Immigration Law Community

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1	Julie Myers Wood Discusses Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law	3341
2	LexisNexis® Emerging Issues Law Community Podcast featuring Dan Kowalski of the Fowler Law Firm on the Arizona immigration law	2929
3	Ann Allott on Grassley Amendment Allowing E-Verify for Existing Employees	2805

America's Farmers, Ranchers Need Solutions, Not Band-Aids: Editorial

"AFBF will only support a mandatory E-verify program if there is a workable solution for agriculture. Absent that solution, if E-Verify is implemented, agriculture faces losing millions of dollars in productivity due to labor shortages." - Bob...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 11:57 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, farmers, e-verify, ranchers, stallman

Alabama's bad road on immigration: Editorial

"Apparently, Alabama lawmakers felt they hadn't gone far enough last year when they enacted the most draconian immigration law in the nation, which, among other things, required schools to determine the immigration status of their students. Now...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 11:14 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, Alabama, civil rights

Dean Kevin R. Johnson on the 2011 Term Supreme Court Immigration Cases (sans Arizona)

Dean Kevin R. Johnson , Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law, and Professor of Chicana/o Studies at the UC Davis School of Law has summarized the four immigration cases decided so far in the 2011 Term by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Published Thu, May 24 2012 8:35 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, johnson, supreme court

Immigration Helps US City Economies and Labor Markets, S&P Says

"With immigration on the minds of many voters in the run-up to this November’s presidential election, the U.S.-based financial services company Standard & Poor’s released Thursday some surprising information. The widely-held notion...

Published Sun, May 20 2012 6:12 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, economy

ABA Podcast: ‘Show Trials’ Author Advocates for Systemic Changes to Immigration Courts

"ABA Journal Web producer Lee Rawles speaks with Peter Afrasiabi about his recently released book Show Trials: How Property Gets More Legal Protection than People in Our Failed Immigration System . “A powerful critique of our failed immigration...

Published Sun, May 20 2012 5:37 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, book, podcast, afrasiabi, show trials

Historic Immigration Files Released to Public

"Tens of thousands of old West Coast immigration records the government once sought to throw away will instead become publicly available on Tuesday at a Bay Area archive. Photographs, letters, health records, interview transcripts and other historical...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 9:00 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, files, archives, a-files

Margaret Stock Publishes “Immigration Law and the Military”

"Margaret Stock, Counsel to the [Lane Powell] Firm in the Anchorage, Alaska office, has published a new book, Immigration Law and the Military , which is available from the American Immigration Lawyers Association publications website . The book...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 7:52 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, military, book, stock

Facebook’s Eduardo Saverin Likely Barred From Re-Entering U.S.

"Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship just in time to avoid a large tax payment essentially means he will not be able to re-enter the United States again, immigration experts tell TPM. “There’s...

Published Fri, May 18 2012 6:22 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, taxes, saverin

Immigration a Central Issue in Texas Sheriff Race

"As he seeks a third term as Travis County sheriff, Greg Hamilton would prefer the race be about issues like putting more deputies on the streets and ways to improve mental health resources for people booked into the county jail. But after criticism...

Published Wed, May 16 2012 9:10 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, detainer, travis county, sheriff, hold

Potential GOP Veep Nixes Romney's Immigration Ideas, Forges Own Path

"Mitt Romney was already facing a hard time within his party when it comes to his stance on illegal immigration. Now, the presumptive GOP nominee faces criticism on the issue from a potential running mate, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R). In...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 8:12 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, gop, romney, martinez

Citing Immigrant Labor Shortage, Alabama Farmers Reduce Planting

"Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the state's crackdown on illegal immigration. Keith Dickie...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 8:09 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, Alabama, crops, farmers

EEOC Stung For Failing To Produce Claimant Immigration Status

"In the latest act of a nearly two-year drama that has played out in both the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Lonny R. Suko gave the EEOC a stark choice in a May...

Published Wed, May 9 2012 1:31 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, eeoc, washington

Stuck Between Choices

"At first glance, Evelyn seems like a normal, 16-year-old American girl. But if you spend a little time with her, as I did recently, you would learn that she is a little smarter and more thoughtful than most people her age. ... Evelyn and her classmates...

Published Sun, May 6 2012 12:38 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, sifuentes

Stephen Sandstrom: From immigration hard-liner to compassionate conservative

"The changing heart of Stephen Sandstrom hinged on meeting a teenager named Sara." - David Montero, Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2012 .

Published Sun, May 6 2012 12:32 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, conservative, sandstrom

Utah Immigration Law Could Hinge on Fate of Arizona’s

"Karen Tumlin, managing attorney with NILC, said HB497 would be unconstitutional because it would require a person to wait while local police verified legal status — even after the original reason for a stop had been resolved by either issuing...

Published Tue, May 1 2012 11:01 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, arizona, utah, sb 1070, hb497