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Businesses Stand To Gain From Immigration Reform
Recent bipartisan discussions in Washington offer an encouraging sign that Congress intends to address the limitations of our business immigration system. Significantly, the political momentum for comprehensive immigration reform comes as employers scramble to prepare for the dreaded H-1B cap...
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Meeting Employment Verification Obligations In A Climate Of Increased Enforcement
In fiscal year 2012, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), the agency responsible for investigating and enforcing compliance with immigration laws in the workplace, set a record for the highest number of employer audits to date. The number of employers investigated peaked...
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Immigration Legislation: Moving Forward After The Election
In the aftermath of the presidential election, both political parties took a close look at the demographics of the electorate and reached the same overarching conclusion regarding immigration legislation: the time is more than ripe for legislation to fix our flawed immigration system. But as...
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Immigration Reform Prospects For 2013
Editor: Why is it likely that the new Congress will address immigration? Cooper: Virtually all observers were expecting that if he won a second term, President Obama would come under a great deal of pressure to make a second-term push to fulfill his first-term promise to pass immigration reform...
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Immigration Reform: Striking While The Iron Is Hot
On November 6, 2012, the people of the United States reelected President Barack Obama. Almost immediately, Republicans and Democrats alike began their post-election analysis of the electorate and came to the same conclusion: With 71 percent of Hispanics supporting the President and his pro-...
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The Supreme Court Speaks Out On Immigration
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background, especially your time as General Counsel of INS, before joining the Fragomen firm. What areas of immigration law do you presently cover as a member of the firm? Cooper: I've spent almost all of my professional career in immigration law,...
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Immigration Legislation in the Lame Duck Session? Yes
Once the hard-fought Presidential and Congressional elections are over and winners have been declared, attention will rightfully focus on the new Congress (and perhaps Administration) that will take office in January. President Obama and Governor Romney presented voters with divergent plans for...
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