My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
"Most startups and small firms lack human-resources departments to handle the complex paperwork, and the funds to cover legal expenses associated with hiring someone under the program. Only about 30% of applications for H-1B visas make it past the preliminary stage of the process, the bulk of which are filed by startups and small employers, according to immigration data analyzed by the Brookings Institution, a Washington research group. "Doubling or tripling the cap does nothing to fix this," says Michael Koeris, the founder of Sample6, a three-year-old Boston firm that produces biotech food-testing kits. He says the firm, which has 20 employees, has given up on recruiting H-1B workers because the risks of an application being rejected are too high." - WSJ, Aug. 22, 2013.