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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

NURSE BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE

Posted on May 21, 2009
H.R. 2536 has been introduced in the House by Congressman Robert Wexler. This is the first step in what will be a very tough process. The bill's text has not yet been released, but it is going to be highly similar to H.R. 5924, introduced last year. The bill would allocate 20,000 additional green cards per year for three years for nurses and physical therapists...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: RAM RAMANATHAN - CLIMATE SCIENTIST

Posted on May 21, 2009
I was listening to BBC News last night and heard an interview with a scientist described as one of the world's leading experts on climate change. That scientist is Indian-born Ram Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego...

SCHUMER: BORDERS NOW SECURE ENOUGH TO MOVE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on May 21, 2009
There are basically two big camps in the immigration reform debate and each has subsidiary interests that diverge in important respects from the bigger grou[. There is the pro-immigration camp which generally favors immigration reform proposals introduced over the last few years...

OBAMA SETS DATE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM WHITE HOUSE "CONVERSATION"

Posted on May 20, 2009
President Obama recently mentioned plans for holding a White House meeting to discuss proceeding with immigration reform legislation. And now he is keeping that promise by setting June 8th, just three weeks from now, to hold the meeting. According to Politico: "The meeting will be an opportunity to launch a policy conversation that we hope will be able to start a debate that will take place in Congress later in the year," the official, who asked not to be named, said...

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5/26 TELECONFERENCE - THE IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF A LAY OFF

Posted on May 20, 2009
My next teleconference will be on Tuesday, May 26th at 4 pm eastern/3 pm central/2 pm mountain/1 pm pacific and will provide information for immigrant workers who have been or may be laid off as well as employers trying to figure out how to handle a potential lay off of an immigrant worker...

STUDY: NO LINK BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Posted on May 20, 2009
From Business Week: A report released on Tuesday makes the case that increased immigration is not a cause of increased unemployment in the U.S. The study, ?The Unemployment Disconnect: Untying the Knot,? was issued by the Immigration Policy Center, the research arm of the American Immigration Law Foundation, an association of immigration lawyers that generally supports pro-immigration policies...

HISPANIC VOTERS GETTING READY TO REWARD/PUNISH OVER IMMIGRATION ISSUE

Posted on May 19, 2009
A new poll from Bendixen and Associates of 800 Hispanic voters across the country reveals an electorate that is leaning Democratic, but one that is very concerned over how the Democrats are handling the immigration issue. The poll, commissioned by immigration advocacy group America's Voice, also shows Hispanic voters plan on voting in greater numbers than the general public in 2010.

WILL DEMOCRATS FUMBLE THE BALL WITH LATINO VOTERS?

Posted on May 19, 2009
A nice contrast to the Politico article I just posted about the GOP is this piece from Ruben Navarette on how the Democrats could be right back where they were before 2006 with Latino voters if they fail to deliver on immigration reform.

CAN THE GOP BRING BACK LATINO VOTERS?

Posted on May 19, 2009
Politico has a great article discussing the abandonment of the GOP by Hispanic voters and how some in the Republican Party are trying to bring them back.

A TESTIMONY TO SURVIVAL

Posted on May 18, 2009
One of my long-time paralegals at Siskind Susser, PC is Esther Schacther Fridman. Esther, who grew up here in Memphis, is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. In 2005, she married Benny Fridman, an Israeli who was on a work visa in Memphis at the time...

IMMIGRATION HUMOR: HOMER SIMPSON STARTS THE SPRINGFIELD MINUTEMEN

Posted on May 18, 2009
The Simpsons' writers have taken on the subject of immigration before, but last night's episode "Coming to Homerica" was entirely devoted to the subject and is absolutely hysterical. When the neighboring Norweigian dominated town of Ogdenville's economy collapses after supplying Krusty the clown with tainted barley for his new veggie burger, the town's citizens start moving to Springield looking for work...

CONSERVATIVE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ENDORSES H-1B PROGRAM

Posted on May 17, 2009
Interesting commentary from a source that has recently taken other anti-immigrant positions.

WADHWA: FREE H-1B WORKERS

Posted on May 17, 2009
Vivek Wadhwa always has interesting things to say about skilled immigrants. Here is a snippet from his recent Business Week commentary: I have a suggestion for Grassley and Durbin. Pass a bill to deregulate the H-1B visa program, and eliminate the restrictions that make it difficult for H-1B holders to travel, switch jobs, or get promoted...

ROUNDUP

Posted on May 17, 2009
Sorry for the light posting over the last few days. I spoke Friday to the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and spoke yesterday in Houston at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists about physician immigration rules...

AMERICA'S VOICE DRAWS LINK BETWEEN SESSIONS AND WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS

Posted on May 14, 2009
Sam Stein of the liberal Huffington Post has written a column reporting on pro-immigration America's Voice and their criticism of the Republicans new leader on the Senate Immigration Subcommittee. According to Stein: There is no evidence that Sessions holds some of the most extreme views of the individuals and groups he has associated with, and they have no large-scale financial links to the senator...

H-1B VISAS BARELY GETTING USED

Posted on May 14, 2009
USCIS has announced that for the third week in a row, the H-1B count sits at 45,000 out of 65,000 used. I presume this means that just a few hundred cases are being processed per week which is simply remarkable when you consider that there has been a lottery for H-1B numbers for the past two years...

JUDGE WOOD WOULD BE A FRIEND FOR IMMIGRATION ON THE SUPREME COURT

Posted on May 12, 2009
A lot of people influenced my decision to become an immigration lawyer nearly two decades ago, but one person that certainly deserves mention is Judge Diane Wood. I first took her international trade law class at the University of Chicago and it turned out to be my best grade in law school...

IMMIGRATION AMID A RECESSION

Posted on May 11, 2009
Business Week has kicked off a series of stories exploring the impact of immigrants in today's economy with a fairly balanced piece discussing the arguments for and against increased work-based immigrant visa numbers. Worth the read.

JOHN DEMJANJUK DEPORTED

Posted on May 11, 2009
Ten years ago I gave a lecture on Demjanjuk case and reported that this accused Nazi war criminal was on the verge of being deported. At that point, his case was already almost a decade old. He has since pursued every avenue of appeal - some I didn't know were possible - and managed to remain in this country all these years...

WEDNESDAY TELECONFERENCE DETAILS

Posted on May 11, 2009
As I mentioned Friday,I'm going to be hosting regular teleconferences to discuss the latest immigration news, answer listener questions and interview invited guests. The first call will be this Wednesday at 4 pm eastern/3 pm central/2 pm mountain/1 pm pacific time...

STATUE OF LIBERTY CROWN TO REOPEN ON JULY 4TH

Posted on May 10, 2009
This is a good omen. It seems that immigration restrictions really started to get worse around 9/11 which is also when the crown of Lady Liberty, America's symbol of our commitment to a generous immigration policy, was closed to the public.

NAPOLITANO: USCIS TO FOCUS ON GOING AFTER H-1B VIOLATORS

Posted on May 08, 2009
Computerworld, which has been the media outlet of choice for the protectionist crowd, reports on one subject addressed by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano during her testimony this week. Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee that USCIS is stepping up enforcement in the H-1B program...

JUNE VISA BULLETIN REVEALS TERRIBLE NEWS FOR EB-2 INDIANS

Posted on May 08, 2009
The EB-2 category for Indian nationals has retrogressed four years and will be set at January 1, 2000 for applications received beginning June 1st. If you are from China, the backlog is five years less - February 15, 2005. And if you are from any other country in the world, there is no wait at all...

NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE NEXT WEDNESDAY

Posted on May 08, 2009
I've been planning this for a while, but have been distracted by other projects. But given the angst surrounding the new Visa Bulletin as well as everything else in the news, now sounds like a good time to begin. Starting next Wednesday at 4 pm eastern/3 pm central, I'll be hosting a regular (and free) national teleconference that will give me a chance to talk about what's in the news regarding immigration and also discuss questions and topics that folks request...

NAPOLITANO ENDORSES DREAM ACT

Posted on May 07, 2009
In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano discussed the DREAM Act when answering a question from Illinois Senator Richard Durbin: DURBIN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Secretary, thanks for being here. As a former governor of a border state, the story I'm about to tell you may sound familiar...

WILL 2009 BE DIFFERENT FOR CIR?

Posted on May 07, 2009
My friend Tamar Jacoby has an excellent editorial in today's Los Angeles Times providing an overview of the current political landscape for comprehensive immigration reform: The problem: Left and right not only frame their arguments differently, they also disagree on matters of substance...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: RENU KHATOR - UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Posted on May 06, 2009
Indian-born Renu Khator is the president of the University of Houston and the first Indian immigrant to head a major research university. Khator received a Ph.D. in political science and public administration from Purdue University and then went on to spend 20 years rising through the administration ranks at the University of South Florida...

IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: THE KLEIZA FAMILY - ARTISTS AND AN ATHLETE

Posted on May 05, 2009
I am fortunate enough to have a pretty good arts and sports immigration practice. I've met a lot of really talented people from both fields over the years. I can't say I remember a family that has had members who have achieved as much as the Kleiza family, originally from Lithuania...

SESSIONS BECOMES CHIEF REPUBLICAN ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Posted on May 04, 2009
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama will become the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee under which the Immigration Subcommittee is included. Sessions has been one of the Senate's most vocal opponents of immigration reform. Sessions may only be in for the remainder of this Congress and then he is expected to pursue the ranking position on the Budget Committee...

ABC POLL SHOWS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LEGALIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS INCREASING

Posted on May 04, 2009
On the heels of the CBS/New York TImes poll showing substantial support for legalizing illegally present immigrants, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows similar strong support.

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