In a recent speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Chicago Congressman Luis Gutierrez used gentle humor to raise a serious question: how can you tell who's an immigrant and who's not? The question couldn't be more timely. Late last month, the Supreme...
Small business often is touted as the greatest engine of job growth in the world's greatest economy. A new study from New York's Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) shows just how much immigrant entrepreneurship contributes to U.S. job growth and our overall economic wellbeing.The FPI study,...
Thousands of immigrants are currently serving in the United States military. At a naturalization ceremony held at the White House on July 4th, 2012, President Obama welcomed 25 active duty service members - all of them immigrants - as some of America's newest citizens. The...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has provided detailed predictions and explanations regarding the movement of priority dates in fiscal year 2013 (FY13), which occurs from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China faces protracted...
Murthy Law Firm attorney Jessica Lee participated in the fifteenth annual Women of Tomorrow Awards Dinner. This event, sponsored by the Maryland Governor's Commission for Women, was held on June 22nd at the Loews Hotel in Annapolis.The event honors accomplished young women, currently in middle...
It's another case of good news / bad news. First the good news: the Pew Research Center, a leading Washington think tank, recently published some very positive findings in a study entitled, The Rise of AsianAmericans. "Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated, and fastest-growing racial group...
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) recently issued a precedent decision, which significantly changes prior interpretations regarding travel on advance parole (AP) after an individual has been unlawfully present in the United States. Under the BIA decision, Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly, an individual who...
Jonelle Ocloo, Supervising Attorney in the Murthy Law Firm's Green Card Department, chaired the 2012 AILA-DC Chapter's Annual Citizenship Day event. Citizenship Day is a day on which immigration lawyers around the country hold simultaneous pro bono legal clinics to help eligible permanent residents file...
The U.S. Supreme Court made a key decision on June 25, 2012 regarding the limitations on state authority over immigration control. In Arizona vs. United States, the Supreme Court struck down three of four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070. Visitors to...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, expects to establish a cutoff date of August or September 2007 for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China, in the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. They further predict that this...
