Fear has been among the most persistent and nettlesome obstacles to reform of our immigration system - fear stoked by popular misconceptions about immigrants and their impact on the economy and society of the United States. One especially persistent myth is that immigration leads inexorably...
Derek Sewall took an early interest in international affairs. As a teenager, he spent three summers in Latin America, building latrines and working on other health projects for a humanitarian organization, first in remote mountain villages in Ecuador, later in Paraguay, and finally in Mexico,...
As reported in the MurthyBlog last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians living in the United States, allowing them to remain here for the next 18 months without fear of deportation, provided that they submit a...
The Baltimore Business Journal has published its 2010 Book of Lists, and I'm proud to say that the Murthy Law Firm is well represented in several key categories. We are now - drum roll, please! - the 43rd largest law firm in the Baltimore area....
When Shay Taylor started at the Murthy Law Firm (MLF) in November of 1998, it was much smaller than it is today, but growing fast, thanks to the innovative use of new technologies put into practice by Vasant Nayak, Sheela Murthy's husband. The website, eBulletins,...
Is CIR DOA? In last week's State of the Union address, President Obama focused most of his speech on his plans to address the nation's ongoing economic woes, devoting a scant couple of lines to immigration reform, saying: "...
You may have noticed a rather odd fixation in our culture lately, and it's anybody's guess as to what it means: zombies and vampires are all over the recent TV and film offerings, and a cottage industry has grown out of the teen-vampire genre. Even...
In November of 2003, Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it easier for foreign nationals serving in the U.S. military to become citizens through the naturalization process. At that time, Congress cut the required length of active-duty military service in peacetime from...
It seems nothing short of a miracle that Detroit-bound Flight 253 was not blown up on Christmas Day 2009, when a Nigerian man tried to detonate a bomb hidden on his person! As we all know by now, the man came alarmingly close to carrying...
Although H1B visas get most of the press, thousands of foreign workers come to the United States each year on two lesser-known programs, the H2A temporary agricultural worker visa and the H2B temporary worker program. Each year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) publishes a...
