American immigration policy needs to change; on that much, most people would agree. Although consensus is elusive on the diagnosis - not to mention the treatment - of the ills plaguing our immigration system, there is a shared sense of frustration with the status quo....
For some reason, our national discourse on immigration tends to steeply discount the wealth of benefits we receive from the energy, brains, and brawn of immigrant workers, and that is unfortunate. If our perceptions are slightly askew from reality, a possible explanation may go something...
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is undertaking a series of technological updates known as the Transformation Initiative. Transformation is essentially an effort by USCIS to move the application process from a paper-based system to an online, electronic system. These changes will be of...
The U.S. Consulate in Mumbai, India is experiencing a temporary reduction in capacity, as of March 3, 2011. The condition of the building has made it necessary to close several interview windows at the Consulate, thus limiting the volume of applicants who can be interviewed...
The Murthy Law Firm is carefully following the developments in the Tri-Valley University case. We have been in close contact with high-level officials in both the United States and Indian governments, seeking to minimize the harm to Indian students who were caught up in this...
It is getting increasingly difficult to keep track of all the immigration bills now under consideration at statehouses across the country. Arizona may claim the dubious distinction of having done it first, but several other states - 37 at last count, according to ABC News...
For decades, industrialized countries like the United States benefited from the international "brain drain," as the brightest and best talents from the developing world came here seeking opportunities that were unavailable in their home countries. In the event, many of these immigrants did not just...
Russell Pierce, the Arizona State Senator who gave us S.B. 1070, has launched another legislative barrage. Just as S.B. 1070 aimed to make local police into de facto immigration enforcement agents by requiring them to demand immigration papers from anyone they stopped who looked potentially...
On February 14, Secretary Janet Napolitano released the fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes three of the major agencies - other than the State Department - that deal with border security and immigration issues: U.S....
