Among the nominees for Best Feature Documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards was a film called, Which Way Home. The story chronicles the lives of several immigrant children as they make their way across Mexico on a freight train called "The Beast." Among the immigrants...
As reported in the MurthyBlog last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians living in the United States, allowing them to remain here for the next 18 months without fear of deportation, provided that they submit a...
The Baltimore Business Journal has published its 2010 Book of Lists, and I'm proud to say that the Murthy Law Firm is well represented in several key categories. We are now - drum roll, please! - the 43rd largest law firm in the Baltimore area....
It seems nothing short of a miracle that Detroit-bound Flight 253 was not blown up on Christmas Day 2009, when a Nigerian man tried to detonate a bomb hidden on his person! As we all know by now, the man came alarmingly close to carrying...
The Immigration Policy Center, a non-partisan Washington think tank, released statistical summaries that show the political and economic impact of immigrants in each state. (See New Americans in the Old Line State, Immigration Policy Center, Dec 17, 2009.) Here are a few key facts from...
The history of slavery and its aftermath in America is one of violence, ranging from physical brutality to the more subtle institutionalized and legalized violence that kept black Americans locked out of full and equal citizenship. One thinks of the bloody lynchings that Billie Holiday...
Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services held several citizenship ceremonies around the country, in honor of Martin Luther King, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. (See: Immigration Reform Advocates See Inspiration in Work of MLK, Honored at Naturalization Events). The LA...
A major Indian newspaper, the Bangalore-based Deccan Herald, recently featured a profile of immigration lawyer and philanthropist, Sheela Murthy, who was in India last month on business. See: Mingling Cultures, Crisscrossing Lives, by Sharada Prahladrao, Deccan Herald, Jan 16, 2010.) The profile lauded Murthy as...
Last week, untold thousands of Haitians lost their lives when a devastating earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince and much of the surrounding area. Millions more are living with the aftermath of this horrific tragedy, struggling to maintain a semblance of public order and rebuild a shattered infrastructure...
The Haitian earthquake has effectively cut off all but emergency communications, making it difficult for those outside the country to get word of their family members living there. The International Committee of the Red Cross has set up a clearinghouse to help families to locate...
