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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

MPI EXPLAINS THE SURGE IN NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS

Posted on February 26, 2008
The Migration Policy Institute crunches the numbers and tells us more about what we know - that the wait for citizenship applications is getting longer and longer. According to MPI, the number of citizenship applications filed in fiscal year 2007 (1.3 million) was 2...

VISA WAIVER BENEFITS COMING SOON FOR CZECH CITIZENS

Posted on February 26, 2008
Beginning this fall, citizens of the Czech Republic should be able to use the Visa Waiver Program to travel to the US for up to 90 days at a time without the need for a visitor visa.

CONGRATS VANDY!

Posted on February 26, 2008
My alma mater Vanderbilt University just knocked off #1 University of Tennessee in a great basketball game settled at the buzzer. Go Dores!

IMMIGRATION MYTH #41: IMMIGRATION BRINGS CRIME

Posted on February 26, 2008
Myth #41 is repeated so often that people just assume its a given. Quite the opposite is true, however. Study after study has shown that immigrants commit fewer crimes than their American-born counterparts. Check out the latest one from the Public Policy Institute of California...

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FOREIGN ACTORS SWEEP THE OSCARS

Posted on February 25, 2008
Well, Lou Dobbs will probably call on a boycott of movies. But if there was ever a testament to the fact that Americans are not insular and xenophobic, it's the fact that the most American of institutions - Hollywood - reflects the globalization of this country...

THE GOVERNMENT THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT

Posted on February 25, 2008
Michigan is paying a steep price because of cheap political theatrics on the part of two state leaders who thought being anti-immigration is the gift that keeps on giving. Now the taxpayers of the state will be paying a steep price for a long time as the state tries to repair its reputation as being an inviting place for international companies and top talent...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: YAEL NAIM

Posted on February 25, 2008
The new MacBook Air is pretty cool. But when I first saw the commercial for the ultra-thin new Apple laptop, the song playing in the background caught my attention. The artist is French-Israeli Yael Naim and Steve Jobs personally chose the song for the commercial...

DESPITE WORLD TOURISM BOOM, US STILL BELOW 9/11 LEVELS

Posted on February 24, 2008
The Travel Industry Association has released Department of Commerce data showing the country is welcoming fewer tourists than we were before the September 11th attacks despite the fact that tourism around the world has skyrocketed in the last few years...

A NATIONAL SHAME

Posted on February 24, 2008
Soldiers risking their lives in Iraq were promised that they would go to the front of the line and quickly be naturalized as a token of our country's appreciation for their tremendous sacrifice. But the New York Times reports today that this promise is not being kept.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CATE BLANCHETT - ACTRESS

Posted on February 24, 2008
Cate Blanchett has her primarily home in her native Australia, but she's regularly working in the US working. And working. And working. Tonight she has a chance to do what has never been done - win two Academy Awards in acting categories in a single year...

LUNCH WITH LOU

Posted on February 24, 2008
Here's an interesting piece from Lawrence Downes in the New York Times on the journalist's recent lunch with Lou Dobbs and his ill-fated attempt to convert the CNN "news" anchor. My favorite line: Mr. Dobbs is unencumbered by self-doubt. The true sign of an extremist.

CAN MCCAIN HOLD LATINO REPUBLICANS?

Posted on February 23, 2008
Marcela Sanchez of the Washington Post explores the question.

DHS ANNOUNCES HIGHER FINES IN EMPLOYER WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT CASES

Posted on February 23, 2008
The Bush Administration has announced they will substantially increase fines for employers who violate employment eligibility laws. Here's the key announcement from the press release: Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today announced higher civil fines against employers who violate federal immigration laws...

NATION'S JEWISH COMMUNITY GROWING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ANTI-IMMIGRATION RHETORIC ON CABLE NEWS

Posted on February 23, 2008
More coverage from JTA on the American Jewish Committee's and the Anti-Defamation League's criticism of CNN and it's "news" anchor Lou Dobbs. The AJC's general counsel Jeffrey Sinensky says it all in just a few words: We know the history of what hate speech can cause...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: JAVIER BARDEM - ACTOR

Posted on February 22, 2008
Oscar week continues here at the blog :-). Spaniard Javier Bardem made the jump from his country's film community to Hollywood a few years ago in a big way when he was nominated in 2000 for an Academy Award for Best Actor in Before Night Falls. He will be at the Kodak Theater for Sunday night's Oscars as a nominee for Best Supporting Actor for the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men.

ImmigrationWorks USA

Posted on February 22, 2008
ImmigrationWorks USA is a federation of state-based business coalitions around the country working to stop anti-immigration legislation that hurts small business owners and damages American competitiveness. They have a great leader in Tamar Jacoby, the dynamic pro-immigration voice of the conservative movement...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARCO BELTRAMI - COMPOSER

Posted on February 21, 2008
In the third of our Oscars series, we honor Marco Beltrami, a composer nominated for best score for the film 3:10 to Yuma. Beltrani, an Italian native, has written scores for a number of action and horror movies. 3:10 to Yuma is a remake of a film based on an Elmore Leonard novel...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: JAN PINKAVA - DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR

Posted on February 20, 2008
Czech-native Jan Pinkava is nominated for an Oscar this year along with two colleagues for Best Original Screenplay for their work on the wonderful Pixar/Disney film Ratatouille. I loved this movie and continue to be impressed by the wonderful movies coming out of this studio...

NYT REACTS TO REPORT OF THREE YEAR CITIZENSHIP WAITS

Posted on February 18, 2008
The New York Times takes USCIS to task for the recent announcement that it will likely take three years or more to approve citizenship applications filed in the last year: You can tell a country?s priorities from what works and where the money goes. With billions for border and workplace enforcement, the government has been rushing to impose ever more sophisticated and intrusive means to keep immigrants out...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - ACTOR

Posted on February 18, 2008
The Oscars are being handed out next Sunday night so it's a good week to look at the contributions immigrants are making in the film industry. Each day this week, I'll be honoring a different immigrant nominated for an Academy Award. I'll start today with the brilliant actor Daniel Day-Lewis...

NSF STUDY: FOREIGN SKILLED WORKERS VITAL TO US REMAINING COMPETITIVE

Posted on February 18, 2008
The National Science Foundation, a US government agency, has released its "Science and Engineering Indicators 2008" report and the NSF has issued a pretty strong warning regarding protectionism in the IT labor market: The globalization of the S&E [SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING] labor force continues to increase as the location of S&E employment becomes more internationally diverse and S&E workers become more internationally mobile...

MCCAIN HISPANIC OUTREACH ADVISOR ANGERS ANTIS

Posted on February 18, 2008
GOP presumptive presidential nominee John McCain has chosen a Latin outreach adviser with strongly pro-immigration leanings and this is drawing the ire of anti-immigration groups around the country. Juan Hernandez is a native Texan, but served as the first American citizen in the cabinet of a Mexican president...

RELIGIOUS LEADERS URGE UTAH LEGISLATORS TO THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE PASSING RESTRICTIONIST LEGISLATION

Posted on February 18, 2008
Leaders of the Mormon, Catholic and Lutheran Churches in Utah are urging legislators in that state to slow down and think about the implications of tough bills focused on illegal immigration being considered in the state legislature.

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY WARNS CABLE NETWORKS ON IMMIGRATION HATE SPEECH

Posted on February 16, 2008
Lest Lou Dobbs think that the Anti-Defamation League doesn't really speak for the country's Jewish community (he called them a joke, after all), the American Jewish Committee is providing them backup. Here is the full text of their press statement: The American Jewish Committee is urging the heads of major cable television networks to ensure that the background of certain so-called immigration experts appearing on news shows is revealed to the viewing audience...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ROBERT PLANT - GRAMMY WINNER

Posted on February 16, 2008
Robert Plant hardly needs an introduction. The British-born rocker is an icon known for his long career with the band Led Zeppelin and his ensuing solo career over the next three decades. Robert Plant is still a major force in the music scene in this country and was recognized with a Grammy Award this past week...

LIBERAL BLOGGER WARNS DEMS ON IMMIGRATION

Posted on February 16, 2008
The Daily Kos, one of the country's most influential liberal blogs, discusses how staking out anti-immigration positions has been a huge disappointment for the GOP and warns the Democrats not to follow suit.

WASHINGTON TIMES' DINAN WRITES ABOUT MY "SCENARIO" FOR DEMOCRATS AND IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on February 16, 2008
Stephen Dinan, the Washington Times reporter that regularly writes about immigration issues for his newspaper, has published a column discussing my post advising the Democrats to bring back immigration reform this year. I had a separate post advising McCain and the Republicans...

PRAKASH KHATRI RETIRING AS USCIS OMBUDSMAN

Posted on February 15, 2008
Prakash Khatri, appointed as the first Ombudsman of USCIS after the agency was created in 2003, is leaving his post to return to the private sector. Khatri has had a tough job in trying to be the people's advocate in dealing with USCIS. Readers of this blog know just how many problems exist at USCIS...

USCIS EXPECTS NATURALIZATION CASES TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO PROCESS

Posted on February 15, 2008
The Migration Policy Institute has gotten hold of data showing that USCIS received 3 and 1/2 times the normal number of filings last summer and processing times are slowing accordingly. There was a massive surge in filings due to the doubling of filing fees as well as naturalization campaigns around the country...

JUDGE THROWS OUT RICO SUIT AGAINST TYSON

Posted on February 15, 2008
Anti-immigrant groups were hoping to use this case as a model to go after employers around the country. The civil action against Tyson was based on the Racketeering Influenced and Corruption Act and claimed that the company was knowingly hiring unauthorized immigrants to suppress wages for US workers...

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