At President Obama’s signing ceremony for the JOBS Act last week, White House guests slapped high fives with bipartisan glee. They came to the Rose Garden to help “Jumpstart Our Business Startups,” as the new law’s title optimistically promises to do. With pen in hand, the President joined in the merriment, observing that it’s not
Powdered Wig Immigration with the Lawyer as Potted Plant
Many thoughts rushed through my mind as I read the heartening headline to a press release issued January 19 by the American Immigration Council (“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Takes Steps to Improve Noncitizens’ Access to Legal Counsel“).
What did USCIS do to improve access to lawyers? Did it instruct the agency’s Fraud
The DHS Inspector General Report on Fraud Detection at USCIS: Pious Immigration Baloney
The historian said to the venture capitalist, “Let’s drop the pious baloney,” as each sought the highest office in the land. No, this post is not the set-up to a joke, except perhaps a nod to the risible circular firing squad that the GOP presidential candidates have formed.
And it’s not about a sliced
Power-Mad Career Immigration Bureaucrats Cry Wolf, Spook DHS Leaders
Immigration stakeholders howled with joy this week over an announcement by Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and the DHS agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), about the forthcoming publication of a new immigration regulation.
Usually, the intention to publish a rule is no cause for huzzahs. But this Notice of Intent
Telling Immigration Stories: It’s Not Just about Code Sections
From the first prehistoric evenings sitting around campfires, humans have been telling stories. Heroic myths, fairy-tale fables, oral histories — all have been seared into heart and memory through the power of narrative. Civil and criminal trials are merely stylized forms of storytelling. Journalism’s hook, theatre’s Sturm und Drang, reality television’s sour and sweet confections —
Missive from Mumbai: Why Are U.S. Immigration Agencies Attacking India and Hurting America?
At least when it comes to India, Yogi Berra had it wrong. It’s not déjà vu all over again.
Blogging this weekend from my hotel room in Mumbai, I vividly recall my first trip to India in 1993. Invited as part of an American Bar Association delegation, I spoke in New Delhi on “Nonimmigrant Visa Options for Computer
Entrepreneurs in Immigration Residence Are Set to Occupy USCIS
The Occupy Wall Street movement began with a poster, a word cloud, a QR Code and three lines of text:
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET
September 17th. Bring tent.
Steve Jobs launched his massively successful “Think Different” rebranding campaign for Apple in 1997 with a TV commercial and this script:
Immigration’s Defining Moment — Do You Know Employment When You See it?
With all the political hoo-ha about the need to prevent rascally businesses from employing unauthorized workers intentionally, the public ought not be faulted for assuming that the concept of “employment” under immigration law is clearly defined. Sad to say, but the assumers give life to the maxim that when we consider facts not in evidence
Immigration, Cheesy Style
[Bloggers Note: Today’s offering is a Guest Post by Nici Kersey, who recounts memories as a child and their lasting impact, even on her practice of immigration law. For a similar recollection of government handouts from my childhood, click here.]
Government Cheese
by Nici Kersey
My first memory of “the government” involves government cheese. My
A Decade after 9/11: The Fear of Lax Immigration Enforcement Still Haunts America
Today, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist savagery of September 11, 2001, the nation pauses to remember the fallen and reflect on how our country has changed in the decade past. PBS and The New Yorker offer worthy contemplations on the changes since 9/11 and today, and two immigration lawyers, Cyrus Mehta and Jonathan Montag
