After Senator John McCain (R-AZ) quit the field, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) became the leading GOP voice to demand comprehensive immigration reform. That all came to an end last spring, when Senator Graham withdrew from long-running bipartisan negotiations with Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New...
In July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a fascinating statistical portrait of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, entitled The Role of Immigrants In the U.S. Labor Market: An Update (See the report, PDF 676KB.) These latest CBO findings are sure to influence the...
For the full story, see these articles:Border Security Bill Signed (13.Aug.2010) Border Security Bill Sent to President (13.Aug.2010)The U.S. House and Senate have both passed bills providing for $600 million in increased funding for border security. Included in the bills is an increase in the filing...
For background on this bill, see Border Security Bills Propose Increase in H-1 and L-1 Fees!The U.S. Senate convened a special session on August 12, rather than waiting until September to vote on the $600 million border security bill. The Senate voted to approve the...
For background on this bill, see Border Security Bills Propose Increase in H-1 and L-1 Fees! and Border Security Bill Sent to President.As expected, President Obama signed the Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010 into law on August 13, 2010. We will continue...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released "Round 11," PERM labor certification (PERM / LC) frequently asked questions, or FAQs. The new release is dated August 3, 2010. Included in this set of FAQs is the DOL's definition of business day as well as information...
This is by far not the first time you will have heard this, and it certainly won't be the last: the overheated rhetoric of the anti-immigrant movement has more to do with fear, fantasy, and unbridled anger than with demonstrable facts. No surprise there. A...
Several weeks ago, Senator Charles Grassley, and seven other GOP senators wrote to President Obama asking him whether his administration had plans "to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States," in the absence of comprehensive immigration...
In April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched what it describes as a "top-to-bottom examination of the agency's adjudication and customer-service policies," by issuing a survey to USCIS employees as well as public stakeholders, asking them to identify the first ten areas of...
Many inquiries come to us at the Murthy Law Firm from foreign nationals who are considering additional education in the United States. The motivation is frequently a combination of the desire to add to their professional skills to gain qualifications for better job prospects, as...
