Immigration Archive » February, 2016

Immigration - February, 2016

165 articles

• NY Judge Vacates Immigration Board's Marriage Decision
• SEC Can't Sink Jury Demand In $136M EB-5 Fraud Case
• High Court Again Rejects Ariz. Sheriff's Immigration Challenge
• 3 New Members Added To Board Of Immigration Appeals
• Jury Finds Former USCIS Officer Guilty Of Taking Bribes
• Texas Fights Bid To Block Immigrant Harboring Law
• High Court Won't Halt Deportation Over Domestic Violence
• High Noon In America: Executive Orders After Justice Scalia
• Polish Man Blasts 10-Year Entry Bar Over Voluntary Exit
• Location Omission Doesn't Doom Application, BALCA Says
• US Citizen Awarded $82K In False Detention Suit
• 7-Eleven Fights 'Overbroad' Subpoena In Bias Suit
• For-Profit School Worker Avoids Prison For Visa, Loan Fraud
• Law360 Immigration Editorial Advisory Board
• Child Rape Conviction Misused To Deny Visa, Couple Says
• DOL Fights Shepherds' Bid For Quick End To H-2A Wage Fight
• Tighter Restrictions Pitched For H-1B Visa Program
• Tech Union Lacks Standing In OPT Row, DC Circ. Hears
• Koch Foods Threatens Visas For Crime Vics, 5th Circ. Told
• Ex-Disney Worker Gives Emotional Account At H-1B Hearing
• 11th Circ. Says Ex-Ship Worker Ineligible For Citizenship
• DOL Judge Orders Back Wages For H-1B Worker
• Citrus Co. To Appeal Wage Damages Award For Guestworkers
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• BIA Clarifies State Requirements For 'Crime Of Violence'
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Case Opposing Court's Bias Analysis
• Law Firm Denied Foreign Consultant Over Wage Discrepancy
• When To Apply For Lesser-Known 'B-1 In Lieu Of H-1B' Visa
• EEOC Beats Sanctions Bid In Farm Discrimination Suit
• New Atty Fee Bid In 9th Circ. Draws Ariz. Sheriff's Ire
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Feds Fight Worker Groups' Bid For Standing In H-2B Suit
• DHS Tells DC Circ. Trial Court Can Keep OPT Rule Alive
• House Passes Bills To Help Stop Terrorist Travel
• House Backs Bill To Sharpen DHS Acquisition Requirements
• Ranchers Say Shepherd Wage Suit Doesn't Belong In Court
• 3rd Circ. Orders BIA To Consider Ebola In Asylum Bid
• Calif. Board Defends Decision To Reject Man With Fake SSN
• 5 Tips For Rocking A Musician's Visa Application
• HHS Unit Fails To Check Care Of Migrant Kids, GAO Reports
• NJ Immigration Officer Accepted Sex And Bribes, Feds Say
• 8th Circ. Denies Review To Haitian Fearing Imprisonment
• Emergency Procedures Start For Backlogged H-2B Applications
• EEOC Says A Jury Needs To Hear Anti-Muslim Bias Case
• Tax Planning Tips For Investors Relocating To The US
• Big Airlines Beat Racketeering Suit Over Mexico Tourism Tax
• New Factors May Change Odds In 2017 H-1B Cap Season
• Sports Agent Smuggled Cuban Baseball Players, Feds Say
• Clinton Sets Immigration As Priority For Her 1st 100 Days
• Hu & Associates Hits Back In Immigrant Investor Suit
• LA Immigration Judge Raised To Assistant Chief Status
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• BALCA Flips 2 Cert. Denials For Project Manager Jobs
• NJ Grower Must Pay For Wage Violations, DOL Judge Says
• Plea Deal Was Misrepresented, Immigrant Tells High Court
• 5 Employer Tips For Managing The New Visa Waiver Program
• Visa-Waiver Limits Expanded To Libya, Somalia, Yemen
• NYC Program Aims To Help Foreign Entrepreneurs Get Visas
• NY Immigration Atty Gets Prison For False Billing Scam
• Kaiser Says Filipino Workers' Bias Suit Belongs In Fed. Court
• Carnival Co. Escapes H-2B Prevailing Wage Claims
• Obama To Talk Commerce, Human Rights On Cuba Trip
• The Colossal Cost Of Poor International Estate Planning
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Appropriations
• 4th Circ. Knocks BIA For Not Recognizing Adoption Order
• Investor Green Cards Imperiled In EB-5 Fraud Case, Court Told
• Pa. Judge Shoots Down Challenges To Asylum Process
• Legal Groups Fight To Keep Ruling Against Family Detention
• American Airlines Seeks To Chuck $120M Muslim Bias Suit
• NY Orthotics Startup Discriminated Against Exec, Suit Says
• Air Force Officer Extended Border Patrol Stop, Justices Told
• Modernizing Labor Certification In The Information Age
• Contractors Must Address Expanding Human Trafficking Laws
• Scalia's Death Likely Bars Precedential Immigration Block
• Fla. House Panel Advances Bill To Block Syrian Refugees
• Steps For Avoiding Unexpected Joint Employment Liability
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• States Passed 26% More Immigration Laws In 2015: Report
• Trump Can't Duck Deposition Over Soured Restaurant Deal
• Reveal Names In Immigration Judge Complaints, DC Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Upends Re-Entry Conviction Over Mexico Depositions
• US, Cuba Ink Deal Bringing Back Commercial Flights
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Ariz. Says ID Theft Law Not Illegal Anti-Immigrant Rule
• Texas AG's Gay Marriage Ethics Row Breaks New Ground
• Ariz. Traffic Stops Plaintiffs Ask 9th Circ. For More Fees
• House Rep. Floats New EB-5 Regional Center Reform Bill
• BigLaw Leader Clinches 2 Pro Bono Wins In 1 Day
• NM Sens. Want Temporary Halt To Some Removal Actions
• Split 9th Circ. Nixes Review Of Indian Man's Asylum Case
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Texas AG Under Investigation For Response To Obergefell
• Tech Union Asks DC Circ. To Nix Govt's OPT Time Cushion
• Sens. Introduce Bill To Provide Immigrant Kids With Attys
• Trump, Univision Settle $500M Suit In Miss Universe Row
• 4 Tips To Ace Your H-1B Petition
• NJ Paralegal Withdraws Guilty Plea In Immigration Scheme
• Vail Resort To Pay $1M Over EEOC Sexual Harassment Claims
• Workplace Discrimination Claims Up In 2015, EEOC Says
• Ex-Cuneo Gilbert Atty Demands Docs In Bias Row
• Conditional Cert. Granted In General Dynamics OT Suit
• 8th Circ. Axes Carnival Co.'s Rehearing Bid In Wage Row
• 7th Circ. Needs To Fix Handling Of Bias Claims, Worker Says
• Ky. Clerk Not Obstructing Marriage Licenses, Judge Finds
• Appeal In Israeli's Asylum Case Came Too Late, 6th Circ. Says
• Chicago City Council Gives OK On $3.1M DOJ Settlement
• Neb. Hotel Exec. Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Hiring
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• What To Know About The US Visa Waiver Program Changes
• NYC Human Rights Agency To Provide U, T Visa Certification
• BIA Says NY Child Endangerment Is Abuse Under INA
• Visa Trouble Could Delay $100M Egypt Bond Trial, Judge Told
• Obama's Budget Holds Out Hope For Immigration Reform
• 'Birthing House' Atty Gets 21 Months For Obstructing Justice
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Hatch, Leahy Introduce Act To Speed Up Artists' Visas
• Farm Workers Urge 9th Circ. To Affirm Class Cert. In H-2A Row
• Shaping The Future Of The EB-5 Visa Program
• Texas Loses Another Bid To Block Syrian Refugees
• 2nd Circ. Revives North Korean Man's Asylum Bid
• DOJ Dings Home Care Co., Poultry Co. Over Document Abuse
• OCAHO Trims $45K From Cherry Co.'s Fine Over I-9 Missteps
• Ex-Atty 'Harassing' Cuneo Gilbert In Bias Row, Court Hears
• Revised F-1 Student Visa Rule Closer To Publishing
• How To Hold On To Foreign Workers After A Merger
• American Samoans Urge High Court To Take Citizenship Row
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Default Issued Against Law Firm In Immigrant Investor Suit
• Some Kids To Get More Time Before Immigration Hearings
• Chicago To Settle DOJ Police Hiring Suit For $3.1M
• DHS Widens Trafficking Awareness Efforts Ahead Of Big Game
• DOJ Seeks To Remove Most Immigrant Kids From Atty Case
• 3 Tips For Dealing With Tricky H-1B Benching Issues
• Florida House Passes Anti-Sanctuary City Legislation
• 5th Circ. Affirms 41-Month Prison Term For Illegal Re-Entry
• Hospital Co. Nabs BALCA Win In Missing Certification Row
• General Dynamics Agrees To Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• OPT Extension Is Hurting Us, Tech Workers Tell DC Circ.
• Goodwill Dodges Hungarian Immigrant's Age-Bias Hiring Suit
• House 'Executive Overreach' Group To Examine Obama Orders
• Workers Settle Claims With Recruiter, Atty In Trafficking Suit
• State Dept. Tightens H-2A Regs For Caribbean Farm Workers
• Law Firm Gets 2nd Shot At Labor Cert. After Formatting Error
• 9th Circ. OKs Rule Limiting Grandfathered-Alien Status
• Senators Demand Reform For EB-5 Investor Program
• Calif. Immigration Attys Sue US For Info On 'Rocket Dockets'
• 11th Circ. Rejects Chamber's Rehearing Bid In H-2B Case
• GAO Says Bids For $460M Immigration Contract Treated Fairly
• LeClairRyan Adds Shareholder To Head Immigration Practice
• Developer Seeks $10M For Software Copyright He Says Is His
• 9th Circ. Asks Gov't If Ariz. ID Theft Laws Are Preempted
• 9 New Immigration Judges Sworn In, EOIR Says
• House OKs Crackdown On Contractors' Human Trafficking
• BALCA Gives Saladworks Franchisee's Job Order Typo A Pass
• Duane Morris Adds Perkins Thompson Banking Pro
• Shepherds Fight Ranchers' Bid To Nix Wage Fixing Suit
• Avoiding Employment Disruptions With E-3 And H-1B1 Visas