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Immigration - April, 2015

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• Visas Dispute Shuts TruGreen Workers Out Of $1.2M Wage Deal
• USCIS Site Change Ruling Could Harm Businesses, Attys Say
• 5th Circ.'s 'Stop-Time' Ruling Viewed As Overly Harsh
• House Bill Would Lift Green Card, H-1B Caps For STEM Grads
• 8th Circ. Urged To Restore H-2B Carnival Workers' Wage Row
• Ex-DHS Atty's Discrimination Claims Gutted
• DHS Deputy Rebuffs EB-5 Program Favoritism Claims
• DOJ Says DACA Ruling Bolsters Its Case In Arpaio Appeal
• Q&A With Kirton McConkie's Jacob Muklewicz
• Q&A With Michael Best & Friedrich's Jose Olivieri
• Calif. Bill Floats Work Permit Program For Immigrant Farmers
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Deportation Of NJ Money Launderer
• Fired Custodian Asks High Court To Review Nat'l Origin Suit
• Justices Skeptical Of 5th Circ.'s Duck Of BIA Tolling Order
• Jackson Lewis Adds Houston Immigration Shareholder
• Racehorse Training Co. Fined Over I-9 Form Violations
• For-Profit School Execs Cop To $7M Visa, Loan Fraud
• 5th Circ. Affirms Immigrant Can Be Removed Under 'Stop-Time'
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Paul Virtue
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Sean Hanagan
• DHS Loosens Reins On Foreign Student Dependents' Studies
• Family Detention Under Review, DHS Secretary Says
• New H-2B Regs Hold Some Hurdles For Small Businesses
• 5th Circ. To Hear Immigration Action Arguments In July
• Plaintiffs Seeking Attys For Immigrant Kids Ask For Do-Over
• Mayors, Biz Groups Issue Guide To Improve H-1B Program
• Reps. Seek Protected Status For Nepal Earthquake Victims
• 9th Circ. Lets Alien Smuggling Conviction Stand Despite Error
• Man Pleads Guilty To Transporting Immigrants In Texas
• Q&A With Mona Shah & Associates' Mona Shah
• Questions Linger Over Immigration Agencies' FOIA Response
• Supreme Court Torn On Same-Sex Marriage
• Let's Get Past The Rhetoric Around Immigration Reform
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's Tara Vance
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• 5th Circ. Won't Ax DAPA Moms' Intervention Bid Just Yet
• Ex-Sheriff Sentenced To Prison In Immigration Conspiracy
• Hotel Says EEOC Lacks Self-Awareness In Mexicans' Bias Suit
• High Court Could Help Immigrants Saddled With Bad Attys
• 7-Eleven Boss Gets 7 Years For Unlawful Worker Scheme
• Immigrant Resort Workers Ask For Cert. In FLSA Action
• 3 Political Fights That Threaten Key Tools For Property Deals
• Farm Objects To Media Notices In H-2A Visa Class Action
• Man Can Move Within India To Avoid Torture, 5th Circ. Rules
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Marcela Stras
• Q&A With Cohen & Grigsby's Ana Maria Mieles
• Border Agent Has Immunity For Teen's Shooting: 5th Circ.
• North Carolina House Passes Bill To Expand E-Verify Use
• Replaced Employees Challenge H-4 Spousal Work Rule
• DOJ Tells High Court 5th Circ. Fumbled BIA Deportation Ruling
• Center Threatened Detainees Over Hunger Strike, Suit Says
• Migrant Workers Fight To Keep HR Co. In Discrimination Row
• 5 Questions To Watch At High Court Marriage Arguments
• DHS, DOL Say They Are Close To Issuing New H-2B Visa Rule
• 5 Issues Financial Services Industry Employers Must Face
• Q&A With Epstein Becker & Green's Jang Hyuk Im
• Q&A With Quan Law Group's Alexandre Afanassiev
• DHS Has Final Say To Initiate Deportation, 10th Circ. Rules
• College Profs Tell 8th Circ. To Nix Gay Marriage Ban Appeal
• Rep. Reintroduces Bill To Allow Immigrants Into Military
• Immigration Attys Sue CBP Over 'Sluggish' FOIA Responses
• NY District Blocked Refugee Kids From High School, Suit Says
• Bill Would Speed Up Visa Process For Foreign Med Students
• Senate Confirms Lynch As Attorney General
• 1st Circ. Lets Stand Order To Produce Logs In Visa, Wage Suit
• Q&A With Snell & Wilmer's Manuel Cairo
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Sarah Flannery
• Mandatory E-Verify Bill Introduced in Senate
• Golf Resort Fights Paying H-2B Workers New Prevailing Wage
• 27 Charged In Florida Marriage, Immigration Fraud
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Senate Passes Stalled Anti-Trafficking Bill After Deal
• Immigration Atty Decries 'Kafkaesque' FOIA Fight With USCIS
• Supreme Court Rules FTCA Time Limits Can Be Tolled
• Q&A With Epstein Becker & Green's Robert Groban Jr.
• Q&A With Nelson Mullins' Sarah Buffett
• Farms Seek $1M In Fees From EEOC In Thai Worker Suit
• Seyfarth Partner Says L-1B Visa Guidance Fell Short
• J-2 Visa Statute Inconsistently Enforced, Malian's Suit Says
• 7th Circ. Grants Petition For Mongolian Man's Asylum Bid
• US Citizen Accused Of Marriage Fraud Agrees To Plea Deal
• Flimsy Evidence Sinks Gov't Denial Of Legal Resident Bid
• Sens. Reach Deal On Anti-Trafficking Bill, Lynch Vote
• Q&A With Vorys Sater's David Cook
• Q&A With Fried Frank's Karen Grisez
• Evidence Wrongly Barred In Asylum Case, 9th Circ. Rules
• 5th Circ. Args May Signal Deference To Executive Action Block
• OSC Issues Letter On Texas E-Verify Executive Order
• DHS Not Following Obama's Immigration Directives, AILA Says
• Au Pair Companies Want Out Of J-1 Visa Wage-Fixing Suit
• How To Prepare A Successful L-1 Visa Petition
• Film Co. Jumped Summary Judgment Gun In $45M EB-5 Suit
• Q&A With Moore & Van Allen's Stephen Hader
• Q&A With Quan Law Group's Gordon Quan
• This Week In Congress: Cybersecurity, Iran, Veto Override?
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• 5th Circ. Grills DOJ, Texas During Executive Action Args.
• USCIS Defends Auto Parts Co. Exec's Green Card Denial
• Rep. Floats Bill On Permanent Residency For E-2 Investors
• Make HHS Answer For Abuse, Immigrant Kids Tell High Court
• Data Entry For H-1B Premium Processing Cases Done Soon
• Signal Trafficking Plaintiffs Seek Judgment On Liability
• EEOC Seeks $19.5M Judgment In Worker Trafficking Suit
• Class Cert. Sought In Case Over Attys For Immigrant Kids
• Trump Agency Blasts Model's Opposition To Dismissal Bid
• Q&A With Stinson Leonard's Renee Mueller Steinle
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Jacquelyn Maroney
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• USDA Would Administer H-2A Visas Under Proposed Bill
• No Immigration Changes In Major Trade Bill, Official Says
• Publix Pushes For Sanctions In Racial Discrimination Suit
• Vineyard Gets Immigration Case Do-Over After Mailing Mix-Up
• Q&A With Akerman's Tom Raleigh
• Undocumented Workers Can Add $2.2B In Taxes, Report Says
• Stay On H-2B Rule Termination Extended By 1 Month
• Ex-NBA Player Laughs Off Judgment Bid In $45M EB-5 Suit
• GOP Reps Demand USCIS Audit Over Immigration Policies
• Anti-Trafficking Bill Stalls Again, Leaving Lynch In Limbo
• Q&A With Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• H-1B Site Change Ruling Spells Trouble For IT Employers
• Signal Says It Has No Record Of 2 Plaintiffs In Trafficking Trial
• Costco Sued Over Innocent Customers' Arrest, Jailing
• Tata Hires South Asians Over Americans, Suit Says
• 1st Circ. Won't Rehear Conviction Tied To Rwanda Genocide
• 9th Circ. Upholds Injunction In Ariz. Traffic Stops Case
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• White House Task Force Lays Out Immigrant Integration Plan
• Blinded Tyson Worker Says Immigration Status Is Irrelevant
• Feds Say Judge Mistook Obama's Immigration Action Remarks
• Q&A With Carr Maloney's Tina Maiolo
• Drop From Terrorism List Hastens Opening Of Cuban Market
• ACA Far From Fully Meshed With Immigration Law
• DOL Urges 11th Circ. To Allow Reinstatement Of H-2B Rule
• 3rd Circ. Denies Bisexual Guyanese Immigrant's Asylum Bid
• 18 Immigrants Charged With Using Fake IDs To Get Jobs
• DOL Floats New Rule For H-2A Workers In Herding Jobs
• EEOC Returns Fire Against Hotel's Sanctions Bid
• ICE Head Grilled On Removal Priorities, Family Detention
• No More Deportations Based On Allegations, AG Holder Says
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Anton Mertens
• Immigration Judges Ordered To Consider Conditional Parole
• San Antonio Bakery Fined For I-9 Violations
• Judge Keeps Alive Battle Over Attys For Immigrant Kids
• Number Of H-1B Petitions Filed This Year Likely A Record
• 5th Circ. Reveals Panel In Row Over Immigration Action Stay
• BALCA Says Volvo Blunder Dooms Engineer's Labor Cert.
• Four In Texas Sentenced In Human Trafficking Scheme
• USCIS Expands MyE-Verify Services To Entire US
• USCIS Must Pay Atty Fees After Hotel Co. Wins H-1B Visa
• Q&A With Proskauer's David Grunblatt
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• This Week In Congress: Taxes, Budget Resolution And Iran
• DOL To Target H-2A Violations In Okla. Farm Industry
• Architecture Firm Denied Time Extension In H-1B Visa Dispute
• DHS Lags On FOIA As Immigration Records Requests Spike
• Which Lawmakers Will Take The Reins On Immigration?
• DACA Ruling Relevant To Executive Action Row, DOJ Says
• 5th Circ. Affirms Enhanced Sentence For Mexican Felon
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• DHS Inspector Releases Emails Behind Visa Investigation
• 3rd Circ. Says 3-Year Detention Violated Immigrant's Rights
• Q&A With Klasko Immigration Law Partners' Ronald Klasko
• Fake Marriage License Alone Not A Bar To Visa, AAO Rules
• AAO Clarifies Visa Petitions' Definition Of 'Doing Business'
• Farm Workers Win Class Cert. In Suit Over H-2A Visa Jobs
• 2nd Circ. Sends Immigrant's Removal Denial Back To BIA
• AAO Says H-1B Work Area Changes Require New Petitions
• Sens. Push For Probe Into Possible H-1B Visa Abuse
• Gov. To Pay Plaintiffs Attys $105K In Immigrant Kid Row
• Horse Stable Loses Bid To Pause Trainer's Visa Denial
• Q&A With GrayRobinson's Casey Wolff
• NYC Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Green Card Scam
• Despite Stay, Similar Ruling A Good Omen For Obama Policy
• Rwandan Woman Wants Full Court Review Of 1st Circ. Opinion
• Carnival Co. Paving Way To Contact Wages Class, Court Told
• USCIS Seeks Input On Visa Beneficiaries' Participation Rights
• Pakistani Immigrants Sue USCIS Over 4-Year Petition Delay
• 1st Circ. Told PR Won't Drop Marriage Ban Despite Promise
• Immigration Courts Told To Give Priority To Violent Individuals
• 3rd Circ. Nixes USCIS Rule For Religious Worker Visas
• Q&A With Carothers' Richard Green
• EB-5 Program: An Alternative Financing Source
• Judge Denies Obama's Bid To Lift Hold On Immigration Plan
• 5th Circ. Axes ICE Agents' Suit Challenging DACA
• AFL-CIO Backs Obama's Deferred Deportation Order
• Calif. Democrats Unveil Bills To Protect Immigrants
• USCIS Reaches H-1B Visa Cap For Fiscal Year 2016
• AAO Grants Visa To 'Extraordinary' Avian Expert
• ACLU Seeks Gov't Policy On Abortions For Young Immigrants
• 'Show Me Your Papers' Questions Won't Go To Ariz. Top Court
• Tech Union Slams DHS Bid To Expand Foreign Student Visas
• Q&A With Polsinelli's Jeffrey Bell
• Woman Roped Into Border Crossing Plot Can't Avoid Removal
• Deportee Can't Cite Padilla To Nix '07 Plea: Conn. High Court
• Engineer Loses Suit Seeking Permanent Resident Status
• Detention Of Asylum Seekers Contrary To Past DHS Policy
• Mayors Call For Immigration Policies To Move Ahead
• High Court Won't Hear After-Acquired Evidence Use Appeal
• BALCA Sinks Bid for 74 Temporary Harvesters
• Q&A With GrayRobinson's Nicolas Watkins
• Mont. Highway Patrol Settles Immigrant Group's Profiling Suit
• NY, Dallas Had Most H-1B Approvals In 2013, Report Says
• BALCA Sinks Landscaper's Bid For 50 Workers Over Pay Range
• GOP Rep. Targets White House Salaries Over Immigration
• Q&A With Cornell Law School's Stephen Yale-Loehr
• DAPA Moms Ask 5th Circ. To Speed Up Intervention Appeal
• Beck Redden Atty Urges Justices To Ax Deportation Appeal
• Ex-NBA Player, Others Want $45M EB-5 Suit Axed
• 9th Circ. Denies Petition To Rehear Burglar's Removal Decision
• 15 States Urge High Court To Uphold Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• Sens. Seek DHS Records Over Employee Noncompliance
• USCIS Hits H-2B Cap For Fiscal Year 2015
• 7th Circ. Says BIA Ignored Key Bad Atty Claim In Asylum Case
• DOL Expands Visa Certification For Immigrant Victims
• DOJ Thumbs Its Nose At Immigration Judge's Bias Case
• Morris Polich Snags Labor Atty To Grow Las Vegas Office
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Nelsy Gomez
• Heated Carnival Co. Wage Row Sent To Mediation
• Union Slams Wal-Mart For Alleged Overuse Of H-1B Program
• Farm Co. Must Pay $146K In Temp Worker Wage Probe
• Signal Can't Duck Trafficking Claims In Texas
• Mandatory E-Verify Must Come With Ag Fixes, Lawmakers Say
• Stronger Economy Means More H-1B Petitions For 85K Slots
• Q&A With Fragomen's Mitch Wexler
• Ex-Maine Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Visa, Marriage Fraud
• Arpaio Wants Redo Of Privilege Ruling In Traffic Stops Case
• EB-5 Center's Boss Must Cede Assets In SEC Row: 5th Circ.
• DHS Doesn't Have To Hand Over More Docs In FOIA Request
• 2nd Circ. Won't Hear Salvadoran's Torture Appeal
• Nebraska Asks 8th Circ. To Reinstate Gay Marriage Ban
• Auto Co. Says Court Allowed Hearsay In National Origin Row
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Out Appeal Of Illegal Re-Entry Sentence
• So Your H-1B Petition Is Not Selected — What Now?
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider