On November 9, 2011, USCIS posted for comment the Draft Memorandum on EB-5 Adjudications Policy. The Memo provides clarifications on the current law and policies concerning adjudication of EB-5 petitions. American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) provided its comments and suggestions for the Final Memo. AILA pointed out the major issues…
U.S. citizens have been illegally detained throughout Los Angeles County as a result of the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, a coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups said Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union and others identified four U.S. citizens detained through the fingerprint-sharing program in the last few…
The B1 visa is still a hot and controversial option for business visitors. At the AILA Rome District Chapter conference held in London, representatives of the DOS in London indicated that Consular Officers may no longer be printing endorsements on B-1 visas indicating the basis for issuance of the visa…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Arizona may impose tough anti-immigration measures. Among them, in a law enacted last year, is a requirement that the police there question people they stop about their immigration status. The Obama administration challenged parts of the law in court, saying that…
There are thousands of employment opportunities all over the United States. But the simple fact is that finding a good job with an employer willing to go through the visa petitioning process can be quite difficult, time-consuming and expensive. Most employers are simply not interested in sponsoring immigrants for visas.…
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a job announcement and began accepting applications from business experts to serve on the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence tactical team. The purpose of the tactical team is to bring business experts in-house to work alongside USCIS staff to ensure that current immigration…
Now the J1 Visa is on the spot, and for a reason. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an “extensive and thorough review” of a foreign exchange program that has been used by U.S. businesses as a source of cheap labor and exploited by criminals to import women…
How much do you know about the 10 plus Million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States? How long have they lived among us, who are their parents and more? The Pew Hispanic Research Center released some interesting stats and we are sharing below. Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2…
Today we bring an article posted on NPR from their series titled “In Limbo”. The series of articles focuses on those who are between being legal and being illegal. This article is about Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa. Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosagrew up in the small village of Palaco, Mexico. As a bright young…
Next week, the Department of Homeland Security will roll out a pilot program intended to speed up the deportation of immigrants with criminal records by weeding out low-priority cases. It’s a sensible plan, and one that could restore some sanity to a deportation system that wastes time with harmless immigrants…