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USCIS SEEKS TO UNIFY FAMILIES FASTER
- January 6, 2012
- Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform, Obama, Waivers
1 CommentThe American Immgration Council reports that the administration today has taken an important step toward fixing one of the most notorious problems with our broken immigration system—the 3 and 10 year bars. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it was filing a notice of intent to change a rule which
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Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012
- December 25, 2011
- Category: 245(i), Border Security, Deportation, Dream Act, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Morton, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Reform, Secure Communities, Sheriff Arpaio, Start Up Visa Act
Here is my Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012:
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Romney: Immigration Flip-Flop
- December 2, 2011
- Category: Gingrich, Immigration Reform, Romney
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently made a complete Flip-Flop on Amnesty.
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New Immigration Bill: Buy House, Get a Visa
- October 24, 2011
- Category: Immigration Reform, Senator Schumer, VISIT-USA Act
Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.
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Transcript of Secretary Napolitano’s Remarks on Smart Effective Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
- October 5, 2011
- Category: Border Security, DHS, Immigration Reform, Napolitano, Secure Communities
Here is the full transcript of United States Secretary of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Secretary Janet Napolitano’s Remarks on Smart Effective Border Security and Immigration Enforcement on October 5, 2011, at American University:
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Startup Visa Act Looks Towards Senate
- October 4, 2011
- Category: EB-5, Immigration Reform, Startup Visa
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), along with Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.), have reintroduced legislation to drive job creation and increase America’s global competiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs secure visas to the United States.
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Highlights of Zuckerman’s Article, “Why Math and Science Education Means More Jobs”
- October 4, 2011
- Category: brain drain, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas, Immigration Reform, STEM, Zuckerman
Mortimer B. Zuckerman in his recent U.S. News & World Report article argues that we have to 1) Welcome more talent, and 2) Grant more visas
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Romney’s Early Positions on Immigration
- September 9, 2011
- Category: Dream Act, H-1B Visas, Immigration Reform, Perry, Romney
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are the leading candidates to become the Republican nominee for the upcoming Presidential Election. The issue of immigration reform will be an important one in the months leading up to the Presidential Election. Mr. Romney has taken some early positions on Immigration and I examine them here.
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Rebuttal To Forbes Article “To Create Jobs, Streamline The Issuance Of Visas”
- August 11, 2011
- Category: Immigration Reform, Labor Certification, Mehta, Nowrasteh, Reform, Tabarrok
Alex Nowrasteh, a policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, argues that allowing skilled foreigners to work in the U.S. will boost entrepreneurship, and outlines the steps Congress should take to attract and retain these workers.
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“The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform”
- July 25, 2011
- Category: Immigration Reform, Senate Committee
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security entitled “The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform” for Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.