On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed legislation extending three critical immigration bills. In our last posting on these pages, we discussed these bills and how they impact our clients. This is great news to the immigrant communities and the clients of our firm. For religious workers, this means that we can continue filing the […]
On October 20, 2009 the United States senate, by a vote of 79-19, approved the conference report of the Department of Homeland Security bill. The U.S. House had approved the same on October 15, 2009 by a vote of 307-114. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama who will sign it, thereby extending a […]
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After a couple of false starts, the president today has launched the immigration reform debate. He promised to immediately begin negotiations to craft CIR with the goal of passing legislation this year or early next year. This official statement from the White House is a good start to the conversation. This has been the much […]
There seems to be indication that the administration is trying to hold back on pushing for CIR. The much anticipated meeting between the White House and the Immigration Advocates have been rescheduled again. That is clearly discouraging news. We have to keep the administration’s feet to the fire; we cannot let it off the hook. […]
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 […]
On April 10, 2009 Her Excellency, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia was in Minnesota as part of her U.S. book tour for “This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President” published by HarperCollins Publishers.The Advocates for Human Rights and the Organization for Liberians in […]