Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law that will allow hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses and vetoed another that would have restricted sheriffs from helping federal authorities detain undocumented Californians for potential deportation. The driver’s license measure will allow illegal immigrants to drive legally…
The Center for American Progress and the Partnership for a New American Economy released a joint study which found that up to 223,000 of the 2.1 million young illegal immigrants eligible for the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act would have an easier time enrolling, paying for…
Get ready DV players! The 2014 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2014) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012, and will close at noon, EDT, Saturday, November 3rd, 2012. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at…
The numbers through the third quarter of 2012 for H-1B petitions is in. Through a FOIA request made by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the number of H-1B petitions that have been submitted, approved, denied, and withdrawn have been released. So far this year, 128,893 petitions have been submitted to…
As per the recent updates from White House last week Mexico, China and Brazil, along with other countries, are contributing more to the US tourism industry thanks to a streamlined visa process and reduced wait time. The White House released a progress report saying the Departments of State and Homeland…
According to a recent update from AILA, DHS is in the process of changing its policy on minors being charged with making false claims to U.S. citizenship. Details are limited at this time. We understand that DHS has begun implementation of its new policy, which AILA believe will protect certain…
Last week we posted an article on how low skilled workers are not a priority in the U.S. despite the economic need for having low skilled immigrant workers within our economy. In this blog we bring to you news of a bill being proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives.…
Since Deferred Action was announced, many many questions are still unanswered with respect to this program. In this post we have provided some of the recent few updates. Temporary deferral of removal only means that DHS will not initiate or continue removal proceedings against eligible applicants during the relevant relief…
Many people view low-skilled immigrants as an economic burden because they produce few income taxes. But it’s not just these immigrants—almost half of all Americans had no income tax liability in 2011. In other words, according to the logic of immigration’s opponents, America’s economy would benefit from deporting half the…
The O-1 is a good visa option for individuals with extraordinary abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or with a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry who want to come to the U.S. to continue working in the areas of extraordinary…