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Latest news related to immigration law in a simple, clear, and interesting manner by a partner in Siskind Susser's Memphis, Tennessee office who specializes in immigration matters in the healthcare and technology industries.
By Greg Siskind

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 17:55:32

DHS IGNORES COURT AND PUBLISHES NEW FINAL NO MATCH RULE

Posted on October 23, 2008
Despite the fact that a District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security from implementing its No-Match rule, the agency has released a new rule that is identical to the proposed rule issued last spring (which was virtually identical to the 2007 rule enjoined by Judge Brier)...

FAQ: IMMIGRATION ISSUES RELATED TO LAYOFFS AND CORPORATE DOWNSIZING

Posted on October 21, 2008
[Readers: This is an article that is still a work in progress and I encourage your feedback on additional subjects and questions to cover. I've recently been contacted by a number of folks facing this very difficult situation and I thought I would get this article online as quickly as possible...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI - STATESMAN

Posted on October 21, 2008
Maybe its a state of the times that Zbigniew Brzezinski's daughter Mika, co-host of MSNBC's popular Morning Joe political chat show, is probably better known than her father. The Polish-born Professor Brzezinski was, however, President Carter's National Security Advisor...

"TODAY WE MARCH, TOMORROW WE VOTE"

Posted on October 21, 2008
Remember those words chanted during the immigration protests in 2006? I'm sure a few people will regret ignoring that warning given reports that are popping up on voter registration efforts in immigrant communities. Nearly one million Latino immigrants have naturalized since the summer of 1986...

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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARIA GOMES-SOLECKI - RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Posted on October 18, 2008
Portugal-born Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki is the founder of Biopeptides Corp., a biotech firm that is testing a vaccine intended to protect people from Lyme Disease. Dr. Gomes-Solecki recently relocated her research team to my hometown of Memphis since her husband moved her to work at the world famous St...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARIA DA SILVA - CNN HERO

Posted on October 18, 2008
CNN has nominated twelve individuals for a community service hero award. One is Maria Da Silva, a native of Malawi. The Los Angeles nanny is funding a school in her native country in order to help fight the impact of AIDs, a disease that has killed fourteen of her family members and which infects 14% of the Malawi adult population...

MICROSOFT BACKS AID PLAN FOR IMMIGRANT KIDS

Posted on October 18, 2008
Kudos to Microsoft for taking on a cause that other corporations would probably ignore. The Redmond, Washington high tech company will fund an initiative in nine cities to ensure that detained immigrant children who arrived in the US on their own receive legal assistance...

BUSH ANNOUNCES VISA WAIVER LIST EXPANSION

Posted on October 18, 2008
President Bush has announced, as expected, that seven countries are being added to the list of Visa Waiver countries: Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Slovakia South Korea The President had a press conference where he made the announcement, but indicated that the change would happen soon as opposed to immediately...

LAS VEGAS BECOMES LATEST 287(g) CITY

Posted on October 18, 2008
The police department of America's playground is the latest to sign a pact with Immigration and Customs enforcement to turn over immigrants in their custody to the immigration enforcement agency. The local sheriff promises that only immigrants in the city's jails will be turned over and cops on the beat won't seek out immigrants to turn over to ICE...

HEADS UP: E-VERIFY RULE LIKELY WILL BE OUT IN NEXT FEW WEEKS

Posted on October 15, 2008
DHS has sent its draft regulations regarding requiring federal contractors to use E-Verify to the Office of Management and Budget for a final review. Expect the rule to be published very soon. Don't be surprised if a lawsuit is filed to block the rule from taking effect because DHS is expected to state that the rule will not be economically significant, something that is necessary for the rule to be fast tracked.

USCIS ANNOUNCES TN ENTRY PERIOD BEING EXTENDED FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS

Posted on October 14, 2008
Really good news. I don't have the link yet, but here's the text from the USCIS press release: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the maximum period of time a Trade-NAFTA (TN) professional worker from Canada or Mexico may remain in the United States before seeking readmission or obtaining an extension of stay...

NOVEMBER VISA BULLETIN OUT

Posted on October 14, 2008
The new bulletin is here. Here are the highlights: Family 1st - Advancement of worldwide, China and India numbers by two weeks to 1 May 2002. Mexico moves up a week to 15 September 1992 and the Philippines moves up a month to 1 May 1993. Family 2A - Worldwide, India, China and the Philippines numbers advance five weeks to 8 February 2004...

MCCAIN STILL NOT ABLE TO REVERSE DAMAGE WITH HISPANIC VOTERS

Posted on October 13, 2008
Whether John McCain really meant it or was just trying to sway right wing anti-immigrant Republicans when he said he would no longer support his immigration reform bill, Hispanics are not giving him the benefit of the doubt.

BLOGGING FROM BUENOS AIRES

Posted on October 12, 2008
Hi Folks - I'm speaking at the annual meeting of the International Bar Association in Buenos Aires, Argentina this week. I'll be blogging, but not as much as usual. In the mean time, I'll be thinking of you as I chow down gnocci and dulce de leche (but not together).

THE FIRST 100 DAYS

Posted on October 10, 2008
As Barack Obama continues to enjoy a wide lead in national opinion polls, a number of news organizations report that the Democrat is already planning for the transition including planning appointments and legislative strategy. While some may think this is presumptuous, it's actually incredibly responsible given the frightenting situation in the world right now...

CHERTOFF REMARKS HINT THAT VISA WAIVER PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED TO SLOVAK NATIONALS

Posted on October 09, 2008
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff commented yesterday on a crime and security agreement reached with the Slovak government: So before I turn it over to the Minister, I want to emphasize that we remain committed to Visa Waiver Program expansion at the earliest opportunity...

IMMIGRATION NOT COMING UP IN THE DEBATES

Posted on October 08, 2008
After three debates involving the Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin candidates, the one subject that has not come up is immigration. And I don't think it is a coincidence. Public opinion polls are showing the issue has dropped dramatically on the list of important subjects for Americans...

EVIDENCE PILES UP THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE US IS DRAMATICALLY DOWN

Posted on October 08, 2008
I've been reporting on this for a little while. DHS is now reporting that the number of apprehensions near the US-Mexico has fallen substantially - 78% - since this time last year. The government believes that fewer people are attempting to cross since enforcement resources have been increasing, not decreasing...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: OSAMU SHIMOMURA - NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

Posted on October 08, 2008
Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese-born professor emeritus at Boston University, is the winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. The prize, awarded today, honors Professor Shimomura for discovering green fluorescent protein, or GFP, which allows researchers to develop methods for observing the behavior of proteins in living cells...

PHOENIX BUSINESS OWNERS GROW MORE ANXIOUS OVER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

Posted on October 08, 2008
The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that there has been a surge in tips being filed with the Phoenix Sheriff's office against employers allegedly hiring illegally present immigrants. In the mean time, the Arizona Republic newspaper reports that a rash of immigration raids by the sheriff against employers in Chandler and the East Valley will have a chilling effect and drive employers out of the area.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS MORE LIKELY TO BE CURRENT ON THEIR MORTGAGES

Posted on October 08, 2008
Lest people decide to play a blame game, it's important to get the facts out early.

WASHINGTON POST: END HIV IMMIGRATION BAR NOW!

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Washington Post has written an editorial taking the Department of Health and Human Services to task for ignoring Congress' call to take HIV off the list of health conditions that require waivers to immigrate. HHS has responded saying that they're working on it and hoping to get something out before the next President takes office...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: YOICHIRU NAMBU - NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS

Posted on October 07, 2008
It was great to see the following alumni email arrive this afternoon from The University of Chicago where I attended law school regarding Japanese-born Professor Yoichiro Nambu: I am delighted to tell you that Yoichiro Nambu, the Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics...

ICE LAUNCHES ANOTHER MEGA-RAID AT A SOUTH CAROLINA POULTRY PLANT

Posted on October 07, 2008
ICE has been launched another raid at a food processing facility, this time a poultry plant in South Carolina. Regrettably, these raids will drive food prices up at a time when Americans can really not afford to spend more money. Illegal immigration has been dropping dramatically since DHS launched its enforcement campaign last summer...

BUSH ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES IT MAY YANK "INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE" DEFENSE IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS

Posted on October 07, 2008
This is really, really disturbing news. I have seen many, many cases in my years in practice where people received incompetent representation and their lives have been wrecked. An individual can sometimes ask a judge to take a look at the record and if the judge agrees that poor lawyering seriously damaged the client, the judge can take this in to consideration...

WHAT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS MEANS FOR IMMIGRATION POLICY

Posted on October 06, 2008
Karoun Demirjian of Congressional Quarterly has an interesting take on how immigration politics may change in 2009.

VISA WAIVER STATUS COULD BE COMING SOON FOR ISRAELIS

Posted on October 06, 2008
This has been talked about for a while. There are a number of other countries also expected to shortly be added to the list of Visa Waiver countries including several in Eastern Europe. Nationals of Visa Waiver countries can enter the US in visitor status without a visa stamp in their passport...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: PAPI - MOVIE STAR

Posted on October 05, 2008
OK, my kids suggested this one. We saw the very cute Disney movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua last night and it deals on a subtle level with Anglo-Hispanic relations. One of the lead characters is Papi, the landscaping dog, voiced by comedian George Lopez...

NY TIMES ENDORSES RECAPTURE BILL

Posted on October 03, 2008
Kudos to the Times for bringing attention to an immigration issue the rest of the media is ignoring. Hat tip to those who sent me the link.

CBP GOES ALL TECHIE ON US

Posted on October 03, 2008
Wow, US Customs and Border Protection, the folks that inspect us at ports of entry, has posted a desktop "widget" on its web site that allows you to countdown to your trip, see the weather at your destination and advises you on entry requirements.

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