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Today is the day. It is April 1st and in the bizarre world of American immigration law that can only mean one thing – the “H-1B season” is finally open. A relatively new phenomenon, the “H-1B season” refers to the time period when businesses can apply for new H-1B visas for the upcoming fiscal … The Washington Post is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security has recently delayed proposed immigration raids on U.S. workplaces. The paper reports that these delays may signal a greater change in enforcement policy, including a shift of focus towards prosecuting businesses and business officials instead of lower level employees who are unauthorized to … Continue reading “Is Change Coming to Government’s Workplace Enforcement Initiative?” A United States District Court in Illinois has recently overturned an Illinois statute that restricted the use of the E-verify program by Illinois employers. The E-verify program is a federal program that is meant to provide employers with near instantaneous verification that a new hire is eligible to work in the United States. In … Continue reading “Court Overturns Illinois E-Verify Statute” How inappropriate does that title sound? Today it is universally agreed that a female should not be barred from any job simply because of her marriage status. Yet, during the Great Depression many jobs became off-limits to married women simply due to the fear that a married woman with a job was causing another … Continue reading “Should Married Women be Barred from Certain Jobs?” President Obama has been spending significant political capital attempting to address the economic crisis that has become global. While the President, and the nation, has been fixated on this issue, many participants in the immigration debate have wondered if Comprehensive Immigration Reform will be addressed this year. Yesterday, President Obama finally focused on immigration reform. … Continue reading “President Obama’s Comments on Immigration” In a case that seems more appropriate for the Onion, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Government is trying to deport a man who died in August. The man’s death certificate is simply not enough for the Government to stop deportation proceedings. So how do you prove that your loved one is deceased? … It looks very likely that the Conrad 30 waiver program will be extended until September 30th – all that is needed is the President’s expected signature. The Conrad 30 waiver program allows each state in the United States to “sponsor”30 foreign national physicians who promise to provide critically needed health care to communities … This week the world is celebrating the twentieth birthday of the World Wide Web. I often wonder what the Internet (and the world) would be like if immigrant entrepreneurs were not in the United States during those twenty years. Many immigrant entrepreneurs have not only changed the Internet, but have transformed the way the … The New York Times announced yesterday that it is launching a discussion about immigration. In the coming months, the newspaper is promising numerous printed and online articles examining different aspects of immigration. This weekend the newspaper is going to begin the series with an examination of immigrants in a Virginia school system. The newspaper also … Continue reading “New York Times Begins Dialogue on Immigration” Most people don’t think about immigration law when they are watching sports. There is a reason for that – people shouldn’t need to think about immigration law when watching sports. Until a few days ago, however, USCIS’s policy had caused many sports leagues to worry about immigration law. As American sports have gained popularity … Over the last few years obtaining an H-1B visa has become an unintended lottery. The demand for H-1Bs has far exceeded the arbitrary limit of 65,000 petitions allowed each year. Each year, the excess demand has caused the quota to be met almost instantaneously and has caused the government to randomly choose the petitions … Continue reading “Will the H-1B be Less of a Lottery This Year?” This week’s featured American Immigrant is comedian Maziar “Maz” Jobrani. Born in Tehran, Maz Jobrani is perhaps best known for his membership in the “Axis of Evil” comedy group. During a recent interview on NPR, I was impressed with his comedic attempts to ease any animosity that exists between Americans and Iranians. Maz Jobrani also … The Washington Post ran a story Monday about Rashad Bukhari. Mr. Bukhari, an editor at Search for Common Ground, recently tried to return to the United States following a visit to his native Pakistan. The Search for Common Ground is a “Washington-based nonprofit organization that works to find peaceful solutions to conflict around the … Last Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a worksite raid at Yamato Engine Specialists in Bellingham, Washington. The raid resulted in the arrest of 29 foreign nationals accused of being in the United States without valid immigraiton status. Although worksite raids became common place during the Bush Administration, this raid was … I hope Zalmay Khalilzad has been relaxing during the last month. The last six years have seen Ambassador Khalilzad serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003-2005), the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2005-2007), and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2007-2009). Although Ambassador Khalilzad has only recently become a household name, he has … Continue reading “Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad – American Immigrant” |
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