A post on the Christian Science Monitor WebSite put us in mind of a popular bumper sticker that admonishes: "Don't believe everything you think." This advice is especially relevant in the context of immigration, because the conventional wisdom so often proves to be wrong -...
When President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the summer of 2012, many supported it on the grounds of fairness: it didn't seem right to deport undocumented immigrants who came here as children, through no fault of their own -...
Now you see it, now you don't. When the House GOP released its immigration reform framework at the end of January, there was guarded optimism that the planets might snap into alignment, however briefly, to make an immigration reform deal possible in 2014. Granted, their...
Several months ago, when Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, launched a lobbying group - FWD.us - to push for immigration reform, his initial stumbles caused some observers to summarily dismiss his efforts as amateurish. Since then, Zuckerberg and his group have shown remarkable political...
Even people with no interest in football watch the Super Bowl each year. The ads have gained a reputation for being spectacularly entertaining, worth watching in their own right. With ad rates hovering around $4 million for a 30-second spot, corporate sponsors have to make...
As a leading authority on U.S. immigration law, with an international reputation for excellence, Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, is frequently called upon to speak at professional conferences to immigration lawyers and high-tech professionals. On hand at the International Technology Law Association's...
It's often been said that truth is the first casualty of war, but the same could be said for many of our country's political debates, including the long-running fight over U.S. immigration policy. Although most commentators understand that programs like the H1B visa play a...
Perhaps it’s the exception that proves the rule, but it's good to see that bipartisan cooperation is still possible on Capitol Hill: according to public radio station WAMU in Washington, Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat, teamed up with GOP Congressman Andy Harris on a...
A couple years ago, many news stories about immigration had some connection to Arizona: the infamous and ill-considered "show-me-your-papers" law, known by its bill number, S.B. 1070; the vigilante groups that patrolled the border in the hope of preventing illegal immigration; and the anti-immigrant activism...
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