Exhausted Texas Sheriffs Say No to Arizona-Style Immigration Law

AUSTIN — Illegal immigration isn’t on the short list of issues Texas sheriffs gave this year’s Legislature, but it could end up becoming a new priority for them… Click Here to Read More

January Visa Bulletin

DOS Visa Bulletin for January 2011. Section C addresses advance notification of diversity (DV) immigrant category rank cut-offs which will apply in February. Section D addresses retrogression of family cut-off dates. AILA Doc. No. 10120964.www.aila.org

December Visa Bulletin 2010

CLICK HERE to see the Latest December Bulletin, put forth by the U.S. Department of State.

In California Bid, Whitman Spends but Struggles

 

 LOS ANGELES — Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor in California, passed a milestone the other day, investing $119 million of her own money into her campaign, breaking a record held by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York.

 

 But Ms. Whitman is the latest wealthy Californian to learn that it may take more than money to win an election here, particularly for a first-time candidate confronting a vast and convoluted electoral landscape. With a month to go until Election Day, Ms. Whitman is struggling against a Democrat, Jerry Brown, who, after spending most of his career in public office, had been seen by Republicans as the best opponent Ms. Whitman could have asked for, given voters’ frustration with the state’s dysfunctional government. 

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Dream Act Delayed

For Immediate Release

DREAM Delayed in the SenateSeptember, 21, 2010

 

Washington D.C. – Today, the Senate voted 56 to 43 against proceeding to the Defense Authorization Act. This procedural vote, which basically followed party lines, ends consideration of critical social issues that affect the military and were to be offered as amendments to the bill. Among the amendments not considered is the DREAM Act, an immigration bill that would provide legal status to young people who graduate from high school and pursue college or military service.

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Dream Time

Congress may soon have a chance to repair, in a powerful way, the shambles it has made of immigration. It can pass an amendment to the defense authorization bill due to come before the Senate on Tuesday. The amendment is the Dream Act, an inspired bit of carving from the hugely ambitious, chronically unsuccessful comprehensive immigration reform….

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Separation, Deportation, Termination

By:  MARCIA YABLON-ZUG

“In the context of undocumented immigrant families, fitness is no longer an obstacle to the termination of parental rights. Increasingly, when courts and agencies believe that termination is in a child’s best interest, they will find that a parent’s undocumented status alone is sufficient to demonstrate unfitness. Then, having essentially eliminated the fitness requirement, courts and agencies are able to base termination of parental rights solely upon a best interest of the child analysis. This article explores this increasing phenomenon and explains why it is occurring and why no one has noticed….

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Undocumented Immigrants Giving Social Security, Baby Boomers a Big Boost

By Seth Hoy

Washington Post columnist and Harvard University Migration and Integration Research director,  Edward Schumacher-Matos, recently pointed out what the Social Security Administration (SSA) has known for years—undocumented immigrants contribute to Social Security in a big way. But what surprised Schumacher-Matos was just how much these immigrants contribute…

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DREAM Act Students Testimony – UCLA

 

Kent Wong, Director for Labor Research and Education at UCLA, speaks about undocumented students and undocumented students give their testimony at a Stand up for the DREAM  Capitol Summit in Sacramento in February:  by Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com

USCIS Implements H-1B and L-1 Fee Increase

 

WASHINGTON— On Aug. 13, 2010, President Obama signed into law Public Law 111-230, which contains provisions to increase certain H-1B and L-1 petition fees. Effective immediately, Public Law111-230 requires the submission of an additional fee of $2,000 for certain H-1B petitions and $2,250 for certain L-1A and L-1B petitions postmarked on or after Aug. 14, 2010, and will remain in effect through Sept. 30, 2014.

 

   

 

  

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