Recently, BALCA rendered an opinion on two separate cases regarding the use of expired Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWDs) in PERM labor certification cases. The appeals body within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA). The useful information...
On July 15, 2011, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens living in or traveling to Mexico. We advise MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers of this warning, as it voices concerns of possible violence aimed at the U.S. Consulate in...
One might like to imagine that things were different in an earlier, gentler, and wiser era, but the history books tell us otherwise: there never was a golden age when immigrants and immigration were universally popular in the United States. In the 1840's and 50's,...
As we have noted in recent postings, a large proportion of the STEM graduates from American universities - those who majored in science, technology, engineering, or math-related fields - are from overseas, especially India and China. To the consternation of American high-tech companies that want...
In recent months, immigration demographers have noticed that many foreign-born graduates of American universities, especially in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, are going back home to seek their fortunes. This is in part because we make it hard to stay...
The debate rages on: is any meaningful progress possible on immigration reform before the 2012 elections? Immigration reform advocates might be tempted to see a light at the end of the tunnel - a faint light, admittedly, but better than nothing. In recent months, President...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) was invited to tour the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Kentucky Consular Center (KCC). The tour participants were provided with the opportunity to ask questions related to the Petition Information Management Service (PIMS), which is used by U.S. consulates...
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) John Morton released a June 17, 2011, memorandum intended to provide additional guidance to ICE personnel on exercising prosecutorial discretion. In this context, favorable prosecutorial discretion refers to the government's ability to choose not to enforce certain...
Congressional opponents of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) often take the tack that they don’t oppose CIR per se, but cannot support it until some time in the (distant, utopian) future, when the U.S.-Mexican border is completely sealed, and illegal immigration is no longer a problem....
Earlier this month, we discussed a new study from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), that found a substantial majority of the top science and math students in American high schools are children of immigrants. (See Study: Immigrant Children Boost U.S. Science Achievement, MurthyBlog,...
