Once upon a time, if you were a gifted student from China or India, you struggled mightily to secure a place at an American university, in the hope of landing a good job on the cutting edge of computer science, engineering, medicine, and higher math....
American consular officials will have broad discretion to revoke both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of State (State Department or DOS) on April 27, 2011. The new rule took effect on the date of its publication in...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated one of the most onerous and controversial security procedures for travelers from certain countries in the Mideast, North Africa, and Asia that were held to be of special national security interest. Effective April 28, 2011, the...
The saga of Tri-Valley University (TVU) continues with the indictment of the university president, Dr. Susan Xiao-Ping Su. This indictment follows the highly-publicized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid of TVU in January. Multiple Count Indictment of Dr. Su The May 2nd press release reveals that the...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) addressed questions related to proposed changes within the PERM labor certification process. The purpose of the changes is to enhance system integrity. The DOL also intends to propose legislation to allow for an employer-paid filing fee in connection with...
It has been said so often, it seems a cliché, but it's no less true for all the repetition: immigrants made America great! We tend to forget this more easily now that it has become fashionable - in some circles - to demonize immigrants. Lest...
In the past ten years, the cultural acceptance of same-sex relationships in the United States has increased greatly. What was once a fringe idea has now become a more frequent topic of debate. At the time of this writing, five states and the District of...
Georgetown University Law Center held its eighth annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference on April 26th, in cooperation with CLINIC, the Catholic Immigration Network, and the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan Washington think tank. This year's conference was notable for its focus on immigration measures...
Apparently, many people still use the term INS (for Immigration and Naturalization Service) when referring to the governmental entity responsible for immigration enforcement and benefits. As many of our readers are aware, the INS ceased to exist on March 1, 2003. The term is simply...
On April 19, President Barack Obama brought together a bipartisan group of national leaders for a White House forum on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). The guests represented a cross-section of major stakeholder groups, including leaders from the business community, organized labor, government, law enforcement, and...
