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USCIS Adjudications Being Challenged Again
As employers begin to gear up for the fiscal year 2013 H-1B nonimmigrant visa filing season (which begins April 1, 2012), Congress and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are engaged in a renewed battle over whether the agency appropriately scrutinizes immigration filings. On February 15,...
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Why The Judulang Decision Matters
The need for consistency, fairness and predictability in administrative rule making and decision making is imperative and desired by foreign nationals, employers, immigration practitioners and adjudicators alike. Although agencies – none more so than those that deal with...
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New Green Card Bill Would Shorten The Line For Some, But Make It Longer For Others
On November 29, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Workers Act, a bill that would change the way employment-based green cards are allocated by eliminating country-specific quotas. Specifically, the bill seeks to equalize the...
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Immigration Issues Affecting Chinese Investors In The United States
Editor’s Note: China, after having experienced rapid internal development and the accumulation of immense dollar and other monetary reserves, is now looking to make investments abroad in such areas as natural resources, technology and manufacturing to further fuel its economic growth. To...
Read MoreState Immigration Laws: The Next Battleground
In June of this year, the Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act became law. The statute authorizes law enforcement officers to inquire about the immigration status of anyone lawfully stopped if there is a "reasonable suspicion that the person is undocumented.” It bars...
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Immigration Bar To USCIS: Thanks For Doing The Right Thing
Employers narrowly avoided a significant impingement on their right to counsel in immigration matters last month, when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced and then – after strong objections from the business community – withdrew a new policy that would have...
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Mandatory E-Verify: One Step Closer to Reality?
On September 22, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act, a bill that would require nearly all employers in the United States to use E-Verify, the federal online employment eligibility verification system. With numerous and powerful supporters, the bill could move closer to...
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