The voters have spoken. President-elect Donald Trump is heading back to the White House and majority GOP-control in the Senate has been secured (but House control remains uncertain). Mobility professionals should therefore take immediate proactive measures in the runup to
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A New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let’s Welcome Digital Nomads
There is at least one groundbreaking, low-hanging-fruit solution to modernize U.S. immigration policy for the digital age — one that requires no action by Congress.
David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, and leading immigration lawyers…
Planning for post-election immigration outcomes in a Harris-Walz v. Trump-Vance presidential race
By Angelo Paparelli and Manish Daftari
[Blogger’s note: This article, co-authored by Manish Daftari and me, originally appeared on October 1, here. It is republished courtesy of Vialto Partners.]
Recent developments have upended many of our earlier…
Pound Wise, Penny Foolish ~ Federal Court Affirms Employer Choice of Immigration Filing Fees
Vindication! In dollars and sense.
I blogged last year about a settlement in which the U.S. Department of Justice had alleged under the False Claims Act that a business owed the federal government a legal obligation to apply for a…
Immigration Lollygagging ~ It’s Time for DOL to Act Quickly and Amend the Schedule A PERM Exemption
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14110 on the “Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
EO 14110 included several directives intended to remove immigration-related impediments that make the U.S. less welcoming to noncitizen…
Forever Wary of the Ides of March
Waking up today before the alarm sounded and reaching for my smartphone, I realized that it is March 15, 2024.
Students of Roman history and of Shakespeare know March 15 as the “Ides” (or middle) of March – the day…
USCIS Springs Stormy Weather on Employers Sponsoring Noncitizen Workers
U.S. businesses sponsoring noncitizen workers for employment-based immigration benefits are facing particularly challenging headwinds stirred up by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In a recent article I co-authored with David J. Bier of the Cato Institute, we highlight the…
The top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services should ask their immigration lawyers
Mobility leaders in multinational companies face a slew of challenging tasks. Prime among these is working with the corporate procurement department to select the best team of immigration lawyers to handle the complex needs of hundreds or thousands of noncitizen assignees…
Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS “Modernize” the H-1B Visa Program?
On October 23, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the component within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) charged with the adjudication of applications for immigration benefits and naturalization, proposed in a 94-page, single-spaced, three-column document to “modernize” the…
Tipping the Scales of Immigration Justice
Many respected commissions, organizations and individuals have long assailed our nation’s administrative system for procedural fairness in immigration proceedings (including, the Federal Bar Association, which has proposed model legislation, the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Alliance…