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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

WILSON IMMIGRATION LAWYER STORY GOES ON

Posted on September 17, 2009
My little blog post from last Friday seems to have legs. Earlier this evening, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann made Wilson his "Worst Person in the World" over the issue. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

MEDIA MATTERS LAUNCHES DOBBS BOYCOTT

Posted on September 16, 2009
After achieving success leading a boycott of Glenn Beck, Media Matters has launched "Drop Dobbs". The campaign's web site lays out the case why advertisers should not link themselves with his nightly hatefest. CNN may be interested in taking another look at Dobbs' show if only because his ratings are tanking.

ANTIS DESCEND ON CAPITOL HILL

Posted on September 15, 2009
Yawn. But at least the Washington Post's Spencer Hsu reminds people that these groups are linked with extremists.

MORE PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHETHER JOE WILSON REALLY PRACTICED IMMIGRATION LAWYER

Posted on September 14, 2009
Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo each link to my post from Friday. Zackary Roth at TCM also checked with additional immigration lawyers in South Carolina who had similar reports to the ones with whom I spoke. And not to stray too far from the more important question, my friend Marshall Fitz at the Center for American Progress has a new piece refuting the lie that illegally present immigrants are covered by health care reform proposals.

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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: KARIM RASHID - INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER

Posted on September 13, 2009
Egyptian-born Karim Rashid is one of the world's top industrial designers whose product designs are not only in the marketplace, but in many of the world's top museums. He has designed furniture, clothes and interiors and is also a well known painter...

IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: THE VON TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS

Posted on September 12, 2009
Most people know the story of this famous Austrian family that was the subject of the musical play and film The Sound of Music. Many may not realize that after the family fled Austria, they immigrated to the United States and brought their singing talent to American audiences...

WILSON CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER IN THE PAST. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on September 11, 2009
Sorry, that revelation just made my head explode. The "You Lie!" Congressman claims to have been an immigration lawyer before going to Congress. I'm working on whether that is true or has the same truthiness as the illegal aliens in the health care bill myth.

DID JOE WILSON MAKE UP STORY ABOUT PRACTICING IMMIGRATION LAW?

Posted on September 11, 2009
Yesterday Congressman Joe Wilson talked to reporters about his claim that the President was lying about immigrants having access to health care subsidies under the President's health care plan. According to the NY Times: ?I?m for immigration,? [Wilson] said, adding that he had been an immigration lawyer, although he did not specify exactly what he had done...

PRESIDENT HECKLED BY GOP CONGRESSMAN OVER BOGUS CLAIM THAT ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS WILL BE COVERED IN IN HEALTH CARE BILL

Posted on September 10, 2009
There has been an interesting alliance of antis in both the health care and immigration arenas to scare people in to believing that illegally present immigrants will be eligible for subsidies to secure health insurance under the health care reform proposal being pushed by President Obama...

OCTOBER VISA BULLETIN NUMBERS SHOW MODEST IMPROVEMENTS

Posted on September 10, 2009
October is usually a month where we see improvements as new visa numbers become available for a new fiscal year. Most categories showed forward movement though few jumps of more than a few months. The exception is the Mexico Family 1st category which jumps a year and a half...

FACT CHECK: ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS AND HEALTH CARE REFORM

Posted on September 10, 2009
Since Congressman Wilson is having conniptions about illegally present immigrants being granted free health care, I thought I would provide a link to an article debunking this myth. Hope this makes you sleep better tonight, Congressman. I'm really worried about you.

IPC TARGETS MYTH THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE DRIVING THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS

Posted on September 09, 2009
From Walter Ewing at the Immigration Policy Center: It would seem that the Center for Immigration Studies has decided to jump on the talk-radio bandwagon of far-right commentators who are loudly attempting to derail substantive health care reform through fear-mongering and falsehoods ...

MARTINEZ BIDS FAREWELL AND URGES SENATE TO PASS IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on September 09, 2009
A voice of reason in the GOP on immigration departs. He will be missed in this process. In the mean time, Florida's new Senator, George LeMieux, is certainly not sounding like a fighter for immigration reform. According to the Orlando Sentinel: LeMieux appears likely to steer clear of Martinez's controversial attempts to overhaul immigration law, which would include a path to citizenship for the undocumented...

OBAMA IMMIGRATION DETENTION HEAD LEAVING JOB

Posted on September 09, 2009
Just a month after her appointment as the DHS official charged with overhauling the immigration detention system, Dora Schriro announced she is leaving the position to become the director of corrections for the City of New York. The New York Times reports that Schriro is leaving to care for a sick family member in New York...

REMINDER: E-VERIFY CONTRACTOR RULE TAKES EFFECT TODAY

Posted on September 08, 2009
Effective today, certain employers with federal contracts must sign up to use the E-Verify system. The rule has been delayed several times as a result of litigation, but those efforts failed and hopes that the Obama Administration would reject the Bush Administration proposal were dashed this summer...

MPI: RECESSION IMPACTING GLOBAL MIGRATION PATTERNS

Posted on September 08, 2009
The Migration Policy Institute has released a report outlining the impact of the global downturn on the movement of immigrants. Key findings include the following: ? The recession has dampened the movement of economic migrants to the major immigrant-receiving regions of the world...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ALBERTO 'BETO' PEREZ: FITNESS CRAZE CREATOR

Posted on September 07, 2009
Colombian immigrant Beto Perez is the creator of Zumba, an aerobics program set to Latin music, that has attracted a large following worldwide. The Orlando Sentinel reports Perez's rags to riches story in Florida.

SHERIFF JOE HARBORING HIGHER POLITICAL AMBITIONS

Posted on September 06, 2009
The Phoenix Business Journal reports that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a hero of the anti-immigrant set, is considering running in next year's Arizona gubernatorial primary against incumbent Republican Governor Jan Brewer.

FLORIDA'S NEW SENATOR A BLANK SLATE ON IMMIGRATION

Posted on September 01, 2009
Governor Charlie Cristhas named his aide George LeMieux to fill the seat of Senator Mel Martinez until next year's midterm elections when Crist will run for the seat. America's Voice warns that the new Senator will ignore immigration to his own peril.

REMINDER: TELECONFERENCE ON H-1B'S TOMORROW

Posted on September 01, 2009
Ari, Lynn and I will be hosting our regular national teleconference tomorrow at 4 pm eastern/3 pm central/2 pm mountain/1 pm pacific. The subject will be H-1Bs and we'll be providing an overview of how the visa category works and also answering your questions...

MASSACHUSETTS CASE TO TEST FEDERAL GAY MARRIAGE STATUTE

Posted on August 31, 2009
A carefully planned test challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal statute that bans federal recognition of same sex marriages, is taking shape in Massachusetts, one of a growing number of states to recognize marriage equality. The case could have important immigration implications because DOMA bars conferring immigration benefits to these couples...

TRIBUTES TO KENNEDY POUR IN FROM PRO-IMMIGRATION COMMUNITY

Posted on August 27, 2009
A lot of nice tributes to Senator Kennedy recognizing his immigration achievements. Here are a few: Ted Kennedy's Greatest Accomplishment: He Created Americans - Dana Houle of Daily Kos talks about Kennedy's shepherding through the 1965 Immigration Act...

COLUMNIST: HONOR KENNEDY BY PASSING IMMIGRATION REFORM

Posted on August 27, 2009
Fox News contributor and newspaper columnist Morton Kondracke talks about honoring Senator Kennedy by passing immigration reform in addition to health care, his two unfinished fights.

KENNEDY - THE PASSING OF IMMIGRANTS' MOST POWERFUL ADVOCATE

Posted on August 26, 2009
Most of you have probably heard that Senator Ted Kennedy died earlier this morning. Kennedy, known as the Lion of the Senate, left a legacy in many areas of public policy. Almost from the beginning of his tenure, immigration was one of his passions. He was the sponsor of the 1965 Immigration Act which did away with an antiquated quota system that largely favored Western Europeans...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ANDRES ALONSO - EDUCATOR

Posted on August 25, 2009
Cuban-born Andres Alonso is the CEO of the Baltimore City Schools. Alonso graduated from Columbia University before going on to get a law degree and a doctorate in education at Harvard. Alonso was interviewed on NBC News last night about how federal stimulus money is helping to keep his school system running smoothly this year despite the economy...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: BARBARA PADILLA - SINGER

Posted on August 25, 2009
There are a lot of great immigrant stories on this year's America's Got Talent show on NBC. One is Barbara Padilla's. The Mexican-born singer belted out a spectacular aria tonight. Ms. Padilla, a survivor of cancer and a mom in Houston, Texas, captivated the judges who all agreed she has star quality...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: EMMANUEL AGASSI - BOXER, COACH

Posted on August 24, 2009
Iranian-born Emmanuel Agassi represented Iran as a boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics before immigrating to the US in the mid-50s. He settled in Las Vegas and had four children, one of whom is tennis legend Andre Agassi. He's credited with molding his youngest child in to the tennis player he became and he wrote about that experience in his 2004 book The Agassi Story.

DHS PROVIDES ONLINE COMPLAINT SYSTEM FOR TRAVELERS EXPERIENCING ENTRY PROBLEMS

Posted on August 24, 2009
I was pleased to learn about this web site. Here's how DHS describes the TRIP program: The Department of Homeland Security?s Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs--like airports and train stations--or crossing U...

NY ATTORNEY GENERAL SHUTS DOWN THREE NOTARIO OPERATIONS; SUES THREE OTHERS

Posted on August 23, 2009
The latest in the crackdown nationally on immigration services firms that are operating fraudulently. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his Office has shut down three New York companies providing unauthorized and fraudulent legal services to immigrant communities, in the latest stages of his ongoing investigation into immigration fraud...

WHITE HOUSE OFFERS FEW DETAILS ON MEETING TODAY

Posted on August 21, 2009
Just a brief statement from Secretary Napolitano: Today?s meeting on comprehensive immigration reform was an important opportunity to hear from stakeholders and build on the significant time I?ve spent on the Hill meeting with members of Congress on this critical subject...

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