At first it seemed comprehensive immigration reform was doable. Then, over time, the administration gave out signals it would be difficult to pull off. The devil lies in mixed messages. When the DREAM Act was defeated, the president went on…
At first it seemed comprehensive immigration reform was doable. Then, over time, the administration gave out signals it would be difficult to pull off. The devil lies in mixed messages. When the DREAM Act was defeated, the president went on…
The Department of Homeland Security will deploy 2,200 Border Patrol agents along the northern border by the end of 2010. Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of the firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz believes that such additional allocation of personnel has its…
While recent unauthorized immigration has been undergoing a sharp decline, the mainstream media is paying scant attention. Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of the firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz offers some relevant commentary. The annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants – sometimes…
If politics weren’t involved in comprehensive immigration reform, it might have been accomplished by now. The only one thing that remains a given – as far as it can be, that is – is the fact that the Comprehensive Immigration…
“Anchor babies” is an offensive term that has many people up in arms. It’s new terminology in the comprehensive immigration reform debate. It’s amazing how people coin various terms when they’re trying to make a point about something. The new…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removes HIV as a disease of public health significance affecting foreign nationals seeking admission to the United States. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Fifty individuals were arrested and named in 27 federal indictments because they entered into sham marriages to gain U.S. residency. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started rounding up and arresting 50 people named in 27 federal indictments…
Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee still urging applications for H-1B visas. An H-1B is a nonimmigrant classification used by an immigrant who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation or as a “fashion model” of distinguished merit and ability.…
Numerous glitches exist in the new LCA iCERT system. Is it really an improvement? The Department of Labor (DOL) publicly states that the new incarnation of iCERT is a boon to immigration attorneys and their beleaguered staffs. If only this…
The newest U.S. Supreme Court Justice had been rumored to have excessively liberal views on immigration, but is this true? The recent confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court was a politically-charged test to the Obama Administration’s influence. Her…