January 18, 2012|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
Washington apple orchards reported a record growing year in 2011. Unfortunately, due to a late harvest and reduced labor force, otherwise edible fruit was left on the trees to rot. Growers explained to National Public Radio that migrants who tended the orchards during the growing months were unable to stay for the late harvest. According […]
January 16, 2012|Contributed by: Jeff D. Joseph, Esq.
According to a report by the National Foundation for American Policy, immigrants are driving start-up businesses in the United States. The report examined 50 top venture-funded privately held U.S. companies. Nearly half were founded or co-founded by an immigrant. Furthermore, 74{b6b8f04f7bd4b863c4cfed8339fd19419bda3e071c79bc5ac8c810cb9c52e30f} had an immigrant working in top management or a product development position. Clearly, immigrants […]
November 30, 2011|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
In a small but symbolic victory, on November 29, 2011, the House of Representatives voted 389-15 to eliminate the 7{b6b8f04f7bd4b863c4cfed8339fd19419bda3e071c79bc5ac8c810cb9c52e30f} per-country cap on employment based immigrant visas (“green cards”). If passed, the bill, sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), would slightly decrease the visa wait-time for foreign nationals from countries such as India, China, Mexico, […]
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 […]
