There's no telling when Congress may get around to dealing with immigration reform again, but pressure continues to mount, and members may find it increasingly difficult to procrastinate further on a matter long overdue for legislative attention. For a time, conventional wisdom held that comprehensive...
We are pleased to announce that Murthy Law Firm Supervising Attorney, Pam Genise, is among the honorees named to The Daily Record's 2012 list of Leading Women, and will be feted, along with her fellow honorees, at an awards ceremony on December 6th.Each year, the...
If you're a seasoned observer of Capitol Hill, it probably comes as no surprise: less than a week after the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith (R-TX), released a bill to provide 55,000 green cards to foreign STEM graduates, the measure crashed and...
At a fundraising dinner in Northern Virginia on Sunday (23.Sep.2012), Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, helped raise $250,000 from an enthusiastic gathering of the region's IndianAmerican business elite, all to benefit the Akshaya Patra Foundation. The Bangalore-based nonprofit serves hot lunches to...
On Capitol Hill, the wrangling continues. Many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that we should make more green cards available to foreign students who complete U.S. graduate degrees in STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and math. Despite broad agreement on the...
In August, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rolled out the application process for the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program allows certain undocumented immigrants, brought here as children, to live and work legally in the United States, on a two-year...
Last year, the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program resettled more than 56,000 refugees in the United States - people seeking permanent shelter from persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Although the U.S. government provides transition assistance...
Arizona's loud and peevish immigration saga continues, barely audible beneath the roar of election-year news coverage, but still there, nonetheless. Though its immigration story no longer dominates the news, there has been no shortage of developments in recent weeks. Far from being put off by...
It's long been known that poverty and desperation drive a good deal of illegal immigration to the United States. Although the numbers have been dropping with increased border enforcement, thousands still make the trek northward from Mexico and Central America, hoping to get into the...
Our hearts go out to the families, friends, and colleagues of Ambassador John Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, and the two other U.S. Embassy staffers who were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Bengazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012. Ambassador...
