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Expanding Investments in American Businesses Through the EB-5 Visa Program
February 7th, 2011 by Megan Healy
Posted in: Uncategorized
National Public Radio reported last week on the recent increase in popularity for the fifth employment based visa preference category, or the “EB-5” category. The EB-5 visa category, which Congress created in 1990, is available to foreign investors seeking to enter the United States in order to invest in a business or company that [...]
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Bloomberg Again Argues for Immigration Reform
December 13th, 2010 by Aaron Hall
Posted in: Uncategorized
On December 10, 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented on the country’s need for comprehensive immigration reform at the at the annual meeting of the Partnership for New York City. Bloomberg’s presentation emphasized the economic benefits that would come from immigrant entrepreneurs and the country’s history of immigrant-driven economic strength.
According to an article at www.nytimes.com, Bloomberg has created [...]
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Report: Arizona’s SB 1070 Costs Over $141 Million
November 18th, 2010 by Aaron Hall
Posted in: Uncategorized
A study by Scottsdale-based economic firm Elliott D. Pollack & Co. finds that the boycott of Arizona in the wake of the signing of the controversial immigration law SB 1070 has cost the state $141 million in lost meeting and convention business.
The economic effect of the boycott goes much further than the $141 million lost for [...]
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Justice Department Settles with Hoover Inc. for Unfair I-9 Practices
November 15th, 2010 by Koby Polaski
Posted in: E-Verify, Employer Compliance, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Uncategorized
The United States Department of Justice announced last week that it reached a settlement agreement with Hoover Inc., the well-known manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, over allegations that Hoover imposed illegal obstacles in the I-9 process upon its lawful permanent resident employees.
According to the Department of Justice’s report, Hoover required all permanent residents to produce a new [...]
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Third Circuit Affirms: Hazelton Ordinance is Unconstitutional
November 2nd, 2010 by Linda Shindler
Posted in: Uncategorized
On September 9, 2010 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s finding that Hazelton, Pennsylvania’s “Immigration Relief Act Ordinance” is unconstitutional. The Court found that the section of the ordinance addressing employment contained provisions that went beyond requirements found in the federal legislation. In addition, the local ordinance did not clearly define who was an unauthorized worker. While the [...]
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USCIS to Implement Increased Filing Fees This Month
November 1st, 2010 by Lindsey Lovgren
Posted in: Uncategorized
On November 23, 2010, the new fee schedule for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) application and petition filing fees will go into effect. The new fee schedule was published on September 24, 2010, and shows that filing fees will increase by an average of 10%.
Petitions and applications for businesses will be affected by [...]
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Technology Companies Push for Immigration Reform
October 21st, 2010 by Koby Polaski
Posted in: Uncategorized
Because of its heavy reliance on foreign workers, the technology industry recognizes the importance of immigration reform. Although the industry agrees it should be easier to hire the workers they need, CEOs remain divided on how policymakers should reform the country’s broken immigration system.
Some say that the entire system needs to be reformed, while others in the [...]
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26 Business Owners Engaged in Unauthorized Worker Ring
October 8th, 2010 by Koby Polaski
Posted in: Employer Compliance, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Uncategorized
Twenty-six New York City business owners have been indicted for their involvement in a criminal scheme that smuggled Chinese immigrants into the U.S. to work at restaurants and other establishments.
According to yesterday’s indictments, six of the defendants smuggled immigrants form China to the United States from April through October. Eighteen of the defendants allegedly harbored undocumented [...]
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USCIS Publishes New Fee Schedule
September 24th, 2010 by Amber Blasingame
Posted in: Uncategorized
Effective November 23, 2010, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has increased government filing fees in all benefit categories. DHS proposed an increase in fees on June 11, 2010, and the final rule was published in the Federal Register today, September 24, 2010. The final rule increases most immigration benefit fees by a weighted average of 10 percent. DHS [...]
Colin Powell Urges Path to Legal Status for Undocumented Workers
September 20th, 2010 by Koby Polaski
Posted in: Dream Act, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Uncategorized
In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed his opinion regarding many immigration-related issues. Powell focused his interview, however, on the benefits provided by undocumented immigrants, economic and otherwise.
Powell recognized immigrants as the force moving the United States forward, and specifically credited them as performing essential work in the [...]
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