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The Supreme Court held that the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which mandates E-Verify and permits the suspension or revocation of business licenses for knowingly employing unauthorized workers is not preempted by federal immigration law.

Today at 1:30ET, President Obama will speak about immigration reform from El Paso, TX. His speech will be a slight change of topic for the media. All last week the headlines ran that the world is much safer now that Osama bin Laden is no longer alive.

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Last week, President Obama hosted a White House meeting with 70 national leadersincluding Mayor Bloomberg, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Sharpton, evangelical leader Leith Anderson and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, among othersto discuss the challenge of fixing our broken immigration system. Think anything will happen?

As of April 7, 2011, approximately 5,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 4,500 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

The gov't may not arrest H-1B employees for whom timely-filed extension applications remain pending. The decision in El Badrawi v. United States, correctly recognized that a federal reg that allows H-1B employees to continue working for 240 days pending the adjudication of their extension apps, and that work authorization is part and parcel of their authorization to be in the country, not a separate matter.

USCIS recently issued guidance on the definition of "same or similar occupational classification" for purposes of portability under 106(c) of AC-21 now INA 204(j). Eleven years later, after large numbers of individual have used portability, we are still trying to figure out the meaning of the law.

Come on People...How about them Phils!!

221(g) refusals at a Consulate are simply a blanket statement that you have not proven eligibility for a visa. It does not necessarily mean that you will not get the visa. It is being used as a way to request additional evidence particularly from employers pursuant to the Nuefeld Memo. If you are applying for a visa, have all your documents in order.

Prince George's County Public Schools fined $1.7 Million Dollars by DOL as a result of H1B violations, requiring teachers to pay H1B fees bringing their annual wage below the prevailing wage.

The court upheld the BIA’s determination that the physical presence of Petitioner’s mother could not be imputed to her for purposes of qualifying for cancellation of removal under INA 240A(b)(1). (Saucedo-Arevalo v. Holder, 3/29/11) 9th Circuit case.

Opening Day is finally here! 96 plus wins for the Phils this year!

According to USCIS a decline in EB-1 numbers will result in more EB-2 availability. Based on govt calculations, that would mean that at least 12,000 additional numbers will be available to the EB-2 category. This will allow an advance for the India EB-2 cut-off date for May.