While running for office, President Trump campaigned, in part, on his ability to run the country "like a business." It seems incongruous, then, that a president with such a self-professed flair for business acumen would retain a deep-seated distrust of immigrants as a fundamental element...
Several immigrants have just been recognized for their contributions to science and the culinary world by a distinguished nonprofit organization. Earlier this month, the New York City based Vilcek Foundation, which was established in 2000 by Czech immigrant couple Jan and Marica Vilcek, awarded its...
On March 25, 1911, New York City was the scene of the one of the most horrific industrial disasters in United States history. The factory building of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, a garment mill employing mostly young, immigrant women, caught fire. The blaze quickly ripped...
Sheela Murthy and Khorzad Mehta, of the Murthy Law Firm, have been selected as Thought Leaders in Corporate Immigration 2019 by Who's Who Legal. Since 1996, Who's Who Legal has been examining legal practitioners, and they now cover 34 practice areas in more than 100...
It was announced on January 31, 2019, by the Daily Record that Sheela Murthy has been named an Influential Marylander for 2019. This is the third time Murthy has been selected for the honor in the law category, which makes her also a member of...
Immigrants often straddle two different worlds when they arrive in the United States to pursue their dreams. As they embrace an uncertain future, in a place that is foreign to them, with a different language and strange customs, they may find comfort in small communities...
Sheela Murthy will give the keynote address as ITServe Alliance hosts a kick-off for its Los Angeles chapter on Friday, 01.Feb.2019, in Cerritos, CA. ITServe Alliance is more than 1000 members strong, made of companies offering IT solutions and services to the business community. Currently...
What's in a name? According to new research on the perception of immigrant identity, quite a lot. The Atlantic details how a recent study, titled "Your Name is Your Lifesaver: Anglicization of Names and Moral Dilemmas in a Trilogy of Transportation Accidents," used experiments to...
Assimilating to life as an immigrant in the United States can be an exciting chapter of life that's full of promise and possibilities. But it also can pose extraordinary challenges. There may be a new language to absorb, unfamiliar cultures and customs to grasp, and...
On MurthyDotCom, our focus, typically, is U.S. immigration. Yet, it is sometimes illuminating to examine the immigration practices of other countries to help put U.S. immigration policy in context.Take the policies of Japan, for instance. In many respects, Japan historically has been on the opposite...
