In case you missed it in the end-of-summer rush, James Surowiecki's essay on immigration, in the August 27 issue of the New Yorker is well worth a look. [See: The Track-Star Economy, by James Surowiecki, The New Yorker, 27.Aug.2012.] Surowiecki, who covers economics and finance...
As America's economic trend line bends slowly upward, pundits and politicians continue to debate whether this economic policy or that change in the tax code might spur the growth we need to accelerate our progress. This is to be expected in an election year. As...
We often have warned our readers that almost any crime - no matter how trivial it seems - can lead to serious immigration problems, even removal (deportation). [See Beware: Serious Immigration Consequences of Shoplifting, MurthyDotCom, 17.Oct.2011.)The latest cautionary tale comes from the world of baseball. San...
To those who follow immigration law and policy, it's a familiar argument: America needs an immigration system that's more sensitive to our economic needs, not just to the prevailing political winds. The long-running fight between immigrant advocates and restrictionists has yet to produce any workable...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, was interviewed for a recent article in The Hindu, a leading Indian newspaper, about problems facing the spouses of H1B visa holders, who typically enter the United States on H-4 visas that forbid them to work here....
On August 15th, USCIS implemented a program to provide temporary relief from deportation, known as deferred action, to undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children, and who meet certain eligibility criteria. [See USCIS Moving Forward With Deferred Action for 'DREAMers,' MurthyDotCom (31.Jul.2012).]When the deferred...
The new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will allow certain immigrants who came to the United States as children to obtain two-year deferrals of removal proceedings as well as authorization to work legally in the United States. The deferral is not automatic, and potential...
So much of the news has focused on anti-immigrant policies - like Arizona's - that we seldom hear about other states and localities that welcome immigrants and offer them protection. Last week was an exception, when two major news outlets broke stories that just might...
Illegal immigration remains a hot topic that may get hotter still as election season wears on. President Obama has been criticized from the right for allegedly being too lax in his enforcement of immigration laws. Alex Nowrasteh, a frequent commenter on immigration issues, assailed this...
Last year, hundreds of foreign students - most of them Indian - were sent packing when their school, Tri-Valley University, was found to have fraudulently obtained government permission to enroll them. The scandal left many students high and dry, through no fault of their own;...
