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

Owner, managers of Mo. firm indicted for defrauding customers by selling immigration forms available for free from the government

"Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner and two managers of a Sedalia, Mo., business have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud consumers who

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 10:39 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Organized crime members plead guilty to visa and marriage fraud charges

"Two members of an organized crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges for their participation in a scheme to recruit illegal aliens to work in adult entertainment clubs controlled by "La Cosa Nostra." The guilty pleas are a result

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 10:16 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Tenacious lawyers, Supreme Court ruling help free Texas immigrant

"Naz's attorneys kept searching for ways to keep him from being deported, eventually deciding to challenge the original drug conviction. Eventually, a Cook County district attorney agreed to reopen the case when Naz's attorneys cited a 2009 Supreme Court

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 10:02 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Stumbling through Parallel Immigration Universes

"We pride ourselves on our diversity and tolerance, our freedoms of thought, religion, press and assembly, and our American Dream mythology. Yet all around us we see behaviors and attitudes toward immigration -- even in the same individuals -- that are

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 9:56 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Rwandan woman to stand trial in N.H. on immigration charges

"A federal courtroom in New Hampshire is about to become a laboratory for analyzing the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and whether a Manchester immigrant played a role in it. Prosecutors say 41-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi of Rwanda lied on applications to enter

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 10:32 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Split Decision on Nebraska Immigration Law

"Though a federal judge struck down a portion of the controversial Fremont, Neb., immigration ordinance Monday, the wrangling is not over. Both sides claimed victory. Though U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp threw out portions of the ordinance

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 9:53 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

ICE delivers hefty fines for I-9 paperwork errors; a 'money grab'

"Mike Weir remembers the summer day that federal immigration agents came to his small lightning protection company nestled among cow pastures in Katy and asked to review all of his company's hiring paperwork. Weir said he knew what auditors would soon

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 8:51 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

I am America: Latino immigration transforms a Kansas town

"Out on the broad west Kansas prairie the tiny farm town of Ulysses is undergoing a quiet revolution. About 15 years ago Ulysses, like many small rural communities, was slowly dying as the town's youth grew up and left, seeking greater opportunities elsewhere

Published Mon, Feb 20 2012 10:09 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

The Future of a Generation: How New Americans Will Help Support Retiring Baby Boomers

"When it comes to the impending retirement of the baby boomers, U.S. policymakers must think beyond the current economic downturn and look at the decades that will follow. In doing so, they must recognize two fundamental truths about the economics of

Published Mon, Feb 20 2012 9:45 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Mentally ill immigrants deported without representation

"The government holds, on average, more than 30,000 immigrants with unresolved status in detention on any given day. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials do not know how many are mentally disabled, but class-action attorneys estimate as many

Published Sun, Feb 19 2012 7:03 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

DHS Nonimmigrant Admissions Statistics

"This OIS Fact Sheet provides an indication of the impact by displaying trends in nonimmigrant admissions compared to trends in the number of individuals admitted each year during 2001–2010." - DHS, Feb. 2012 .

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 6:36 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

New Blog: Immigrant Worker Justice

"NELP’s Immigrant Worker Justice Project works at the intersection of labor law and immigration law. We seek to expand and defend the labor rights of all workers, and to ensure that immigrant workers can assert their labor rights in a climate of equality

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 6:32 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

'Is This Alabama?' Documentary Pushes For HB 56 Immigration Law Repeal

"Not all Alabamians support the state's HB 56 immigration law, explicitly designed to drive undocumented immigrants out of the state. In a new series of videos, Director Chris Weitz, the man behind the film "A Better Life," documents some of the reasons

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 6:40 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

A Mexican Immigrant’s Act of Honor

"While Arizona’s single brief Civil War skirmish at Picacho Peak between the Texas-led Confederates and Union soldiers from California, on April 15, 1862, is annually taken out of mothballs for celebration, perhaps the state’s most enduring story of honor

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 8:53 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

DREAM or NIGHTMARE? Why Congress Should Reject a Military-Only Version of the DREAM Act

"Problems with a military-only DREAM Act range from the practical to the philosophical. For example, Representative Rivera’s bill would require people to enlist within nine months; otherwise they would lose their eligibility under the bill. The bill fails

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 8:50 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski