[Blogger’s Note: Today’s post comes from the prodigious and talented Careen Shannon, a frequest guest blogger and blogger in her own right, who is Of Counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. Careen Shannon
Prosecutors, Aim Your Weapons — Targeting Fraud upon Immigrants
[Blogger’s note: Today’s post is authored jointly by Angelo A. Paparelli and Ted J. Chiappari with editorial assistance from Olivia Sanson. It is reprinted with permission from the August 28, 2013 edition of the New York Law Journal. © 2013 ALM Properties Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. The authors thank
Immigration Mystery Revealed: The Occult Process behind Nonimmigrant Visa Waivers
[Blogger’s note: Today’s post is by guest columnist, John Klow. John is one of the most knowledgeable private citizens who understands the inner workings of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In the post below, John elucidates the often opaque, behind-the-scenes process whereby an individual who is found inadmissible to the U.S. may apply for
Immigration Voices – Careen Shannon: “Edward Snowden and the Politics of Asylum”
[Blogger’s note: Our guest blogger today is Careen Shannon, Of Counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. Careen Shannon and Austin Fragomen blog about immigration issues at Fragomen on Immigration. She writes to offer a
Guest Blog: “Objection! (To Wearing Suits, Growing Up, and Immigration Law in TV and Film)”
[Blogger’s note: Today’s post comes from the prolific keyboard of Nici Kersey, a friend and colleague whom I number among the best in I-9 and E-Verify compliance issues. She writes about our shared reluctance to grow up (as I write this, I’m singing my anthem — a certain song from the musical, Peter
No Longer Illegal, But Still An Alien
[Blogger’s Note: Our guest blogger today is Careen Shannon, who is Of Counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. This is an updated and condensed version of an article Careen wrote for the online magazine Salon.com.
A New Immigration Recipe: Specialty Chefs Need a Dream Act Too!
[Blogger’s note: Today’s guest blog is by my friend and scholarly colleague, Nathan Waxman. Nathan revisits an issue he first considered eight years ago in this space when he bemoaned the increasingly poor quality of ethnically authentic food in New York City, and laid the blame upon our immigration laws. Having suffered through several
Guest Blog: All I Got for Christmas Was a Crumb-y Immigration Compliance Checklist
[Blogger’s Note: Today’s post brings a bit of holiday cheer from my colleague and I-9 expert, Nicole (“Nici”) Kersey. I want to publicly thank her for allowing me a Christmas break from blogging, and for the delicious chocolates.
Also, there’s still time to nominate Immigration’s Winners and Losers for the 2012 Nation of Immigrators
Immigration D-Day for DACA: Get Protection!
[Blogger’s note: Tomorrow, August 15, 2012, is perhaps as momentous to DREAMers as D-Day, June 6, 1944, was to The Greatest Generation. The invasion of Normandy marked the end of World War II in Europe and the fall of a tyrannical Nazi regime that made mincemeat of the rule of law.
Though the comparison may seem
Hot from Miami: Four Fresh and Seasoned Immigration Reform Proposals
[Bloggers note: Today’s guest column is co-authored by two shining stars in the immigration firmament, Roxana Bacon and Esther Olavarria, who offer four innovative proposals for immigration reform conceived by their law students at the University of Miami Law School. The post is longer than usual but well worth your time.
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