November 23, 2011|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
United States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) reported on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 that as of November 18, 2011 it has received a total of 61,800 petitions for H-1B applicants with Bachelor’s Degrees and 20,000 H-1B visa petitions for applicants with Master’s Degrees for the 2012 fiscal year; which began on October 1, 2011. Each […]
July 28, 2011|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On July 26, U.S. business leaders pressed a Senate panel to reform immigration laws to allow more work visas for highly skilled workers. NASDAQ Chief Executive Robert Greifeld said that largely due to restrictive immigration policies, each year, 17,000 American-trained masters and doctoral students leave the U.S. to find work elsewhere. Mr. Greifeld indicated that […]
June 10, 2011|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
A recent report by the Brookings Institutions indicates that highly skilled immigrants in the United States now outnumber lower skilled immigrants. The report shows that the shift has been in the works for at least 30 years. According to the report, “30 percent of the country’s working-age immigrants, regardless of legal status, have at least a […]
April 28, 2011|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Anti-immigrant activists and politicians often assert that undocumented workers are causing state governments to go broke. In Colorado, at least, that does not appear to be the case. As a starting point, it is important to recognize that undocumented workers do pay taxes. A new study by the Bell Policy Center reminds us, “Like other Coloradans, they […]
April 6, 2011|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
If Congress fails to agree on the federal budget by Friday, April 8, 2011, the government has announced a possible shutdown as of midnight Friday. This will not be the first time that the government has been shut down due to disagreements among federal offices. In 1995, a disagreement arose between former President Bill Clinton and […]
February 14, 2011|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
The Untied States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) announced today in an “Interim Memo for Comment” that it will eventually begin issuing one document to cover both employment authorization and travel permission, rather than an employment authorization card and a paper advance parole document. The comment period closes on February 28, 2011 and the memo […]
February 11, 2011|Contributed by: Koby L. Polaski, Esq.
As reported recently in the Washington Post, nationwide implementation of E-Verify is on the agenda of several House Republicans in the first session of the 112th Congress. E-Verify is an electronic system that allows employers to run the information of potential employees through federal databases to confirm it and therefore identify people who are not legally […]
February 9, 2011|Contributed by: Jeff D. Joseph, Esq.
Worksite enforcement cases are clearly on the rise and the potential sanctions for employers go well beyond civil fines. Joseph & Hall P.C. successfully defended a corporate client today after the client received a Notice of Proposed Debarment which would have prevented the client from entering federal contracts. The client had previously settled a worksite […]
February 7, 2011|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
National Public Radio reported last week on the recent increase in popularity for the fifth employment based visa preference category, or the “EB-5” category. The EB-5 visa category, which Congress created in 1990, is available to foreign investors seeking to enter the United States in order to invest in a business or company that will […]
December 13, 2010|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On December 10, 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented on the country’s need for comprehensive immigration reform at the at the annual meeting of the Partnership for New York City. Bloomberg’s presentation emphasized the economic benefits that would come from immigrant entrepreneurs and the country’s history of immigrant-driven economic strength. According to an article at www.nytimes.com, Bloomberg has […]
