Immigration Law

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CHARLES SIMONYI - MS OFFICE'S FATHER AND SPACE TOURIST

Posted on July 05, 2009
If you typed a document using Microsoft Word today or sent an email using Outlook, you owe a little hat tip to the Hungarian-born Charles Simonyi who oversaw the creation of Microsoft's Office suite of applications. He earned a fortune at Microsoft and is now a billionaire...

FRANKEN LIKELY TO BE A YES VOTE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on July 02, 2009
America's Voice does the research.

POLL: MOST GOP VOTERS SUPPORT IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on July 02, 2009
A new poll from Benenson Strategy Group (commissioned by America's Voice), has a surprising finding - the vast majority of self-identified GOP voters support immigration reform. The poll found the following: When asked whether they support Congress passing ?comprehensive immigration reform,? without hearing details about what the plan includes, 63% of Republicans said yes and 22% said no...

MORE TOP POLICE CHIEFS BACK IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on July 02, 2009
From the NY Times: Seeking to inject their views into the revived debate over immigration overhaul, several big-city police chiefs urged Congress on Wednesday to draft a new policy that improves public safety by bringing illegal immigrants out of the shadows...

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OMBUDSMAN ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT

Posted on July 01, 2009
The USCIS Ombudsman's office has released its 2009 report to Congress. It's got a lot of analysis of problems at USCIS, some interesting statistics not previously available and a number of useful recommendations.

ICE LAUNCHES SHOCK AND AWE I-9 AUDIT CAMPAIGN

Posted on July 01, 2009
If anyone doubts Secretary Napolitano was serious when she talked about ICE going after employers through investigations, they'll likely be convinced by this press release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a bold, new audit initiative today by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOls) to 652 businesses nationwide - which is more than ICE issued throughout all of last fiscal year...

FRIEDMAN: INVENT, INVENT, INVENT

Posted on June 29, 2009
Thomas Friedman has a great op-ed piece in today's NY TImes that emphasizes that the US is going to have to innovate like crazy if we're going to emerge from this recession on top. And a liberal skilled immigration policy has got to be part of our strategy...

WASHINGTON STATE GRANTING IN STATE TUITION TO NIV KIDS

Posted on June 28, 2009
I just had a consultation this week with an engineer working on an H-1B for several years with one of America's best known companies. He's got an unusual skill set that makes him highly valuable to the company and he is a good candidate for eventually getting a green card, something he and his company both want to see happen...

HIV TRAVEL BAN CLOSE TO ENDING

Posted on June 27, 2009
This is a long time coming and wonderful news for many who have been waiting for years for this. The Office of Management and Budget has completed review of a regulation which will remove HIV from the list of communicable diseases barring admission to the US...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: LAKSHMANAN SATHYAVAGISWARAN - CORONER TO THE STARS

Posted on June 26, 2009
Okay, I was trying to come up with some kind of Michael Jackson tie in for my IOTD and nothing was coming to mind until a helpful reader suggested Dr. Sathyavagiswaran, an Indian native, who is the Chief Medical Examiner at the Los Angeles Coroner's office...

6/25 PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE

Posted on June 26, 2009
Yesterday's call was our first all Q & A session. I'll be posting the announcement for our July 8th program shortly. Powered by Podbean.com

USCIS BEGINS ACCEPTING CONCURRENTLY FILED I-360/I-485 PETITIONS FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS

Posted on June 26, 2009
Good news for religious workers who now get the same benefit available to I-140 applicants. USCIS Notice June 26, 2009 Court Notice to Pending I-360s Applicants Ruiz-Diaz v. U.S., No. C07-1881RSL (W.D. Wash.) Introduction On June 11, 2009, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington issued an order in Ruiz-Diaz v...

OBAMA'S WORDS TO THE MEDIA ON THE IMMIGRATION SUMMIT

Posted on June 26, 2009

MCCAIN: REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM WILL BE TIED TO GUEST WORKERS

Posted on June 26, 2009
I'm glad we've got Republicans like John McCain who told President Obama at yesterday's White House meeting that he needs to stand up to labor unions and support an expansion of guest worker programs. If we're going to avoid a re-run of 1986's legalization program - which dealt with the problem of illegal immigrants in the US in the 80s but failed to have any impact on stopping the flow of illegal immigration that has brought us to where we are now - then we need to have a guest worker program that will meet the needs of employers and...

THE ELEMENTS OF THE 2009 IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL

Posted on June 26, 2009
We don't have actual legislation to examine yet, but Senator Schumer has outlined the major components of the bill he'll introduce: 1. Illegal immigration is wrong, and a primary goal of comprehensive immigration reform must be to dramatically curtail future illegal immigration...

US IMMIGRATION POLICIES BLAMED FOR BRAIN DRAIN

Posted on June 25, 2009
Reuters reports.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: BENNY FEILHABER - MEMBER OF OUR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM

Posted on June 25, 2009
The US Men's national soccer team had one of the greatest victories in its history today when it knocked off Spain, the #1 team in the world, at the Confederations Cup in South Africa. There are two immigrants on the roster for the US - Freddy Adu (who I honored after he competed with the US Olympic team last year)...

REID REPEATS CLAIM THAT HE'S GOT THE VOTES TO PASS IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on June 25, 2009
The problem isn't the head count. It's finding floor time, according to the Senate Majority Leader.

RAHM: IMMIGRATION REFORM STILL LACKING NEEDED VOTES

Posted on June 25, 2009
From Lynn Sweet at the Chicago Tribune: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) is among the small group of members of Congress meeting with President Obama Thursday afternoon to discuss immigration reform. Don't get your hopes up if you are tracking the issue. The meeting is happening, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill...

WHO IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING

Posted on June 25, 2009
In case you were interested: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 BACKGROUND ON MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION REFORM: The President and the Vice President will meet with a small group of Senate and House members from both sides of the aisle and both sides of the issue to discuss immigration reform in the State Dining Room at 2:00 PM today...

PELOSI: HOUSE READY TO MOVE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on June 25, 2009
Speaker Pelosi wouldn't commit to a date, but said that when the Senate is finished with CIR, she was prepared to move the bill in the House.

DETAILS EMERGE ON CITIZEN'S DEPORTATION

Posted on June 25, 2009
Still hard to fathom how this sort of thing happens, particularly when the citizen is trying to fight it. Hat tip to Dan Kowalski for the link.

OBAMA'S STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION SUMMIT

Posted on June 25, 2009
Sounding good: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 25, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION State Dining Room 3:17 P...

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PRESIDENT?

Posted on June 24, 2009
Tomorrow President Obama meets with members of Congress to talk about kick starting immigration reform efforts. I'm curious about what readers would tell President Obama if they were in the room. Share in the comments section what you would tell the President and members of Congress about immigration reform efforts this year.

REMINDER: FREE TELECONFERENCE - YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Posted on June 23, 2009
Just a reminder that we'll be having one of our regular teleconferences later this week. Here are the details: Thursday, June 25 4 pm Eastern/3 pm Central/2 pm/1 pm Pacific Siskind Susser National Teleconference - General Q&A We've received a wide array of immigration-related questions over the past few weeks...

DEM IMMIGRATION PLAN TO BE OUTLINED THIS WEEK

Posted on June 23, 2009
Roll Call reports that Immigration Subcommittee Chair Senator Schumer will deliver an address tomorrow outlining the major points of an immigration reform bill and Senator Cornyn, the ranking Republican on the Committee, is calling on President Obma to push to deal with the bill this year...

COMMISSION REPORT CRITICIZES WORK SITE RAIDS

Posted on June 21, 2009
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union International, one of the country's major unions, was upset about how raids were conducted in 2006 at Swift meatpacking plants around the country. So they did something about it. They created a commission of experts to hold hearings about work site raids and this week they released their findings in a report entitled Raids on Workers: Destroying our Rights...

WILL CONGRESS PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN FOR IRANIAN STUDENTS IN US

Posted on June 21, 2009
My friend Angelo Paparelli writes about something that is probably on the minds of many immigration lawyers who've been practicing for more than a few years - will Congress and the President treat Iranian students in the US the same as we did for Chinese students 20 years ago when young people in that country rose up against an oppressive government? Harken back to the fallout from the Chinese Communists' quelling of democracy with tanks and bloodshed in Tieneman Square...

MIXED SIGNALS FROM WHITE HOUSE ON CIR

Posted on June 20, 2009
From an email from America's Voice: Washington, DC ? Today, President Obama spoke at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America?s Voice: ?President Obama?s remarks today at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast show, once again, that he has a sophisticated understanding of how the elements of comprehensive immigration reform work together to solve this problem...

HOW AN IMMIGRANT'S INVENTION IS HELPING TO BRING FREEDOM TO IRAN

Posted on June 20, 2009
It's hard not to watch in amazement as protesters from across Iran are managing to get videos and pictures out to the world of their fight for liberty despite the fact that most journalists are barred from reporting. They are using communications technology as their weapon against the regime and the camera phone has been at the center of it all...

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