In a rare moment of bipartisanship last week, members of the House Judiciary Committee approved a measure entitled, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which would eliminate the per-country cap for employment-based immigrants, and increase per-country limits for family-based immigrants from seven percent to fifteen percent...
It's often said that truth is stranger than fiction, that humor is a cloak for truth, and that jokes reveal more about the teller than the teller might wish. Perhaps President Obama was joking when he explained why immigration reform was taking so long -...
Growing food is an act of faith: you plant your crops in the belief that months of careful tending - weeding and fertilizing and pest control - will eventually justify all the money and labor you've invested. If the weather cooperates, and there's enough rain...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has emerged as a leader in a national campaign for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR): the Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE), a coalition of business leaders and big-city mayors, all trying to breathe new life into the sputtering...
During the Bush administration, there was bipartisan support for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) that could have satisfied both sides: enforcement advocates as well as those seeking a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. By the time President Obama was sworn in, that fragile...
Much has been written about the army of high-tech workers who come to the United States each year to work in the IT industry. It's less well known that school districts across the country increasingly are turning to overseas talent to fill teaching vacancies in...
In the eight years since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established, in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the massive new agency has made significant progress in implementing domestic security measures, but several areas still need improvement, according to a study recently...
Although opinion polls continue to show substantial majorities in favor of comprehensive immigration reform - essentially, enforcement plus a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants - Congress has yet to deliver the goods, and shows no sign of doing so in the coming months. There...
As we have revisit in this week's MurthyBulletin and reported in a prior NewsBrief, available on MurthyDotCom, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is taking steps to encourage immigrant entrepreneurs and start-up companies to come to the United States. (See USCIS Announcement to Encourage...
Last week, the Obama administration announced a major policy shift that will focus more resources on its primary mission: removing dangerous criminals from the country. At the same time, the administration promised to stop pursuing low-priority removal (formerly, deportation) cases that are siphoning scarce enforcement...
