Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced last week that her department will begin to certify U visa applications, with the first certifications expected in late summer. Long-time readers of MurthyDotCom will recall that U visas allow people with direct knowledge of a crime - such as...
Here's an example. Monday's edition of USA TODAY contains another in a long line of cautionary tales that we can only hope will spur Congress to act - finally - on CIR. The article tells of several Silicon Valley programmers and engineers who are leaving...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week the addition of a new blog to provide immigration-related information and to serve as a forum for public dialogue. The official agency blog is called The Beacon, which can be accessed through the USCIS. Readers...
Last Friday, Senators Schumer and Graham wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post, sketching out their blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform. (See: The Right Way to Mend Immigration, by Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham, Washington Post, 19.Mar.2010) According to the Senators, the four pillars of...
Tens of thousands of marchers converged Sunday, March 21, 2010 on the National Mall in Washington D.C., to press the case for immigration reform - now, rather than later. Waving flags and shouting, "Yes we can!" and "Si se puede!" the huge crowd enthusiastically voiced...
The story is almost surreal. To keep their student visas, several foreign students in Southern California relied on a middle-aged American man to attend classes, write term papers, and take exams for them. That man, Eamonn Daniel Higgins, was arraigned last week on federal charges...
Last week, President Obama held a much-anticipated meeting with Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC), to discuss the prospects for passing a bipartisan immigration reform bill this year. Senators Schumer and Graham have been working for months to craft a centrist immigration reform...
As if there weren't already enough reasons to make immigration reform a top legislative priority, a recent study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found that case backlogs at U.S. immigration courts has reached an all-time high of 228,421 cases currently...
Chile continues to dig out after being hit last month by an earthquake of staggering proportions. In view of the devastation, a posting on the USCIS WebSite reminds Chilean expats that they need not return home to a disaster area just yet, because several temporary...
It's almost springtime, mere weeks from the biggest event of Maryland's horseracing season: Baltimore's beloved Preakness Stakes at historic Pimlico Racecourse. With all due respect to this glittering jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes is no match for another high-stakes race soon to...
