or extension of nonimmigrant status on behalf of a Chilean national who is currently in the United States, even in cases where the request is submitted after the individual?s authorized period of admission has expired; Re-parole of individuals granted parole by USCIS; Extension of certain grants of advance parole, expedited processing of advance parole requests; Expedited adjudication and...

GRAHAM: PASS HEALTH CARE AND WE'LL KILL IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on March 11, 2010
I've been impressed by Senator Graham's willingness to help move forward immigration reform, but this is really pathetic. Graham reported on his meeting today with President Obama and Senator Schumer. Most of it sounds good until you get to this lovely part:I expressed, in no uncertain terms, my belief that immigration reform could come to a halt for the year if health care reconciliation goes forward...

NATIONAL ID CARD PROPOSAL BECOMES IMMIGRATION REFORM LIGHTNING ROD

Posted on March 10, 2010
Readers have already been discussing this subject in the comments. The usual positions on immigration won't necessarily define how people feel about a proposal to issue a national identification card to all authorized to work in the US. On the one hand, the immigration "law and order" types love the idea of a fool proof way go guarantee that all workers are legal...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CHARLES MULLIGHAN - CANCER RESEARCHER

Posted on March 09, 2010
St. Jude Children's Hospital is known throughout the world for its groundbreaking research relating to childhood cancer. One of their stars is Australian-born Charles Mullighan who has gained attention for discovering what is described as "the missing piece" in the puzzle of genetic mutations that contribute to the onset of childhood leukemia...

LIP SERVICE?

Posted on March 07, 2010
The Los Angeles Times reports that the President is pushing Senators Schumer and Graham to get their immigration proposal introduced. But many are skeptical the White House is serious.

NY GOVERNOR PARDONS IMMIGRANT FACING DEPORTATION

Posted on March 07, 2010
The NY Times' Nina Bernstein recently reported on the case of Qing Hong Wu, who immigrated to the US as a child and who was facing deportation as a result of with the law as a teenager. The case has garnered attention because Mr. Wu has gone on to turn his life around and rise to the ranks of head of Internet technology for a national company...

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