Modern forensics has taught us that each fingerprint is unique. Despite this, their patterns all are made of arches, loops, or whorls. Immigrant stories are something like fingerprints. They are completely individual - each one unique. But there are similarities that run through them. Immigrants...
When Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, the region's economy came to a catastrophic standstill. Virtually overnight, thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed were forced to relocate, resulting in a precarious labor shortage along the Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana coastlines....
Every New Year's Day, millions of Americans tune in to watch the Rose Bowl Parade broadcast live from Pasadena, California. Started over 120 years ago, the parade includes dozens of floats, a variety of marching bands, and equestrian units, and is designed to celebrate the...
This past year was an especially contentious one in the world of U.S. immigration. While President Obama's announcement of sweeping reform in November was a victory for millions of immigrants pursuing the American dream, there were also national headlines about border security and rigid new...
What do the iconic U.S. companies Google, Intel, and eBay have in common? Besides being top ranked Fortune 500 businesses that have fundamentally reshaped the technology industry - and consequently, life as we know it - they were also all founded by immigrants. And, these...
With President Obama's announcement last month that he will be using his executive power to usher in sweeping immigration reform, 2014 will undoubtedly be remembered as a watershed year for immigrants pursuing the American Dream. Although his announcement garnered national attention, those following MurthyDotCom know...
Immigrants in the midst of completing the naturalization process face many challenges. Among these hurdles is a civics test administered by the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that must be passed by nearly all immigrants applying to become citizens of the United States....
India has been consistently growing as one of the world's greatest producers of computer programmers, analysts, software engineers, entrepreneurs, and just about every role in the industry one can imagine. Enter SiliconIndia. Recognizing a need, SiliconIndia has built an online community to answer questions and...
For the first time in over a decade, more immigrants are choosing the United States over the European Union as their destination for a better life. This was the finding of the International Migration Outlook 2014 report released on December 1, 2014 by the Organization...
Following years of congressional deadlock, on November 20, 2014 President Obama unveiled his plans to exercise his executive powers to implement immigration reform. Included in his outline for reform was a provision to finalize new rules that will allow certain H-4 spouses to obtain employment...
