The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has introduced a new version of Form I-766, the Employment Authorization Document, which henceforth will have a machine-readable area on the back of the card. USCIS began issuing the new EADs in May, as part of a continuing...
The war of words over Arizona's new immigration law continues unabated. In all of the noise and bombast that have surrounded the measure, perhaps we should recall the crux of the measure. The new law expressly requires state and local law enforcement officials to ask...
A popular bumper sticker reads, "Paddle faster: I hear banjos!," alluding to the 1972 film, "Deliverance," in which city boys come to ruin on a canoe trip into the back country of rural America. The river turns out to be a dangerous place.One could hardly...
During her husband's presidency, former First Lady Laura Bush mostly kept her distance from the sound and fury of the political arena, apparently preferring to stay above the fray and concentrate on special projects like literacy promotion. In those days, Mrs. Bush kept her own...
When Mexican President Felipe Calderón was in Washington for a state visit on May 19, 2010, he had some harsh words for the now-infamous Arizona immigration law, known at S.B. 1070, and he was not shy about venting his outrage as the cameras rolled during...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is surely one of the more paper-intensive federal agencies, rivaling Congress and the Pentagon in its annual consumption of wood pulp. This annual paper consumption will drop soon - at least slightly - as DHS begins to phase in...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published an interim final rule on May 20, 2010 that will raise application processing fees for several categories of nonimmigrant visas and adult border crossing cards (BCCs), and for certain Mexican-citizen minors who apply for BCCs.The fee hikes are...
A recent article on CNN.com reports that growing numbers of conservative evangelical church leaders are rallying to the cause of comprehensive immigration reform, at least partly in response to the passage of Arizona's controversial new immigration law. (See New Force for Broad Immigration Reform: Conservative...
A leading Republican Senator, Richard Lugar of Indiana, has proposed legislation that would give two-year visas to immigrant entrepreneurs who can attract at least $250,000 from U.S. investors to start companies here. (See Lugar Wants Citizenship Path for Entrepreneurs, by Maureen Groppe, Gannett Washington Bureau,...
It may be that truth can set you free, but it can come back to bite you if you aren't careful. This caveat runs counter to current trends that are breaching the longstanding walls between our public and private lives. One might call this the...
