The Baltimore Business Journal just released its 2013 Book of Lists, and, once again, the Murthy Law Firm (MLF) was ranked among the fifty largest law firms in the Baltimore area, based on the number of lawyers in practice here. [See Largest Law Firms in...
Those of us with more than a passing interest in immigration could not help but notice: in President Obama's second inaugural address, as he laid out a sweeping vision for the next four years - and beyond - he specifically mentioned immigration reform as must-do...
In an excellent series on immigration, The Next America: How Demography Shapes the National Agenda, National Journal recently presented some fascinating findings about immigrant and second-generation undergraduates [See Disparity Among First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in STEM Degrees, by Rosa Ramirez, National Journal, 15.Jan.2013.] drawn from...
When the last serious effort to enact comprehensive immigration reform collapsed, well into the second term of President George W. Bush, it seemed but a temporary setback, and many expected a new, improved bill by the following year. It was not to be. Instead, the...
Congratulations to the Baltimore Ravens for their latest victory that sends them to the Super Bowl! They have shown pluck and spirit - typically Baltimorean!Baltimore has an amazing spirit: it's home to great universities and cultural institutions, it's a hub of biomedical research and high-tech...
After years of ceaseless partisan bickering, it may look like a sign of the apocalypse: interest groups - both right and left - are forging a broad consensus on immigration reform, finding common purpose in the recognition that our current system is no longer up...
Today we extend our warmest congratulations and good wishes to President Obama as he begins his second term in the White House. It is a time for hope in the face of major challenges, at home and abroad, and a time to reflect on the...
Immigration reform now seems all but inevitable, not just according to the conventional wisdom in Washington - which is not always reliable - but to the President's senior advisors, who told the New York Times that Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats will be launching a...
Though illegal immigration gets the lion's share of the press coverage - and legislative attention - lawful immigration is enormously important to the U.S. economy and to millions of immigrant families here. Now that comprehensive immigration reform is a live possibility again in Congress, the...
From the start, America has been a nation of immigrants, and any schoolchild here can tell you so. That said; we often forget the key role that immigrants played in settling the western frontier, as our nation pushed across the continental vastness, to the shores...
