Two anti-immigration bills on the docket in Wisconsin could have serious trickle-down effects on the state’s famed dairy industry and force many workers to abandon the region, a rights group has warned. The proposed measures prompted nearly 50,000 people to protest across the state on Thursday, shuttering business and emptying […]
By Josh Gerstein A federal appeals court is wrestling with the question of whether the government should be forced to make public the names of immigration judges accused of misconduct either on or off the job. A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit heard arguments for nearly an hour Tuesday […]
By: Delisa Bressler The H-1B filing season for new petitions starts on April 1 and lasts for only five business days. H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. […]
Maybe it’s understandable that immigration reform remains stalled in Congress during an election year. And that the fate of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration before the U.S. Supreme Court remains unclear, especially in the aftermath of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. But lawmakers in virtually every state in […]