Immigration

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Once the hard-fought Presidential and Congressional elections are over and winners have been declared, attention will rightfully focus on the new Congress (and perhaps Administration) that will take office in January. President Obama and Governor Romney presented voters with divergent plans for...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Presidential elections provide the opportunity to peer into the heart of each party’s core constituencies through examination of their respective platforms. When it comes to immigration, the same rules hold. A review of this year’s Democrat and Republican platforms reveals dramatic...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

In an already excessively regulated employment climate, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is taking steps to ramp up enforcement of the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program by proposing numerous measures that will burden employers with additional costs, reduce employers’ ability to have a mobile...