Immigration Law

Bond Brokers, Banks Heavy Local Tax Burdens.
Bond brokers could not sell the auction-rate bonds that they advised States, Counties, Cities, Hospitals, Schools and other bond-issuing local governments to issue and now taxpayers are paying credit banks on Wall Street penalties because the local governments are getting...

Bond Bank On It
Marion County taxpayers will save more than a million dollars due to a reduction of fees over at the Indianapolis Public Bond Bank. Bond Bank Executive Director Kevin Taylor says the agency has been charging excess fees to local governments for floating bonds and it was time to lower them...

Newest Wall Street worry: Bond insurance.
AP: A "heavy loss" by bond insurer MBIA Inc., and the prospect of new downgrades in the bond insurance industry.

Can a Judge Revoke Your Bond Whenever He Wants to
Sometimes, when a client is scheduled to go to court, she will ask me if the judge is going to revoke her bond and lock her up when she arrives at court.  I assure such clients that the judge will not revoke their bond and lock them up unless they have violated one of the conditions of their bond...

Blawg of the Day -- Canadian Immigration Blawg
This week's Canadian law blog deals with immigration: the Canadian Immigration Blawg is published by Raj Sharma, a former immigration officer and now practicing immigration attorney in Calgary...

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law #1: Introduction
This is the first podcast in Canadian Immigration and refugee law. We begin by considering the historical evolution of immigration within Canada and then turn to some early immigration cases to consider the role that racism played in the immigration process...

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Immigration FAQs
Facts about Immigrating to the USA

Green Cards
Ways to get a green card

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

General Naturalization Requirements
From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
allegedly overcharged for immigration application fees.

Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Division of Immigration Health Services
allegedly drugged deported immigrants with sedatives.

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Immigration Fees
Nationwide Class Action Gets Green Light

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.