02 Jun 2011

Business Group Seeks to Explode Immigration Myths

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released a report entitled Immigration: Myths and Facts, designed to refute several common misconceptions that have crept into our national debate on immigration policy. (See Immigration: Myths and Facts, Labor, Immigration & Employee Benefit Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...

26 May 2011

Immigrants Key to U.S. Economic Growth

It's too early to call it an emerging consensus, but opinion leaders across the political spectrum are converging on the same idea: America's economy needs more immigrants in order to thrive. Jonah Lehrer's recent article in the Wall Street Journal is a case in point....

17 May 2011

WSJ: Bloomberg on Immigration Reform and Economics

The lack of Congressional action on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) has led several states to take up their own immigration bills, all purporting to bring some aspects of our broken system under control - at the state level, anyway. Never mind the fact that, with...

10 May 2011

State Department Issues New Visa Revocation Rule

American consular officials will have broad discretion to revoke both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of State (State Department or DOS) on April 27, 2011. The new rule took effect on the date of its publication in...

08 May 2011

DHS Suspends NSEERS Registration Requirement

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated one of the most onerous and controversial security procedures for travelers from certain countries in the Mideast, North Africa, and Asia that were held to be of special national security interest. Effective April 28, 2011, the...

29 Apr 2011

Georgetown Immigration Conference: Utah AG Shurtleff Speaks Out

Georgetown University Law Center held its eighth annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference on April 26th, in cooperation with CLINIC, the Catholic Immigration Network, and the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan Washington think tank. This year's conference was notable for its focus on immigration measures...