Immigration Law Community

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1	Julie Myers Wood Discusses Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law	3339
2	LexisNexis® Emerging Issues Law Community Podcast featuring Dan Kowalski of the Fowler Law Firm on the Arizona immigration law	2927
3	Ann Allott on Grassley Amendment Allowing E-Verify for Existing Employees	2802

Halt America's Decline, Welcome Skilled, Entrepreneurial Immigrants

"One wonders how the US has an immigration system dominated by quotas, which also micromanages the employer and foreign national worker, when it espouses free market capitalism. Such a system is more reminiscent of one that could have been designed by

Published Fri, May 25 2012 12:24 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Colorado Sheriff Turns Undoucumented Domestic Violence Victims Over to ICE

"An undocumented immigrant detained by immigration authorities after being arrested in a domestic-violence incident — in which she was the victim — is speaking out because she doesn't want others to go through the same ordeal. Virginia Mancinas Urtusuastegui

Published Fri, May 25 2012 12:10 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

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 Stallman

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

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, the Legislature

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

$250K Forfeiture, Guilty Plea in Texas E-1 / E-2 Visa Fraud Case

"A Laredo woman plans to plead guilty to conspiracy to use fraud to help Mexican entrepreneurs get visas that let them live in the United States. Among the tactics used by Emilia Diaz, 41, was taking pictures of the inside of an H-E-B and passing them

Published Fri, May 25 2012 11:02 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Release of the 2011 Human Rights Report

"I’m very pleased to be joined here today by Assistant Secretary Posner to release our 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . These reports, which the United States Government has published for nearly four decades, make clear to governments

Published Thu, May 24 2012 3:59 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Not Coming to America: Why the US is Falling Behind in the Global Race for Talent

" “Not Coming to America: Why the US is Falling Behind in the Global Race for Talent” is a first-ever comparative study of the immigration reforms other countries employ to boost their economies and lure the high and low-skilled workers needed for continued

Published Thu, May 24 2012 8:43 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

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

H-2A Filing Tips, Selected Statistics and Forms

"In a continued effort to assist H-2A employers with preparing their agricultural job orders and applications, the Department has revised the H-2A Filing Tips to alert employers to common filing mistakes which can delay the processing of an H-2A application

Published Wed, May 23 2012 3:22 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and Beyond

"The collection of biometrics—including fingerprints, DNA, and face-recognition ready photographs—is becoming more and more a part of society. Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are in the process

Published Wed, May 23 2012 3:17 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

USCIS Says "Keep Out!" to UPILers Seeking ELIS Access

"The FAQs makes very clear that ELIS is an online tool to be used by very specific, qualified individuals, their attorneys or their accredited BIA representatives. Notarios and “immigration consultants,” as well as other groups, are prohibited from creating

Published Wed, May 23 2012 2:55 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Mom of Deported Teen Runaway Files Federal Lawsuit

"The mother of a teenage Dallas runaway who immigration authorities shipped to South America after she provided a false name has filed a civil rights suit against top federal officials claiming her daughter was illegally detained and deported. Johnisa

Published Wed, May 23 2012 12:16 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Deferred Action Granted in Vermont

"A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve. Japanese immigrant Takako Ueda and her American spouse, Frances Herbert, got word Tuesday that U.S. Citizenship

Published Wed, May 23 2012 12:12 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Father of Five Dies in Arizona Desert after Being Deported

"A Vista man died along the U.S. border with Mexico last month trying to return to his family after being deported. The body of Alfonso Martinez Sanchez, 39, was found on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, his family and authorities said. The reservation

Published Wed, May 23 2012 8:00 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

USCIS Launches Online Immigration System, USCIS ELIS

"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today launched the first phase of its electronic immigration benefits system, known as USCIS ELIS . The system has been created to modernize the process for filing and adjudicating immigration benefits

Published Tue, May 22 2012 1:22 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski