The public discourse on immigration policy is only as good as the information that goes into it, and much of what goes into it would not pass even a basic fact-checking. As a recent Time.com article points out, the heat and fury of our national...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has posted a brief notice, entitled Attention Former Tri-Valley University Students. This notice advises that the SEVIS records of former Tri-Valley (TVU) students were terminated as of January 18, 2011. ICE is advising students to call a Student and Exchange...
It was not for want of presidential leadership that immigration reform failed to make it through Congress during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush clearly recognized that America's immigration system had become dysfunctional, and needed substantial overhaul to make it run smoothly again -...
Part 1 of this informative article discussed the requirement of "good moral character" as it applies to applications for naturalization for U.S. citizenship. In Part 2, we move here from conduct that mandates a denial of the naturalization application to discretionary issues involving good moral...
As expected, President Obama's annual State of the Union message focused on jobs and the economy, and the steps he believes the government should take to regain our national preeminence as inventors, creators, and technical innovators. (See Remarks by the President in State of Union...
In response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on January 20, 2011 against Tri-Valley University (TVU), Sheela Murthy and the Murthy Law Firm sent an urgent request for relief to Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to John...
The raid of Tri-Valley University (TVU) continues to send shockwaves through the immigrant community. Many former students fear that they will be removed (formerly referred to as deported) from the United States. Concerns about removal and clarifications of some misunderstandings are addressed here for the...
Here in Baltimore, as winter rages on, one begins to look for hopeful signs: the first green shoots poking through the snow, the start of spring training for the coming baseball season, anything to take the edge off an austere, demanding time of year. In...
As MurthyDotCom and several major newspapers reported last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shut down Tri-Valley University, located in the San Francisco Bay area, alleging it helped foreign students to gain student immigration papers illegally. (See NewsFlash! ICE Raid at Tri-Valley University Impacts...
In recent days, Cairo, Alexandria, and other parts of Egypt have been rocked by massive demonstrations, demanding free and fair elections, an end to government repression, and other political and social reforms. It is too early to say how all this will end - whether...
