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An unusual news report circled the Internet this week. Apparently, a cancer patient from Singapore was detained for four hours after he tried to enter the United States and immigration officials were unable to obtain his fingerprints. Why were officials unable to obtain fingerprints? The man’s cancer treatment had caused his fingerprints to disappear. To … Continue reading “Lost your Fingerprints? Immigration Requires a Doctor’s Note” Continuing his push to improve U.S. relations, President Obama recently announced that it sought to renew talks with the Cuban Government to establish a legal mechanism for allowing Cuban immigration to the United States. Obama’s announcement follows last month’s decision to remove certain restrictions on family visits to Cuba. Both of these moves are welcome … Last week, CBS Evening News featured a report by Seth Doane about an all too common occurrence – the forced relocation of U.S. citizen children to foreign nations due to their parent’s deportation from the United States. This story brings a personal touch to the problem by focusing on one particular family from Texas, and … Continue reading “CBS News Reports on U.S. Citizens Forced to Live Abroad” On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the immigration case Flores-Figueroa v. United States. It is not often that the Supreme Court addresses immigration law cases and many in the immigration community followed this case closely as it involved a law widely used by ICE in combating unauthorized work by … In tune with President Obama’s primetime comments, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a revised worksite enforcement initiative overview that can best be described as a stern warning to employers of unauthorized workers. The overview explicitly states that ICE will focus its efforts on employers and will use both criminal and civil penalties … Last week President Obama nominated Alejandro Mayorkas as the new Director of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (“USCIS”). Mr. Mayorkas, an attorney, brings an impressive resume to the position, including once being the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation. Born in Cuba, Mr. Mayorkas hopefully brings a first hand understanding of the problems that … Continue reading “Obama nominates Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services” Testifying before a Senate subcommittee, former Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan said that immigration reform was “badly needed” and that the United States should allow more skilled and unskilled workers into the United States. Greenspan’s testimony also emphasised that an increase in workers into the United States would improve America’s work productivity while only slightly … |
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