Archive for September, 2017
Trump Issues a New Indefinite Travel Ban on both Previously Designated and New Countries
On Sunday, September 24th, Trump issued his third and most severe travel ban, this time calling for an indefinite ban on entry into the United States of foreign nationals from designated countries. Rather than a 90-day ban, like the previous versions, Trump has put an indefinite ban in place again on foreign nationals from countries […]
USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Some H-1b Petitions
Premium processing is a service provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to ensure expedited processing of immigration petitions. For an additional filing fee of $1225, USCIS promises to make an initial decision on a case within 15 calendar days. If USCIS issues a request for evidence, they are allowed an additional […]
The Reality of “Getting in Line”
This piece is written by one of our paralegals, Maria, who as a documented immigrant, offers a perspective on the great difficulties faced by those who are undocumented. I am a documented immigrant. By some, I am praised because I “did things the right” way and didn’t “jump the line.” However, these statements are really short sighted and reflect an incomplete […]
Trump Phases out DACA: The Facts
Before I comment on the ridiculous statements of Attorney General Jeff Sessions (“the compassionate thing is to end the lawlessness [of DACA]??]) and the cowardice of ending such a benign program that extends relatively little rights to a group of young people who deserve so much more, I want to get the facts out regarding what […]
A Look at Our Broken Guest Worker Program
Most people recognize that labor shortages are a major cause of a large undocumented population in this country, but the extent to which our broken guest worker program contributes to this problem is largely unknown. Our current non-agricultural guest worker program is limited to 66,000 guest workers annually, an exceedingly small number given the size of our economy and our labor needs. The […]