In the United States, yoga has often been associated with the New Age movement. No doubt spurred on by celebrities like The Beatles becoming enamored with certain Eastern practices, yoga is perceived to have taken a foothold in America, especially among certain subcultures, like the...
Murthy Law Firm attorney, Joel Yanovich, recently served on panel designed to educate H1B workers on the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor visa program. The program mainly catered to Indian nationals who were seeking further details on how the EB5 program could be used...
Murthy Law Firm Member and Assistant Managing Attorney, Anna Stepanova, was recently interviewed by Bloomberg Law regarding the abrupt change in position by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding off-site placement of STEM OPT workers.First, a little background on the legal issue discussed....
The animated television series, The Simpsons, has become a cultural touchstone since its debut on Fox in 1989. Now in its 29th season, with more than 600 episodes produced to date, the beloved sitcom portraying an eccentric American family living in the fictional town of...
Though he's barely 30, Jimmy O. Yang has already had enough adventure to fill a lifetime. After immigrating to the United States from Hong Kong at the age of 13, he became obsessed with rap music and briefly formed a hip-hop group with a few...
The concept of immigrants as outsiders who "steal" jobs and contribute to depressed wages has long been a lynchpin of the Trump Administration's rhetoric, despite a plethora of evidence demonstrating that sustained levels of immigration have an overall positive effect on our economy. And to...
The history of immigration to the United States is often conveyed on the macro level. Graphs, statistics, and studies can convey who was entering our country, when they arrived, and how they contributed. This information is inarguably valuable, but in using traditional research methods to...
As the recently released superhero film, Black Panther, continues to rake in record-breaking profits at the box office, it has become much more than a movie. The film is being celebrated as a revolutionary tour de force that redefines our perception of what superheroes look...
A report released by the nonpartisan fact tank Pew Research Center estimates that most of the 20 largest immigrant groups living in the United States experienced increases in naturalization rates between 2005 and 2015. The Pew Research Center data further reveals that overall naturalization rates...
Last month, the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a disconcerting change to its official mission statement, and immigration advocates are alarmed about the potential implications. On February 22nd, USCIS director L. Francis Cissna issued an internal employee memo confirming that the agency's...
