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Welcome to the LexisNexis Immigration Law Community, your source for news and insights on immigration law and issues. The site features daily news updates, emerging issues analysis and guest commentaries, podcasts and LexisNexis resources. Posts from Bender's Immigration Bulletin Editor Daniel M. Kowalski and the Immigration Law Community staff and the content from BIB Daily are in the Outside News and Inside News areas.

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Excerpts From the Feb. 1, 2012, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin

Read excerpts from the Feb. 1, 2012, Bender's Immigration Bulletin, Including the USCIS's proposed change in process for certain waiver applications.
Duane Morris LLP: February Visa Bulletin, EB-2 for China and India Moves 12 Months and Other Immigration Law Updates

The employment-based second preference category for Indian and Chinese nationals is scheduled for another significant advancement on Feb. 1, 2012.
Williams Mullen January 2012 Immigration Update

As we move into the election year, once again administration initiatives in worksite enforcement involving foreign workers are emerging as "hot issues" for 2012. Here are some troublesome areas to watch out for.
Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Agencies: A Year in Review

Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia on memos on the proposed use of "prosecutorial discretion" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other immigration agencies that were issued in 2011.
Supreme Court in Judulang Axes Comparable-Grounds Condition for §212(c) Relief

The court rejected the comparable-grounds approach to determining if a noncitizen convicted of a crime and facing deportation or removal can obtain relief under former Immigration and Nationality Act § 212(c). What do applicants do now?

Ninth Circuit on 212(c), retroactivity: Tyson v. Holder

"Tyson argues that the BIA erred when it decided that she is not eligible to seek…

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No Conviction, But No Freedom: ICE Jails Over 13,000 Immigrants

"On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people…

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Excerpts From the Feb. 1, 2012, Bender's Immigration Bulletin: USCIS Proposes Change in Process for Certain Waiver Applications

USCIS Proposes Change in Process for Certain Waiver Applications The Obama administration…

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Immigration Law Community Podcast: Dan Kowalski and Professor Michael Olivas on Alabama’s Immigration Law

On this edition, Dan Kowalski, editor of Bender's Immigration Bulletin and online…

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Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Agencies: A Year in Review

By Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia Memos on their proposed use of "prosecutorial discretion…

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Contributor Spotlight

Daniel M. Kowalski
Editor, Bender's Immigration Bulletin

Julie Myers Wood
President of Immigration and Customs Solutions

Maria Pabon Lopez
Dean, Loyola University Law School
Cyrus D. Mehta
Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates

Kathrin S. Mautino
Managing Partner, Mautino & Mautino

Angelo A. Paparelli
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Michael A. Olivas
University of Houston Law Center

Naomi Schorr
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

Stanley Mailman
Immigration Attorney
Ted Chiappari
Partner, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke

Professor James E. Pfander
Northwestern University School of Law

Carrie L. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum Immigration Appeals
Sophie I. Feal
Immigration Attorney