In recent years the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Labor have significantly increased the frequency and number of site visits. These site visits are conducted to review foreign national employees specifically to ensure that the employer is complying with all immigration regulations and specifically that they […]
Author: Foster
By Delisa Bressler – Special to the American-Statesman In February, Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced a bill that would radically change our legal immigration system to one more closely resembling the Canadian system. President Trump’s recent announcement of his support for the bill, now called the […]
City of Austin employee sentenced to year in prison for sham marriage to gain U.S. citizenship
2 Aug
by Foster, on News
By Katie Hall – American-Statesman Staff A city of Austin employee was sentenced to a year in prison for marrying a man back in 2011 for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship, federal officials said Monday. Nancy Chan, a 39-year-old British citizen, was convicted in January of conspiracy to […]
Amid calls from attorneys general to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, new analysis shows that the Lone Star state stands to lose about $6 billion annually should DACA disappear. The DACA program grants temporary legal status and a work permit to certain undocumented immigrants who arrived in […]