Immigration Reform Makes Sense for U.S. Economy
…passed, $66 billion in new revenue would have been produced over ten years from income and payroll taxes, as well as administrative fees, which would have more than offset any…
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Senate Committee Debates W Visas and E-Verify on Day Three of Immigration Bill Mark-up
…the Senate committee approved on Thursday: Hirono 4: To provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for…
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New ABA Study Documents Serious System-Wide Problems in the Removal Process
…cases per year (of which only 178 involve hearings) and Social Security Administration administrative law judges decide about 544 cases per year.) Given the overwhelming case load and the lack…
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Immigrant Mothers Are Filing Claims for Monetary Compensation in the Wake of Family Separation Crisis
…children migrating to the United States. The policy has had widely documented traumatic and enduring effects on parents and their children. Immigration advocates filed six administrative complaints on Monday against…
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Better Immigrant Integration Leads to Economic Growth
…survey of 31 European and North American counties, U.S. naturalization fees “are now higher than in 25 of the 30 other MIPEX countries. Half ask for just normal administrative fees…
Read MoreSen. Menendez Aims for Lame Duck, Urges Advocates to Focus on Policy of CIR 2010
…subject to a sentence of one year or more (there are more generous waivers and exceptions than in the past, however). The ability to challenge denials in administrative and judicial…
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Presidential Proclamation Bars Certain Students and Researchers From China
…applicants for the possibility that technology will be transferred illegally. For years, consular officers have placed visa applications into administrative processing if they needed an assessment from State Department headquarters…
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Immigration Expert Exposes Legal Flaws in Anti-DACA Lawsuit
…would undermine the legality of administrative practices that have existed since at least the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. As Martin points out, under Kobach’s theory:…
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States Sue Over President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action
…Administrative Procedure Act by exceeding his authority and rewriting immigration laws to contradict priorities Congress adopted. In fact, President Obama used his executive authority to provide temporary fixes for certain…
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Following State of the Union, President Obama Needs to Follow Through on Immigration Reforms
…recommendations. Although these ongoing administrative reforms don’t fit tidily into the overarching vision of immigration policy the President laid out in the State of the Union, following through on them…
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