A new study from Washington's Brookings Institution provides an interesting breakout of H1B usage patterns, showing which areas of the United States have the greatest concentration of these highly skilled foreign workers. The purpose of the study is to "provide state and metropolitan leaders in...
This week, from sea to shining sea, the United States will celebrate her hard fought independence from Britain, which was marked in 1776 by the signing of the Declaration of Independence, during the American the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). However, another anniversary is being celebrated this...
We are proud and honored (and not a bit surprised!) to report that Sheela Murthy, founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm, was named a Most Admired CEO by The Daily Record. The award recognizes the outstanding achievements of an elite group of CEOs...
For the next two weeks, athletes from around the world will be gathered in London for the 2012 Summer Olympic games. From the awesome spectacle and uplifting pageantry of the opening ceremonies, through the days of suspense and excitement as athletes compete for gold, the...
We can't say this too often: immigrants are part and parcel of the American experience, and have been since before the founding of this great nation. Our country is richer, by far, for the contributions of people from foreign shores, who brought their dreams and...
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld - for the time being - the "show-me-your-papers" provision of Arizona's home-grown immigration law, attorneys for the State of Georgia are in court seeking permission to enforce a similar measure, passed by the Georgia legislature at the height...
We at MurthyDotCom would like to pass this warning along to our readers. Word has come to us from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that there have been reports of a new scam potentially victimizing foreign nationals. According to one report, individuals receive phone...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, was invited to join Governor Martin O'Malley and local immigrant advocates for a luncheon meeting held at downtown Baltimore's Center Club on July 17th. The purpose of this gathering was to discuss Maryland's DREAM Act and the...
Remember those entrepreneurs who were planning to moor a cruise ship off the California coast, just outside the territorial limit, to serve as a floating hotel-cum-business-incubator for techies who couldn't get a U.S. visa? [See Comprehensive Immigration Reform Remains an Unmet Need, MurthyBlog (17.Nov. 2011).]...
Like their neighbors to the south, Canadians are wrestling with immigration issues of their own, trying to balance competing pressures - on the one hand, the need for smart, talented and creative people to bolster their economy, on the other, the need to find jobs...
