In January, the bipartisan Senate working group, dubbed the Gang of Eight, released a blueprint for immigration reform. They pledged, among other things, to "build the American economy and strengthen American families." [See Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform from Senators Chuck Schumer, John McCain,...
Sheela Murthy, founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm, delivered an inspirational keynote address at the 2013 Athena Awards breakfast, held on March 8th at the Richland Ballroom in Edgewood, Maryland. Presented by Harford County Community College, the event was attended by the leading...
Foreign visits to the U.S. took a nosedive in the years following the 9/11 attacks. This should come as no surprise, as visas were suddenly in short supply, and those lucky enough to get them had to run a gantlet of heightened security measures that...
The Murthy Law Firm was a proud sponsor of the Global India Fund's 2013 benefit gala, which was held in Washington D.C., on March 2nd at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. The evening's theme, Invest in Girls, Invest in a Stronger Future, highlighted both the...
By now, most of our readers have at least heard of E-Verify, and a good many are aware of what it does: it's an online system that allows participating employers to check the employment eligibility of new hires - as required by law - by...
Things are looking up for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), at least in the U.S. Senate. Toward the end of February, President Obama met with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the lead GOP negotiators for the Senate's "gang of eight," the bipartisan working...
On March 7, the Baltimore Business Journal held its first annual Outstanding Director Awards gala, amid the elegantly understated splendor of the Four Seasons in Baltimore. Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, was among a select group to be honored for their outstanding...
In the last major push for immigration reform, there were rallies and street marches, complete with songs and speeches, noisemakers and signs held high. For all the energy that went into these, none of it was enough to change the final result. Now a new...
Congress may not have intended it, but this was hardly unforeseeable: immigration policy has been swept up in the federal budget impasse.The sequester - those massive across-the-board budget cuts that took effect earlier this month - was never supposed to happen. Congress designed this as...
The renewed push for comprehensive immigration reform has called attention to the sorry state of our STEM visa policy, which makes it harder than it should be for the United States to attract and retain the best and brightest scientists, doctors, programmers, and engineers from...
