February 1, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed By Amber Blasingame The Agricultural Workforce Coalition is encouraged by the announcements both from the Senate and President Obama this week that Immigration Reform efforts recognize the needs of America’s farmers and ranchers. Both proposals would create programs to legalize undocumented agricultural workers counted among the 11 million undocumented aliens in the United States, […]
February 1, 2013|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Contributed by Aaron Hall A bipartisan group of Senators and the White House have each come out to give the principles for comprehensive immigration reform. Advocates for reform hope that a bill is presented to Congress in the coming months. One of the common principles between the plans is the idea that undocumented immigrants will […]
January 30, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin One of the main lessons that came out of the Presidential elections last year was that Immigration Reform is a far more important subject to the public than many considered. Exit polls show huge majorities of Latino and other immigrant citizens voting for President Obama, in hopes of a continued promise […]
January 4, 2013|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
On January 3, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule changing the way people who are inadmissible to the United States for accruing unlawful presence file for a pardon or “waiver” of that inadmissibility. The final rule, published January 4, 2013, allows immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are physically […]
December 23, 2012|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin, Senior Attorney “Fatima” is a young undocumented immigrant. She is married to a United States citizen and has three children. Her husband has taken her passport, all of her identifying documents, does not allow her to drive or to leave the house without his permission. She is regularly ridiculed by him […]
December 19, 2012|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Aaron Hall Senior Partner Jeff Joseph and Associate Attorney Aaron Hall presented at a meeting of the Hospitality Human Resource Association (HHRA) of Colorado at The International Culinary School & Art Institute of Colorado. This presentation focused on legal requirements for I-9 completion, retention, and destruction and included a discussion on best practices […]
September 28, 2012|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
The US House of Representatives voted on September 13, 2012, a 412 to 3, to extend the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program, for another 3 years. S. 3245, 112th Cong. (2012). The matter will now be […]
September 19, 2012|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
By Kim Tremblay, Associate Attorney As summer comes to a close, millions of students across the United States are returning to school. In the current popular and political discourse, foreign students lawfully present in the United States to pursue their studies are rarely mentioned. Last year, the Department of State issued about half a million […]
July 27, 2012|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
By Kim Tremblay, Associate Attorney On June 25, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Arizona et al. v. United States, dealing with Arizona’s controversial immigration bill, S.B. 1070. The Court held that sections 3, 5(C), and 6 of S.B. 1070 were preempted by federal immigration law and could not stand. This […]
July 3, 2012|Contributed by: Linda Shindler
More than seventy-five countries are on the list of those whose citizens are eligible to be granted E-2 investor visas upon the requirements. On June 8, 2012, President Obama signed bi-partisan sponsored legislation adding Israel to that list. Such a visa permits an individual to come to the United States for purposes of developing and directing a business […]
