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Latest news related to immigration law in a simple, clear, and interesting manner by a partner in Siskind Susser's Memphis, Tennessee office who specializes in immigration matters in the healthcare and technology industries.
By Greg Siskind

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 17:55:32

OBAMA WEIGHS IN ON SAME SEX IMMIGRATION RIGHTS

Posted on July 10, 2008
It's progress that a presidential candidate even acknowledges that this is an issue.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: FRANKLIN CHANG-DIAZ - ASTRONAUT/PHYSICIST

Posted on July 09, 2008
A reader of the blog gets the credit for this great addition to the honor roll of Immigrants of the Day. Costa Rican native Franklin Chang-Diaz has been a NASA astronaut for 28 years and holds the record for the most space flights by an astronaut (seven missions amounting to 66 days in space)...

CAN MCCAIN HOLD THE HISPANIC VOTE?

Posted on July 09, 2008
CQ Politics has an interesting article that notes that some experts believe John McCain's past immigration positions are helping him hold some of the Hispanic vote that President Bush won in the past two presidential elections. The question is whether he can retain that support as the Obama campaign works to redefine McCain in the eyes of Hispanic voters...

US LABOR DEPARTMENT WAR BY PRESS RELEASE CONTINUES

Posted on July 08, 2008
The Department of Labor's attacks by press release continue today. The Fragomen law firm was joined today by two other high profile players in the immigration bar in facing the wrath of the DOL. Pittsburgh-based Cohen and Grigsby will have all of their labor certification cases run through an arduous supervised recruitment process...

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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: GREG NORMAN - THE SHARK

Posted on July 07, 2008
Australian-born golfer Greg Norman spent a good portion of the 1980s and 1990s as the world's number one golfer. The 53 year old Florida resident made news this week when he married another sports legend - tennis great Chris Evert. Norman's stellar career includes nine wins at the Master's, the US Open, the PGA Championship and the British Open...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: STEFI GRAF - TENNIS GREAT

Posted on July 06, 2008
As I'm watching this morning's Wimbledon men's championship match between Roger Federer and Rafal Nadal, I thought it would be appropriate to honor one who won the tournament many times. Federer is going for his sixth title (though he's just lost the first set)...

HOW TO FIX USCIS

Posted on July 06, 2008
Well, here are a lot of ideas anyway. The Ombudsman's office has prepared its annual report which includes a number of recommendations on how USCIS can better do its job. The report also lays out in great detail some of USCIS' biggest problem areas including poorly functioning IT and terrible backlogs...

GREAT NY TIMES ARTICLE ON STATE BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITIONS

Posted on July 06, 2008
The New York Times has a front-page story by their immigration reporter Julia Preston that is well worth the read. Ms. Preston is one of a small number of reporters that covers immigration on a full-time basis and it really shows in the depth of her reporting...

WILL THIS POST GET MY PASSPORT FILE PULLED?

Posted on July 05, 2008
Apparently, snooping through the passport files of celebrities is all the rage for some voyeuristic US State Department officials. Fortunately, I'm just a boring immigration lawyer about which no tabloid will give a hoot. Are we about to hear that some entrepreneurial DOS official is selling the information to the National Enquirer?

FISH WHEN HE WASN'T AN ATTORNEY

Posted on July 03, 2008
Steve Fischel's good friend Chris Garrison sent a couple of photos he thought folks might enjoy.You might need to click on his Senators team photo to get a better view, but look on the lower right.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: OVIDIU COLEA - LIBERTY MAN

Posted on July 02, 2008
A friend reminded me of a Senate hearing witness from a few years back who was called to testify about his immigrant experience. Romanian-born Ovidie Colea fled oppression 50 years ago and went on to create a very unique business. He is the largest producer of Statue of Liberty replicas in America...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: TRICIA HELFER - SUPERMODEL/ACTRESS

Posted on July 01, 2008
Canadian model Tricia Helfer made the successful leap into the acting world playing robot Number Six on the acclaimed television series Battlestar Galactica on the Sci-Fi Channel. Helfer has been named to assorted most beautiful list including being named #8 in FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the world list for 2008.

US, UK LAUNCH PROGRAM TO SPEED ENTRY OF UK NATIONALS

Posted on July 01, 2008
Smart move.

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: NASTIA LIUKIN - GYMNAST

Posted on June 30, 2008
Russian native Nastia Liukin is one of America's best hopes for winning a medal in gymnastics at the Beijing Olympics. Nastia has won world titles on the balance beam and uneven paralel bars and is a leading contender for an all-around medal. The Texas athlete is the daughter of two Olympic champions, by the way.

HOW FAR APART ARE MCCAIN AND OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION?

Posted on June 30, 2008
The LA Times says not so far apart. But it might depend on exactly how McCain's position is defined. The anti-McCain video below gives a flavor of how the opponents of the Arizona Senator are trying to shape the issue.

CONGRATS, MARGARET STOCK

Posted on June 29, 2008
The American Immigration Lawyers Association honored my friend Margaret Stock this weekend with the Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award. Margaret has led the creation of a wonderful pro bono program at AILA that helps American soldiers facing immigration problems...

FAREWELL, STEVE

Posted on June 28, 2008
The immigration bar lost one of its legends today. Steve Fischel, an immigration lawyer who spent most of his career in senior positions at the State Department. Steve died here in Vancouver where nearly 3,000 of his fellow lawyers and many of his best friends were attending the annual meeting of the American Immigration Lawyers Association meeting...

DOBBS' BEAUTIES

Posted on June 27, 2008
We're honored, Lou. (hat tip to Dan Kowalski for the link)

FRAGOMEN FIRES BACK

Posted on June 27, 2008
I'm at the annual meeting of the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Vancouver this week so blogging is a little lighter than usual. The hot topic here is the Fragomen labor certification audit and a number of Department of Labor officials have been on the hot seat (deservedly so)...

BOY GEORGE DENIED ENTRY TO US

Posted on June 27, 2008
One of Britain's weirder celebrities is denied entry to the US. When I first saw the headlines on this, I assumed there was a drug issue. But the denial stems from pending charges relating to George's alleged false imprisonment of a 28 year old man in the UK.

IMMIGRANT ATHLETES TO COMPETE UNDER AMERICAN FLAG IN BEIJING

Posted on June 25, 2008
The NY Times reports on a long American tradition of sending newly naturalized citizens to compete for the country. Nine immigrant athletes are set to be naturalized in time to compete in Beijing.

MAJOR PRO-IMMIGRATION GOP MEMBER OUSTED IN PRIMARY

Posted on June 25, 2008
Representative Chris Cannon, a good friend of America's immigrants was ousted by a vocal anti-immigration former kicker for Brigham Young University. Guess the opponent got his revenge for being passed up for the NFL by all of those foreign players. Seriously, though, this is a sad day and the GOP's prime example of a Congressman with tolerance is out the door as the party's congressional ranks drift further to extremism.

SUPREME REFUSES TO BLOCK FENCE

Posted on June 24, 2008
The lawsuit was filed by environmentalist groups. Not a shock given the court's general environmental record

A FACE TO PUT WITH THE HIV BAN

Posted on June 24, 2008
A lot of people may not realize that one of the country's most popular political commentators, British-born Andrew Sullivan, is HIV positive. You may know Andrew from his wildly popular Daily Dish blog, his regular op-ed contributions to the Washington Post and the Times of London and his regular appearances on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, CNN and the Chris Matthews Show...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: DAVID ORTIZ - BASEBALL STAR

Posted on June 23, 2008
Congrats to David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox player who has just become a US citizen. The Dominican-born player joined 226 other immigrants from 57 countries who were sworn in as citizens. Ortiz has been to four All-Star games and is the Red Sox all time home run hitter.

IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: COLDPLAY - MUSICAL GROUP

Posted on June 21, 2008
The hottest band on the planet is arguably Coldplay. The four Brits - Chris Martin, Jonny Bucklan, Guy Berryman and Will Champion have just released their latest CD, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, and on June 23rd will kick off a big tour of the US...

HOW DO WE GET RID OF THESE GUYS?

Posted on June 21, 2008
Not everyone deserves a shot at remaining in the US. PARTICULARLY Nazis. Some people might be surprised that we are still trying to deport World War II Nazi war criminals who have had decades of due process. I gave a lecture almost a decade ago about John Demjanjuk, a concentration camp guard who was in the process of being deported...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: HIAM ABBASS - ACTRESS

Posted on June 21, 2008
A few months back I wrote about a new movie that was getting rave reviews called "The Visitor." It just came to Memphis and I had the chance to see it this evening. The movie was an incredibly poignant, beautifully filmed story about immigrants in New York...

STUDENT VISA HUMOR

Posted on June 20, 2008
From the folks at Ph.D. Comics. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

IMMIGRATION MYTHS

Posted on June 20, 2008
My friend Tom Roach dispels some of the more common myths surrounding immigration law. Go get em' Tom!

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