Pressing to move quickly to rewrite the nation’s immigration laws, Democratic leaders began setting a strategy to advance legislation as the White House worked to rally business support. Returning to a tactic used in last year’s fiscal fight, administration officials held a conference call with executives of some of the…
Great news today, very important. Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Marco Rubio of Florida and Chris Coons of Delaware have introduced the Immigration Innovation ( I Squared) Act of 2013 which aims to increase the H-1B quota, enhance the portability of existing H-1Bs, increase the number…
Today, President Obama called for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform, saying unequivocally that now is the time for action. He noted that most Americans agree that it is time to “fix the system that has been broken for way too long” and that immigration reform will strengthen our economy and…
Exciting news to many of our readers. Undocumented immigrants would be able to seek legal status without first going home under a compromise framework presented today by a bipartisan group of senators. Here is the framework of a bipartisan group of senators’ immigration reform plan they say will secure the…
What a speech it was. The president used his speech to highlight the controversial issue of illegal immigration, we hope the main focus of the federal government should be on developing a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants to become legal residents, rather than deporting them. The President stated: It…
Over the next few days many articles with a look back on the year’s biggest immigration stories will be published. If you look through the articles I bet you will see one thing in common: illegal immigration issues dominated the entire 2012 just like they did in 2011. Will we…
In the first post-election effort to reform U.S. immigration policy, the House on Friday approved a Republican-sponsored measure, STEM Jobs Act, by a margin of 245 to 139. The bill eliminates the diversity visa program and reallocates up to 55,000 new green cards – the document that establishes legal permanent…
With recent Deferred Action cases getting approved by USCIS, those who are able to get work authorization will also need a social security number. Once work authorization has been approved, a person who has been granted Deferred Action should apply for a social security number directly with their Social Security…
When the Obama administration announced in August a plan to grant two-year deportation deferrals to young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, it sparked anger among some critics who said it was little more than a free pass. Those critics can rest a bit easier now, as…
Currently there is a major difference between US Citizens sponsoring foreign spouses to residency, and Permanent Residents (Green Card holders), that are filing for their spouses. Green card holders married to non-U.S. citizens are able to legally bring their spouses and minor children to join them in the USA, but…