Early in December 2009, the Murthy Law Firm received certification of its status as a women-owned business from the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a national advocacy and accreditation organization. This prestigious certification means that our firm has joined the ranks of the leading...
Building on an earlier study of immigrants in New York State, the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) has released a new study that examines the economic contributions of immigrants in 25 major metropolitan areas across the country. FPI is a non-partisan think tank known for covering...
A UPI story cites Chinese reports that greater numbers of affluent Chinese people are applying for green cards via the EB5 investor visa, which requires each applicant to invest at least $500,000 in a U.S. business, and create ten new jobs. (See: More Wealthy Chinese...
In a recent posting, the MurthyBlog discussed the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform in 2010, stressing the dangers of postponing action on this issue any longer. As we said in that posting (See: Immigration Reform ASAP, Dec 21, 2009), the economic stakes of inaction have...
The LA Times proposed an interesting theory to explain the Obama administration's continued push to increase enforcement of existing immigration laws: it may be a deliberate strategy to win public support for immigration reform by showing that the administration will not be "soft" on immigration....
On December 14, 2009, the U.S. Department of State published a Federal Register notice indicating its intention to raise fees for nonimmigrant visa applicants. The proposed increases would apply to certain categories of nonimmigrant visas, some petition-based, some not. It also would affect some Mexican...
The Gutierrez bill calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP (as soon as possible). But given the absence of a corresponding Senate measure, at least at this writing, the very possibility of immigration reform passing both houses in 2010 remains an open question. This is especially...
The agenda for comprehensive immigration reform is long and crowded, but most would agree that a fundamental overhaul of U.S. detainee policy is in order. The latest revelation about the dysfunctional immigration detention system came from Florida, where a Haitian-born woman received a $47,500 settlement...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) responded to a rumor that travelers seeking to enter the United States would be required to present proof that they had been vaccinated against the H1N1 or "swine" flu. (See http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/advisories/h1n1_vaccine_rumor.xml.) A statement on the...
A California think tank has verified what many MurthyDotCom readers have known all along: that Indian tech workers make a pivotal contribution to the Silicon Valley economy. According to a recent study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, the U.S. began attracting large numbers...
