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Washington, DC: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would from today accept receiving petitions for H-1B visa applications -- the most sought after US work visa by Indian IT professionals for the fiscal 2011 beginning October 1, 2010. As ...

The US would start accepting petitions from Thursday for the H-1B visa applications, the most sought after work visa by Indian IT professionals, for the fiscal 2011 without any cutoff date as in the past. As mandated by the US Congress, the fiscal year ...

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[Satellite TODAY 04-01-10] Gilat Satellite Networks received a multi-million dollar contract to deliver a turnkey broadband satellite solution to a Latin American defense agency to be used for border control... ...

Previous Issues Comment Comment: Women In Law The Office of the New President of the New School hosted a panel entitled 'Women and Power: Paths to Prominence from Antiquity to the Present'. To view the podcast which included panelists Hon. Judith S. ...

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As H-1B seekers finalize applications for the 65,000 specialty visas available for 2011, legal analysts point out that the ongoing efforts by the U.S. government to enforce controls and prevent fraudulent practices could keep petition numbers lower and ...

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The following article sets forth President Obama's basic goals and underlying principles for immigration policies and plans under his administration. The White House Immigration - Guiding Principles 'President Obama believes that our broken immigration ...

Emboldened by the passage of health care legislation, Hispanic activists are pressuring the Obama administration and Congress to tackle immigration reform as its next major priority. Community leaders are planning three rallies in Riverside and San ...

ARLINGTON, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading tax attorneys from the United States and Canada will convene April 20, to present an in-depth BNA Tax & Accounting webinar covering a variety of secured lending and tax issues related to ...

USCIS has recognized the public furor surrounding the issuance of its January 8, 2010 memorandum on employer control in the H-1B context. On March 26, 2010, CIS held its second public session on the implications of the memo, this time focusing on ...

A court finds federal investigators acted recklessly the in the aftermath of last year's nationwide bust of an alleged nationwide H-1B scam ring, arresting 11 people in seven states and bringing a 10-count indictment against a New Jersey IT services ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an immigrant's legal right to effective counsel was violated when his attorney mistakenly told him he could plead guilty to drug charges without being deported. The 7-2 decision was a ...

The recently enacted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (the "HIRE Act") imposes new withholding and information reporting requirements on certain cross-border payments. Of note, the HIRE Act: ...

Tribune Newspapers The Supreme Court confronted in two cases Wednesday the stiff federal law that requires deporting all non-citizens from this country, even those who have lived here legally for decades, if they are convicted of an "aggravated felony." ...

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to send National Guard troops to the 'southern border region' between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a report by CBSNews.com. In a letter to Napolitano, McCain ...

(IPS) - More abuses in the U.S. immigration detention system came to light last week when it was revealed that two mentally disabled men continue to be held in detention while facing possible deportation for criminal assault convictions, despite having ...