Jeb Bush, the former Republican Governor of Florida has co-written a new book, “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution”. This is not a review of the book, which will not be released until Wednesday, March 6th but a reminder for you to watch for all the discussion that the book…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have released several hundred detained illegal immigrants from detention centers across the country. The reason given for this large number of early releases was the forced budget cuts caused by the federal budget sequestration, which is set to start March 1st. The exact number…
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A coalition of high tech companies and bipartisan politicians, “The Partnership for a New American Economy” are planning a Virtual March on Washington D.C. supporting “Smart” Immigration Reform. “The March for Innovation“, is planned for the Spring, but no specific date has been set. Their main goal is to make…
The United States House of Representatives, Committee of the Judiciary will be holding a Hearing on “How E-Verify Works and How it Benefits American Employers and Workers.” The Hearing on “E-Verify” is scheduled for today (2/27/12) at 2:30pm EST in Washington, D.C. The hearing is being held specifically by the…
Senator John McCain held two town hall meetings in his home state of Arizona on Tuesday (2/19/13) to defend the bipartisan immigration reform proposal, “Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform“. After some heated comments on both sides, which you can view on the video I posted below, the two main…
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas today announced that users of E-Verify, the free Internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States, have given the program high marks in a recent customer survey. CFI Group conducted the…
I have just reviewed a blog written on the question of WHY. The blog post is entitled, “The WHY?s of Immigration Reform 2013” and it was posted on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Leadership Blog. At first I thought they meant “WHY Immigration Reform.” Quickly I understood it was…
These USCIS statistics on DACA cases from 8/15/12 to 2/14/13 show a total of 423,634 DACA requests accepted for processing, 411,739 biometric services appointments scheduled, and 199,460 requests approved. The data also shows the number of accepted requests from the top ten countries of origin and the top ten states…