Immigration Law Community

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1	Julie Myers Wood Discusses Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law	2734
2	LexisNexis® Emerging Issues Law Community Podcast featuring Dan Kowalski of the Fowler Law Firm on the Arizona immigration law	2557
3	Ann Allott on Grassley Amendment Allowing E-Verify for Existing Employees	2409

Alert: I-601 Provisional Waiver Is Not in Effect

"USCIS is considering changes that would allow certain immediate relatives (the spouse, children or parents of a U.S. citizen) who can demonstrate extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen spouse or parent to receive a provisional waiver of the unlawful presence

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 2:46 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA STATE PRISONERS WITH IMMIGRATION HOLDS (Revised February 2012)

"This manual is designed for noncitizen prisoners in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Thus, the manual is addressed to people who are currently serving criminal sentences of longer than one year and who

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 9:43 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Supreme Court, 6-3, on aggravated felony: Kawashima v. Holder

"This case concerns whether aliens who commit certain federal tax crimes are subject to deportation as aliens who have been convicted of an aggravated felony. We hold that violations of 26 U. S. C. §§7206(1) and (2) are crimes “involv[ing] fraud or deceit

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 11:52 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

N.C. Ct. App. on Padilla Retroactivity: State v. Alshaif

"In determining whether Padilla is retroactively applicable, we find the reasoning of the Tenth Circuit in Chang Hong persuasive and join with those courts holding that Padilla announces a new rule of constitutional law and is not retroactively applicable

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 10:49 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

EOIR Releases FY 2011 Statistical Year Book; Includes Pending Caseload Numbers for Individual Immigration Courts

"The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced that it has released its Fiscal Year 2011 Statistical Year Book. The book is a representation of data that EOIR tracked and compiled during the previous fiscal year. The figures and tables

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 9:26 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Pre I-9 Audit Planning: Prepare for the Worst and Hope for the Best (Part 1 of 2)

"An employer’s first task is to identify the worst possible outcomes of an audit based upon the employer’s individual company characteristics. The best way to do this is to sit down with experienced audit counsel who can assist in developing the worst

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 8:28 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

H-2B Final Rule in today's Federal Register. How will it affect employers?

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-02-21/pdf/2012-3058.pdf

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 8:08 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Out with 'deference,' in with 'space' and 'weight'

"Administrative law scholars have leveled a forest of trees exploring the mysteries of the Chevron approach contemporary judges take to reviewing law-related aspects of administrative action. Without wishing to deny for a moment that judicial practice

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 7:36 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Wa. Ct. App. on dependency: Matter of M.R.

"After Carissa Paulos entered into an agreed order of dependency, the court entered an order placing her four-year-old daughter with the paternal grandparents. At the first dependency review hearing, the court removed M.R. from the care of her paternal

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 6:40 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

USCIS Lockbox Filing Tips: General; N-forms

"The Office of Intake and Document Production (OIDP) manages USCIS Lockbox operations. The Lockbox network centralizes and streamlines application receipting and provides secure fee collection and strong financial controls. OIDP offers the following tips

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 6:22 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Ninth Circuit on CIMT, Cal. Penal Code § 422: Latter-Singh v. Holder

"Singh claims that the BIA wrongly determined that a violation of California Penal Code § 422 constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude (or “CIMT”), thus rendering him removable. Although we previously determined that a violation of § 422 is an aggravated

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 5:31 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Cyrus Mehta on What a Company Needs to Know That Hosts, but Does Not Employ, Skilled Non-Immigrant Workers

"I would like to share my article, Due Diligence Considerations For Companies Contracting With Vendor Service Providers , which appeared in the New Jersey Lawyer, October 2011 issue. This is an emerging area and it behooves corporations that contract

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 5:19 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

USCIS: EB-5 Tenant Occupancy Message

USCIS Office of Public Engagement: EB-5 Tenant Occupancy Message U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent this bulletin at 02/17/2012 05:03 PM EST "Dear Stakeholder, In our last stakeholder call regarding the EB-5 immigrant investor program, a number

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 5:05 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Matter of L-S-, ID 3742, 25 I&N Dec. 705 (BIA 2012)

Matter of L-S-, ID 3742, 25 I&N Dec. 705 (BIA 2012) - (1) An asylum applicant who has established past persecution but no longer has a well-founded fear of persecution may nevertheless warrant a discretionary grant of humanitarian asylum based not only

Published Fri, Feb 17 2012 5:47 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Michael Wishnie Named William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale

"Michael Wishnie ’93, a clinical professor of law at Yale Law School and director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO), has been named the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Professor Wishnie joined Yale

Published Fri, Feb 17 2012 1:32 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski