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...
When you pay your bill at a restaurant, you are paying for the food, the employees' wages, the real estate, taxes, and more. But when you settle up at Fogo de Chao, you are also paying for lawyers, judges and bureaucrats to fight over the visa for a chef from Brazil.
In 2010 the Brazilian steakhouse chain petitioned to USCIS for an L-1B (specialized knowledge intracompany transferee) visa to bring a chef to the U.S., as it had done successfully over 200 times before. But this time, USCIS said no. Since then, the case has been on appeal to the AAO, federal district court, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and now back to USCIS. Four years, several judges, many lawyers and bureaucrats. How much did all of that cost both sides?
Check, please.