H-1B visas sold out for 2011

The number of petitions for H-1B visas has reached the statutory limit for fiscal year 2011. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Wednesday, January 26, 2011 was the deadline to receive petitions for H-1B visas, which allow U.S. employers to temporarily hire U.S. workers to work in the U.S. in the U.S. for the first ... Read more

President Obama asks Congress to solve illegal immigration problem

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama expressed the need to address "once and for all," the issue of illegal immigration. He called on Democrats and Republicans to reach a fair and political agreement. The president said he is prepared to work with members of both parties to protect the nation's borders, ... Read more

ICE intensifies efforts to audit companies

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it has created a new center aimed at increasing the number of audits of large companies in order to identify undocumented workers. The Employment Compliance Inspection Center (ECIC) will be staffed by a team of professionals who will be responsible for ... Read more

New visa process for Mexicans will be explained on webchat

Yesterday, the manner in which Mexican citizens must apply for non-immigrant visas to the United States changed. To explain what the changes consist of, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico has coordinated a webchat with visa consuls for next Wednesday, January 12, starting at 4:00 pm. The dialogue will be live at ... Read more

Republicans propose denying citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants on temporary visas

At a press conference held today, Wednesday, January 5, coordinated to coincide with the first day of the new federal Congress, five Republican lawmakers introduced two proposals that seek to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. One measure proposes the creation of a new definition of state citizenship, in addition to national citizenship, that would exclude babies born in ... Read more

How to avoid discriminatory employment practices

During the last months of 2010, I exposed a series of problems that several immigrants under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) were experiencing. Among them, employment discrimination. In the following videos I explain how employers should act to avoid discriminatory practices. youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZXTXnsUVpU] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9unD4TcHu8] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9unD4TcHu8]

Illegally terminated immigrant with TPS reinstated

Santos Delacruz Hernandez, who was illegally fired by his company, returned to work today. Thanks to my intervention and the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Hernandez was reinstated to his job. I especially want to thank attorney Jennifer Sultan and investigator Sergio Esquivel of the Department of Justice for all of their ... Read more

ICE deports Argentine ex-police officer accused of human rights violations

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today deported Juan Miguel Méndez, a former Argentine police officer wanted by the Argentine courts as a war criminal. Méndez is accused of participating in torture and extrajudicial executions in clandestine detention centers during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. The Unit of ... Read more

Priority dates for family visas are pushed back

Bad news for those who are waiting their turn to obtain visas through the family-sponsored preference category. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has significantly moved back the priority dates, as indicated in the January 2011 visa bulletin. This means that beginning in January, in many cases, they will have to wait ... Read more

How to report professional misconduct and attorney malpractice

A lawyer must always look out for the interests of his clients, representing them in the best possible way. They must act in an ethical and professional manner. If a lawyer does not return your calls, does not advance your case and suspects that something is wrong, or asks you for exorbitant amounts of money without explaining the costs in detail, ... Read more

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