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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

COMPANY FINED FOR H-1B VIOLATIONS

Posted on May 02, 2008
While I am not familiar with the details of this case, I've raised the point here many times that there are existing laws on the books that are designed to address abuses that could occur. The antis would rather you think there are no rules and anything goes.

HOUSE CONSIDERS GREEN CARD RECAPTURE BILL

Posted on May 01, 2008
House Immigration Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Former House Judiciary Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) have co-sponsored HR 5882, a bill that would recapture wasted green cards for the past 15 years. The bill also provides for the automatic recapturing of unused numbers in the future...

IMMIGRATION HUMOR

Posted on April 30, 2008
A cute way to present some serious comments.

IMMIGRATION HUMOR

Posted on April 30, 2008

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IMMIGRATION HUMOR

Posted on April 30, 2008
Coke claims their lawyer ads have real lawyers. I'd LOVE to know who this fellow member of the bar is. This is great!

ARIZONA GOVERNOR VETOES 287(G) POSSES LAW

Posted on April 30, 2008
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has drawn the line and vetoed a bill that would have deputized state law enforcement officials to act as immigration officers. Napolitano called the bill impractical and expensive. The New York Times praised Napolitano and also called the bill dangerous because it would make large numbers of citizens afraid to report crimes and cooperate with police in crime investigations.

A GOVERNMENT OF BIG IDEAS

Posted on April 30, 2008
No, it's not an April Fool's piece.

TOP USCIS AND DOS OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY IN HOUSE HEARING ON WASTED VISA NUMBERS AND BACKLOGS

Posted on April 29, 2008
Want to know what leaders at USCIS and DOS think will happen with visa number usage and processing times? The hearing's witness list and testimony can be found here and you should be able to watch the hearing on the web by following the link here.

PROTESTERS COMPLAIN ABOUT DUNKIN' DONUTS USE OF E-VERIFY

Posted on April 29, 2008
This looks like a first. Protesters in New York City rallied against Dunkin' Donuts use of the federal electronic employment verification system.

TANCREDO SUGGESTS GIVING PART OF TEXAS TO MEXICO

Posted on April 29, 2008
Well, how else do you interpret this brilliant idea? Has Tancredo finally "jumped the shark"?

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ARNO MOTULSKY - THE FATHER OF PHARMACOGENOMICS

Posted on April 29, 2008
German-born Arno Motulsky is the founder of the field of pharmacogenomics, the role of genetic variation in response to drugs. The 84 year old is still actively working and is the subject of a nice interview in this morning's New York Times. Motulsky also has a fascinating personal story...

HISPANIC CONGRESSMAN COMPLAIN TO CNN ABOUT DOBBS

Posted on April 29, 2008
Good. The statement that management does not interfere editorially in the content of journalists is a cop out. Just ask former MSNBC employee Don Imus. And Dobbs and company have made numerous false statements in their broadcasts that would justify action.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CARL DERASSI - SCIENTIST

Posted on April 28, 2008
Carl Derassi, Ph.D. is probably one of the most important figures in the 20th century and most people don't know much about him. Derassi, a Holocaust survivor who lived in Austria and Bulgaria before coming to the US at age 16, is one of the developers of the original oral contraceptive pill...

OPT GUIDANCE

Posted on April 28, 2008
NAFSA, the organization representing the nation's foreign student advisers, has posted a very helpful, very detailed 30 page document explaining the new OPT rule.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: GUILLERMO DEL TORO - FILM DIRECTOR

Posted on April 26, 2008
The Mexican-born director Guillermo Del Toro made entertainment headlines yesterday when he was named the director of a planned two part film adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit. Del Toro is now famous for directing the critically acclaimed film Pan's Labyrinth.

WHARTON SCHOOL STUDY: SKILLED WORKER SHORTAGE CONTRIBUTES TO OFFSHORING

Posted on April 24, 2008
Despite Lou Dobbs' twin attacks on H-1B visas and on offshoring, the actual connection between the two is the opposite of what Dobbs contends. A lack of access to skilled workers actually drives many companies to move jobs overseas where adequate numbers of skilled workers are available...

PROPOSED RULE TO EXTEND TN VISAS TO THREE YEARS COMING SOON

Posted on April 24, 2008
The Office of Management and Budget has cleared a proposed USCIS rule to allow TN visa holders to stay in the US for three years instead of the current one year limit. That's great news for Canadians and Mexicans who use this professional worker visa.

LET THEM EAT CAKE

Posted on April 23, 2008
Tom Tancredo isn't the only anti-immigrant politician embarrassing Colorado. Representative Doug Bruce (R-Colorado Springs) has stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy when he criticized a proposed pilot program for legal temporary farm workers by saying Colorado does not need "5,000 more illiterate peasants...

DHS ANNOUNCES AIR EXIT TRACKING COMING IN 2009

Posted on April 23, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security has announced it plans to release a rule that will extend the US-VISIT entry/exit tracking system to exits from the US at airports and seaports around the country. Previously, the ability of DHS to implement an exit tracking system was considered doubtful given the costs and complexities involved...

CALIFORNIA LAWMARKER SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DEPRESSION ERA DEPORTATIONS

Posted on April 22, 2008
I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about US history, but knew nothing about this story. It's important that we learn this history since mistakes resulting in the deportation of US citizens is becoming more and more common.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: RANJAN DUARA, MD - SCIENTIST

Posted on April 22, 2008
Indian-born physician Ranjan Duara's groundbreaking research made headlines around the world today and probably was greeted by groans from many. The Mount Sinai Medical Center researcher led a team that has discovered that people who are prone to Alzheimer's Disease can actually hasten the disease's onset if they smoke or drink too much...

REMINDER ON NEW MEDICAL FORMS

Posted on April 22, 2008
Those of you filing adjustment of status applications in the coming weeks should remember that the I-693 medical exam form is being updated and physicians must fill out the new form for examinations taking place after May 1st. If a physician signs the old form before May 1st, you can submit the old version...

POSNER BLASTS IMMIGRATION COURTS

Posted on April 22, 2008
Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner, one of the country's most influential jurists (and a professor at my alma mater, the University of Chicago Law School) has some tough words for the state of the nation's immigration courts. The National Law Journal reports Federal judge Richard Posner, one of the most widely cited appellate judges in the United States, blasted the nation's asylum adjudication system as "inadequate" and offered a number of remedies for it in a speech Monday...

VIRGINIA COUNTY GRAPPLES WITH CRACKDOWN DECISION

Posted on April 22, 2008
Politicians that think a crack down on immigration is a no-brainer should look at Prince William County in Virginia.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: JUN GAO - TABLE TENNIS STAR

Posted on April 20, 2008
America's highest ranked female table tennis player will likely be journeying back to her native China to compete in this summer's Olympics. Jun Gao provides some inspiration to those of us born in the late 1960s. She's turning 40 in just a few months and is still knocking off players half her age...

VISA WAIVER STATUS COMING SOON FOR SOUTH KOREANS

Posted on April 18, 2008
Add Korea to a list of a half dozen Eastern European countries soon to get Visa Waiver status based on their pro-US foreign policy.

USCIS ADVISES ON CONVERTING CASES IN CAP GAP SITUATIONS

Posted on April 18, 2008
The OPT rule that came out recently had a provision allowing OPT work cards for F-1 students to automatically be extended until October 1st in cases where H-1B change of status applications were filed and selected in the lottery. Many people filed cases without requesting a change of status and they are not covered under the rule...

TANCREDO ATTACKS POPE ON IMMIGRATION

Posted on April 18, 2008
Tom's rolling out the welcome mat for Pope Benedict.

CAN MCCAIN WIN OVER HISPANICS AS WELL AS GOP ANTI-IMMIGRANT FACTION?

Posted on April 17, 2008
John McCain is walking a tightrope these days trying to not simultaneously lose Hispanics and anti-immigration GOP base members, two constituencies that lifted President Bush to victory in both 2000 and 2004.

NY TIMES: FIX THE DATABASE FIRST

Posted on April 17, 2008
The NY Times has an excellent editorial this morning discussing an issue I've raised many times before - the flawed databases that are the backbone of the E-Verify and Social Security No-Match systems. While the case for using the systems is logical, the assumption has to always be that the systems actually are accurate...

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