I had a late lunch this afternoon at a nearby restaurant. Over a glass of cold beer, I watched the European Champion League final game between F.C. Barcelona and Manchester United. With me was another immigration attorney and friend who happens to be from Eastern Europe. It was a fascinating game in which Barcelona clearly […]
On May 26, 2009, the USCIS announced that it has received only 47,000 petitions for H1-B visa classifications subject to the cap. This means that the USCIS has room for almost 20,000 HI-B visas for the 2010 fiscal year. This is amazing for a number of reasons. First, in the past few years, the 65,000 […]
April 29, 2009 marked the 100th day of the Obama administration in office. If there was any doubt about his commitment to immigration reform this year, the president put that to rest. He stated: “We can’t continue with a broken immigration system. It’s not good for anybody. … what we’re trying to do is take […]
On April 30 and May 1, 2009, the Minnesota Dakota Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) held its Upper Midwest Immigration Conference in Bloomington, Minnesota. This event was held jointly with the Advocates for Human Rights. I serve as the chair of the organization and the co-chair of the conference committee. It was […]