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Beware the Employer Risks Nesting in President Biden’s Comprehensive...
[Blogger’s Note: Many thanks to my talented co-author, Tieranny Cutler] Beware the Employer Risks Nesting in President Biden’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill By Angelo A. Paparelli and Tieranny...
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What’s Up With USCIS? — An Oops, Yet Still A Promising Start
“Hell is paved with good intentions.” ~ Samuel Johnson To its credit, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the beleaguered Department of Homeland Security (DHS) component...
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Oops No More, USCIS
My last blog post bewailed a notice in the Federal Register that seemed to give the immigration stakeholder community and the public only one day to comment on the practices and operations of U.S....
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A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report...
A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law Violations “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” ~ Mae West The Biden Administration has long...
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Outspoken Changemaker in a Convoluted Maze
Talented artist and good friend, Pat Benincasa, recently invited me to join her in a session of her Filled to Capacity podcast. I hope you enjoy our discussion of All Things Immigration. QUOTES...
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DOJ faults employer for choosing a visa category with lower filing fees
A recent Department of Justice press release announcing a $9,928,000 civil immigration settlement offers a cautionary note to U.S. employers. The facts are not fully detailed and case file is sealed,...
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Let’s Not Kill All the Lawyers — Removing Barriers to Effective Legal...
The famous line from Shakespeare — “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers” (Dick the Butcher, Act IV, Scene II, Henry VI, Part II) — is interpreted in widely divergent ways. My handy AI...
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A New Era in Immigration Law Practice — at Least for This Blogger
I’m thrilled to announce that I have become a partner in Vialto Law (US) PLLC (Vialto Law) – a U.S.-based immigration law firm that opened its doors in March. Operating independently, Vialto Law is...
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America is Losing on Business Immigration
I came to this [position as U.S. Secretary of State] with two very basic propositions, and I’ve seen those propositions, I think, validated by the experience we’ve had over the last three years. One...
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“Imagine” the Improbable: John Lennon, the Supreme Court, and the...
Many happy thoughts and feelings collided in my mind and heart as I read the June 23, 2023 decision of the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Texas. Pleasant Surprise. Few would have imagined that a coalition...
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Telling My Story — the Birth of An Immigration Lawyer
[Blogger’s Note: Readers of this blog may know a little of my family background. Recently, however, the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (CLEL) invited me to “Tell Us Your Story” for...
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USCIS Take Notice: Here’s How to Revise Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of...
[Blogger’s Note: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has invited public comment on its proposal to allow paralegals under attorney supervision to interact with the agency in limited...
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Tipping the Scales of Immigration Justice
Many respected commissions, organizations and individuals have long assailed our nation’s administrative system for procedural fairness in immigration proceedings (including, the Federal Bar...
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Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS “Modernize” the H-1B Visa Program?
On October 23, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the component within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) charged with the adjudication of applications for immigration...
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The top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services...
Mobility leaders in multinational companies face a slew of challenging tasks. Prime among these is working with the corporate procurement department to select the best team of immigration lawyers to...
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USCIS Springs Stormy Weather on Employers Sponsoring Noncitizen Workers
U.S. businesses sponsoring noncitizen workers for employment-based immigration benefits are facing particularly challenging headwinds stirred up by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....
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Forever Wary of the Ides of March
Waking up today before the alarm sounded and reaching for my smartphone, I realized that it is March 15, 2024. Students of Roman history and of Shakespeare know March 15 as the “Ides” (or middle) of...
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