August 2010

The lawsuit against the Arizona immigration law aside, Obama has devoted nearly all his efforts on immigration to ramped up enforcement, and his administration is on track to deport a record number of illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects the number of...

While President Obama has moved away from the controversial workplace raids that characterized the Bush era of immigration enforcement, the Obama administration has ramped up audits on employers that hire illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is now relying heavily on civil complaints...

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 Law 111-230 requires the submission of an additional fee of $2,000 for certain H-1B petitions and $2,250 for certain...

A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Council on International Personnel (ACIP) highlights the enormous contributions that highly skilled immigrants make to the U.S. economy. The report, entitled Regaining America’s Competitive Advantage: Making Our Immigration System Work, rebuts the simplistic claims...

An important aspect of our legal representation of clients involves attending adjustment of status interviews in connection with an I-485 application filed simultaneously with a marriage based I-130 Petition. During a recent interview, the couple was separated, most likely due to a difference in age...

Our client had a pending I-485 application for adjustment of status based upon a grant of asylum that had been pending at the USCIS Nebraska Service Center for approximately 5 years without adjudication. When USCIS does not adjudicate an application for benefits within a reasonable...