Immigration Law

FX TO DEBUT DRAMA SERIES INVOLVING ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS

Posted on November 07, 2010
Good news from Digital Spy: FX is developing a new drama project focusing on an illegal Mexican immigrant who works as a private investigator. Deadline reports that the pilot episode will be written by Chap Taylor, known for his work on the 2002 film thriller Changing Lanes...

FIVE IDEAS THAT MIGHT APPEAL TO REASONABLE REPUBLICANS

Posted on November 04, 2010
Philip Wolgin lists on Huffington Post his ideas for smaller items Congress could consider since CIR is effectively dead. Some are obvious, but others less so. They are 1. DREAM Act 2. AgJobs 3. Make the EB-1 category more reasonable. 4. Create a more reasonable bar on those accused of providing material support to terrorists to cover those essentially involuntarily providing the support...

POLL GURU EXPLAINS WHY LATINOS ARE CONSISTENTLY UNDERCOUNTED

Posted on November 04, 2010
One of the most reliable pundits when it comes to the math side of politics is the New York Times blogger Nate Silver. He actually comes from a sports background and was known as a master of sports statistics. I've been reading his five thirty-eight blog for the last couple of years and he's usually right on the mark...

TAKEAWAYS FROM ELECTION 2010

Posted on November 03, 2010
No doubt you've already heard from plenty of pundits explaining yesterday's election. But from the immigration perspective, there are some important things to note that others might not be saying. Obviously, it's going to be a tougher environment for measures affecting illegally present immigrants...

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An Administrative Note about Comments

Posted on November 03, 2010
We have been receiving many automated spam comments on this blog. To prevent automated programs or "bots" from posting comments, we have added a test that humans can pass but bots cannot. When you comment on a post, you will be asked to type in a short series of letters you see on the screen...

NCSL: LATINO VOTERS SAVED SENATE FOR DEMOCRATS

Posted on November 03, 2010
An old, old friend who is a major voice in conservative politics in this country agreed with this when we spoke about the election today (he was obviously a lot happier today than me). He also agreed that if the GOP needs to understand that the voter anger over economy gave them a short term opportunity to retake power, but that maintaining that power when things get back to normal will depend on broadening their coalition to include Hispanics...

BREAKING: SHERIFF JOE FACING CORRUPTION PROBE

Posted on November 02, 2010
Will Sheriff Joe soon have to parade around in the striped jail uniforms he famously makes his inmates wear? According to the Arizona Republic: Maricopa County officials believe the discovery of a duplicate payroll log and database hidden in a secure computer system at the Sheriff's Office could reveal the extent of alleged misspending in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's agency...

ELECTION HOLDS SILVER LININGS FOR PRO-IMMIGRANTS

Posted on November 02, 2010
Obviously, the prospects for major immigration reform legislation are being dealt a blow this evening. But it looks like the lord of the anti-immigrants - Tom Tancredo - is going down to defeat in the Colorado governor's race. Marco Rubio seemed to push an Arizona-like law for Florida in the election campaign, but his speech this evening was all about the immigrant dream...

REID PROMISES VOTE ON DREAM ACT IN LAME DUCK

Posted on November 01, 2010
This was reported late last week, but in case you have not heard about it, Harry Reid promised he'll bring the DREAM Act up for a vote again right after the election. Given the expected loss of many DREAM Act supporters after tomorrow's election, the lame duck session may be the last chance for a long time to pass that law...

THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ANTI-IMMIGRANT CANDIDATES OF 2010

Posted on October 29, 2010
From America's Voice: 1. Sharron Angle, U.S. Senate candidate (R-NV) 2. State Representative John Yates, GA Dist. 73 (R) 3. U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1) 4. Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) 5. Joe Miller, U.S. Senate candidate (R-AK) 6. Kris Kobach, Secretary of State candidate (R-KS) 7...

H-1B EXHAUSTION TARGET MOVES UP TO FEBRUARY 2011

Posted on October 28, 2010
1500 H-1Bs were claimed in the last week and just over 20,000 remain for the fiscal year. Based on a four week rolling average (1175), I am projecting the target will be exhausted in 17 weeks which will be February 23, 2011. Previously, I had been projecting March, but the overall usage of H-1Bs has been somewhat busier in the last month than in previous months...

IMMIGRATION HUMOR: WHAT PART OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND

Posted on October 28, 2010
A chart from Reason Magazine that says it all:

LIBERTARIANS: TIME TO RE-LEGALIZE IMMIGRATION

Posted on October 28, 2010
Real Libertarians (not the faux-Libertarians like some of the Tea Party candidates making a lot of noise) have some pretty good things to say about immigration. Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released a statement this week saying the best way to end illegal immigration is to re-legalize immigration: In debate after debate, Democratic and Republican politicians have decried the problem of illegal immigration, called for more border security and employer sanctions, and eagerly searched for evidence that their rivals employed undocumented help...

SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN: OCTOBER 27, 2010

Posted on October 27, 2010
Many of you don't know that I put out a regular newsletter on immigration law. It's less opinion-oriented than the blog, but a good way to keep up on many developments in the field. Here's the link for this week's issue. And here is the table of contents: 1...

WILL LATINOS MAKE A DIFFERENCE NEXT TUESDAY?

Posted on October 26, 2010
Depends who you ask. Politico reports on new polling data showing Hispanic "enthusiasm" growing considerably in the last few weeks, something sure to bring a smile to the faces of Democrats. On the other hand,the restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies is predicting Latinos will not have an appreciable effect on races this year...

ARIZONA LOSES ANOTHER COURT BATTLE OVER ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW

Posted on October 26, 2010
This time it is over a law requiring documentary proof of citizenship for all new voters. From the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights: On October 26, 2010, the Ninth Circuit of Appeals issued a 2-1 opinion which found that Arizona's documentary proof of citizenship requirement for all new voter registrants violates the National Voter Registration Act ("NVRA") because the NVRA mandates that states "shall accept and use" the federal voter registration form without additional documentation requirements...

UPHILL CLIMB FOR SB1070 GETS EVEN STEEPER

Posted on October 25, 2010
Hat tip to reader George C. for the link to Politico's story today on the 9th Circuit panel set to consider the legality of Arizona's SB1070. While the panel is 2-1 Republican, the judges each have a history of being free thinkers on immigration issues.

YUCK!

Posted on October 25, 2010
From Sheriff Joe's Twitter feed:

MISSOURI GOP SENATORIAL CANDIDATE HAS AN ILLEGAL WORKER PROBLEM

Posted on October 21, 2010
Wow, what a surprise. Another person favoring throwing the book at employers who violate immigration laws accused of ignoring those laws himself. Let's see what Congressman Roy Blount has to present to show why the allegation is false.

H-1B EXHAUSTION TARGET REMAINS MARCH 2011

Posted on October 19, 2010
900 H-1Bs were claimed last week, very much consistent with the last several months. 42,800 H-1Bs have now been used from the 65,000 quota. 300 masters cap cases were used last week, also on par with the last several months and the exhaustion target for that cap remains end of 2010.

PEARCE AND KOBACH WORKING ON EVEN DUMBER BILL THAN SB1070

Posted on October 19, 2010
Because SB1070 is working out so well for Arizona, state lawmaker Russell Pearce and Kansas anti Kris Kobach are working on a new bll to deny citizenship rights to native born children of immigrants. And Arizona was just named one of the worst run states in the country...

GEORGIA GOP CANDIDATE: BORDER PATROL AGENTS SHOULD SHOOT ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS

Posted on October 19, 2010
Continuing a theme.

ALASKA GOP CANDIDATE: IF EAST GERMANY COULD SEAL THEIR BORDER, SO CAN WE

Posted on October 19, 2010
This is the America the antis want?

FINDING A WAY TO "YES"

Posted on October 18, 2010
Fraud prevention has been the rallying call of protectionists who have called for clamping down so hard on granting immigration benefits that virtually no one will want to bother applying (assuming they could jump through all of the hoops placed in front of them)...

NFAP: TIME FOR AN ENTREPRENEUR VISA

Posted on October 16, 2010
Stuart Anderson, one of the top thinkers on immigration policy, has written a new paper for the National Foundation for American Policy entitled "A New Immigrant Entrepreneur Visa Aimed at Job Creation in America". Unlike the EB-5 investor visa, this one would be aimed at encouraging start up businesses that create jobs as opposed to looking stictly at maximizing the dollars invested...

USCIS EXAMINERS SNOOPING ON FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS

Posted on October 15, 2010
A USCIS internal memo is circulating where the fraud detection folks give lessons on how Facebook, MySpace and similar sites work and how they are a treasure trove of personal information on applicants. This paragraph from the memo is just creepy: The Internet has made it inreasingly easier for people to get connected with each other whether that is with long-distance family, friends, or to find new loves and friendships...

OH IT'S ON...

Posted on October 15, 2010
...LIKE DONKEY KONG! If you're a fan of John Oliver, you know exactly what I'm talking about when I describe an debate next Tuesday between my buddy Tony Weigel, an immigration lawyer in Kansas City and Kris Kobach, the anti-immigrant candidate for Kansas Secretary of State and the author of the Arizona law...

BAYLOR COACH BEING INVESTIGATED FOR THREATENING COLOMBIAN PLAYER WITH DEPORTATION

Posted on October 15, 2010
The NCAA is investigating Baylor University coach Scott Drew for threatening a high school player from Colombia with deportation if he didn't come play for the Texas school. Sounds like a heckuva guy.

THE ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANT'S LIVING WILL

Posted on October 13, 2010
For years, immigration lawyers have advised those with status problems to come up with contingency plans to deal with potential separation from loved ones. A report in today's USA Today discusses how the increasingly tough environment for illegally present immigrants around the US is forcing many to take this advice more seriously.

WHY DO HISPANICS LIVE LONGER THAN WHITE AND BLACK AMERICANS?

Posted on October 13, 2010
According to new data from the federal government's National Center for Health Statistics, Hispanics in the US outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by more than seven years. Researchers are struggling to understand why, but some theorize that the "healthy migrant effect" may be at work...

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