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

ICE TAKES GUTIERREZ TO TASK FOR "GESTAPO" REMARK

Posted on August 15, 2008
DHS' Immigration and Customs Enforcement head has entered the fray against Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez over characterization of recent enforcement actions as being conducted by the "Gestapo agents at Homeland Security." Congressional Quarterly reports ICE chief Julie Myers was "appalled and deeply angered" by the statement...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARTA KAROLYI - OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS NATIONAL TEAM COORDINATOR

Posted on August 15, 2008
Most Americans know Marta's famous husband Bela, the great gymnastics coachand US national team coordinator who helped bring Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to the gold medal podium. Bela's now retired from coaching national teams (though it has been fun watching him act as a commentator for NBC)...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: KIRSTY COVENTRY - OLYMPIC SWIMMER

Posted on August 14, 2008
I'm breaking with my pattern and choosing an immigrant tonight who is competing for her home country even though she resides in America. Kirsty Coventry is the great Zimbabwean swimmer who has won gold already at these Olympics and is going for number two...

GREENSPAN: H-1B VISAS COULD HELP WITH CRISIS IN HOME MARKET

Posted on August 14, 2008
The former Fed Chair makes an interesting argument in favor of restoring the H-1B cap to previous levels.

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JUDGE DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO OPT RULE

Posted on August 13, 2008
Good.

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES: IMMIGRANTS CAUSE GLOBAL WARNING

Posted on August 13, 2008
The FAIR think tank officially jumps the shark.

USCIS GENEALOGY SERVICE NOW READY

Posted on August 13, 2008
A few months back I announced that USCIS was instituting a new genealogy service. If you're researching your family tree, this could be the source of a lot of interesting information. Information on requesting old immigration records can be found here.

NEW VISA BULLETIN RELEASED

Posted on August 13, 2008
Here's the quick and dirty: F1 jumps two weeks for each category (except Mexico which jumps forward a month). F2A jumps forward two months for each category (except Mexico remains unavailable). F2B jumps forward six weeks for each category (except one week for Mexico and three weeks for the Philippines)...

"FAKING" DETAINEE DIES IN HORRIBLE PAIN IN ICE CUSTODY

Posted on August 13, 2008
The New York Times reports this morning on the death of a Hong Kong-born detainee who came to the US as a teenager in 1992 and who was married to a US citizen and the father of two American citizen children. Hiu Liu Ng was not a criminal. He had overstayed a visa and was put in detention, according to the story, when he was in the middle of green card processing...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: LIEZEL HUBER - OLYMPIC TENNIS PLAYER

Posted on August 13, 2008
South African-born Liezel Huber will be competing in her second Olympics (the first in 2000 in Sidney), but this is the first time she'll compete for the US. She's actually been in the US since 1992 and is married to American tennis pro Tony Huber. Liezel is a doubles player and will be switching from her regular partner Cara Black for American tennis star Lindsay Davenport...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ALEXANDER ARTEMEV - OLYMPIC GYMNAST

Posted on August 12, 2008
The US men's gymastics team faced extraordinary challenges this year including the loss of the two top team members to injury. Many doubted they would make the finals, much less win a medal. But somehow the US team turned in one great performance after another to remain in the medal hunt...

NOTE TO DHS: IF YOU WANT EMPLOYERS TO FOLLOW THE LAW, HOW ABOUT YOU DO THE SAME?

Posted on August 12, 2008
Chutzpah! DHS has posted the following statement on its website: E-Verify is a voluntary program for all employers, with the exception of federal contractors. The presidential executive order calling for all federal contractors to use E-Verify requires DHS to issue regulations first...

DEMOCRATS DRAFT IMMIGRATION SECTIONS OF PARTY PLATFORM

Posted on August 12, 2008
The Democratic National Committee has released a draft of its 2008 platform in anticipation of the presidential nominating convention coming up in Denver. The statement indicates support for a broad immigration reform proposal and passage of the plan in the first year of an Obama Administration...

US BADMINTON DUO ADVANCES

Posted on August 12, 2008
Two of my immigrants of the day - Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong - have advanced in the badminton tournament at the Olympics. They are the first US pair to ever make it to a badminton quarterfinals at The next match against the Olympics. The next match against the Chinese will likely be their toughest...

SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK THE AUDIENCE WILL CARE...

Posted on August 12, 2008
A bizarre immigration related story from the Houston Chronicle.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: TONY AZEVEDO - OLYMPIC WATER POLO ATTACKER

Posted on August 11, 2008
That's really the name of a position on a water polo team. I've actually been a fan of this sport since my days growing up in Miami attending a school that had one of the better high school teams in a town where the sport was popular. And the US men's team sure look good today when it beat China 8 to 4...

THE FRAGOMEN LITIGATION PLEADINGS

Posted on August 11, 2008
Following up from my post yesterday. Fragomen Complaint - Get more Legal Forms Motion in Fragomen DOL battle - Get more Legal Forms

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: REBECCA "BEKI" SNYDER - OLYMPIC SHOOTER

Posted on August 11, 2008
Canadian-born Rebecca "Beki" Snyder is competing in her fourth Olympics. The air pistol and sports pistol specialist had retired two years ago and then recently decided to compete in the Olympic trials. She had a great trials and found herself on Team USA...

FRAGOMEN TO DOL: TELL IT TO THE JUDGE

Posted on August 10, 2008
The Fragomen firm has filed a suit seeking an injunction barring the Department of Labor from carrying out the audit of all of the firm's clients. According to Thomas Williams of Covington and Burling, Fragomen's lawyer: "The Fragomen firm filed a lawsuit today against the U...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: STUART HOLDEN - OLYMPIC SOCCER PLAYER

Posted on August 08, 2008
GOOAAALLLL! I wanted to get one more Immigrant of the Day in before the big day tomorrow in Beijing because an immigrant became the first American to score points in the 2008 Olympics. Some of you may not know that the men's and women's soccer matches actually already started and thanks to the fancy footwork of Scottish-born midfielder Stuart Holden, the US defeated Japan 1-0 in its opening match...

JUDGE DEALS BLOW IN CITIZENSHIP CLASS ACTION CASES

Posted on August 08, 2008
According to a report at Bender's Immigration Bulletin, US Federal Judge Lawrence McKenna has refused to certification two classes seeking to sue USCIS and force adjudication of naturalization cases in time for voting in the November election. The judge held that Congress an FBI background check to be completed and it does not require the check be completed in any particular time period.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: LOPEZ LOMONG - OLYMPIC RUNNER/US FLAG BEARER

Posted on August 08, 2008
By now you've probably heard the inspirational and gripping story of Lopez Lomong, the Sudanese-born US mid-distance runner who entered the US as a refugee. Tonight he will receive one of the greatest honors accorded an American athlete when he carries the flag of the United States in front of all of our country's athletes in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: FREDDY ADU - SOCCER STAR/OLYMPIAN

Posted on August 07, 2008
Ghana-born Freddy Adu is probably America's most famous green card lottery beneficiary. He immigrated with his family when he was eight. In just six years, he would become an international sensation when at the age of 14 years and seven months he was the youngest person since 1887 to sign a major league professional contract...

CHINA DENIES VISAS TO POLITICALLY VOCAL FORMER OLYMPIANS

Posted on August 06, 2008
Not a shocker. Hopefully, they'll be shamed in to backing down.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ANNA TUNNICLIFFE - OLYMPIC SAILOR

Posted on August 06, 2008
British-born radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe will make her Olympic debut at the Qingdao sailing venue. The venue, however, is familiar to her since she recently won the Qingdao Regatta at the same location. Actually, Anna's won quite a few sailing competitions and has risen to the number three ranking in the world in her sport (she's held the number one ranking as recently as 2006)...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: SUSAN FRANCIA - OLYMPIC ROWER

Posted on August 06, 2008
Hungarian-born Susan Francia has a strong recent track record in competition, according to NBC: Three-time national team member Susan Francia makes her Olympic debut in Beijing, rowing in the eight. The collegiate All-American has won two consecutive world titles in the eight in 2006 and 2007...

BEING HISPANIC IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Posted on August 05, 2008
On my annual vacation this year, I took the family to Hilton Head, South Carolina and to a few other spots around the region. I was impressed with how international the community is (not to mention how great the beaches are). But South Carolina seems to be becoming a hot bed for immigration politics...

THE CULTURE OF NO

Posted on August 05, 2008
There are so many aspects to our dysfunctional immigration system that it's hard to think where to begin. The massive visa queues, the lack of consistency in decision making, 1980s technology? But this story from the Seattle Times just made me angry. A University of Idaho researcher from Poland who is working on bioterrorism defenses is facing deportation because of too much glare in the eyeglasses on her green card application photos...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CHRIS LIWSKI - IMMIGRANT ROWER

Posted on August 04, 2008
OK, Chris Liwski is not just representing America's immigrants in Beijing. The Canadian-born rower will be representing America's lawyers as well. As far as I know, he's the only lawyer competing as an Olympic athlete. The 2007 Boston University Law School grad is currently clerking remotely for Johnson & Johnson...

IMMIGRATION AND FAITH

Posted on August 03, 2008
If some of the politicians who proudly espouse their religious faith actually looked to their faith to help guide them on immigration policy, how different things might be today. A new book on immigration and the Christian faith discusses what the Old and New Testaments have to say on the issue...

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