Immigration Law

Recent Posts

Memo to Immigration Reformers: 'First catch your [EB-5] hare!'
Posted on 11 Feb 2013 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"[A]s everyone knows, Congress, the White House and the pro- and anti-immigration advocacy groups are busy arguing the pillars of immigration reform: border security, employment-based visa reforms, a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants... Read More

The President Has Spoken - Can DHS Make the Immigration DREAM Come True?
Posted on 18 Jun 2012 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"The task now falls to the Homeland Security Department's immigration components, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to review the anticipated flood of cases for deferred-action... Read More

Video: Angelo Paparelli on Why and How More Open Immigration Regulations Can Boost the U.S. Economy
Posted on 30 Nov 2011 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"Nowadays, whenever we hear about immigration in the news it is almost always a result of controversy over new and extremely strict immigration regulations. Of course, we’re talking about regulations like the ones in place in Arizona... Read More

Immigration's Hobgoblin: A Foolish Inconsistency
Posted on 14 Nov 2011 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"When is consistency a virtue and when is it foolish? In matters migrational, consistency is virtuous when it leads to predictable and uniformly equitable results, when it achieves harmony and a general perception of even-handedness among stakeholders... Read More

Angelo on Obama, jobs, vegetables
Posted on 12 Dec 2011 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"Imagine if he looked back among the weapons of his and every American boy's childhood and pulled out his lowly pea shooter . Rather than appease , he could shoot peas -- fresh green orbs of power in the form of executive orders that he alone... Read More

Angelo Paparelli: Journalism's Immigration Challenge
Posted on 17 Oct 2011 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"Immigration, perhaps more than any other subject, challenges professional journalists. The law is complex, obscure and difficult to understand and even harder to explain. Immigration procedures are varied and the decisions of courts and bureaucrats... Read More