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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Provides Opportunities for President, Republicans, High-Tech Companies, Labor Unions

by Stephen Roberts, Steven Valentine | K&L Gates LLP on 4/3/2013

With the current Congressional focus on discretionary spending and revenue issues surrounding Sequestration, it may seem like little attention can be paid to other policy reforms. In comprehensive immigration reform,...more

IMMIGRATION CLIENT ALERT: Congress Seeks to Reform Agricultural Worker Visas

by Shaoul Aslan, Kristin Wells | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/26/2013

For nearly two decades, Capitol Hill has debated ways to provide a stable workforce for American farmers through immigration reform. Proposals have largely targeted reforms to the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program, which gives...more

Immigration Alert: Immigration Reform Discussions Underway in Washington

by Shaoul Aslan, Kristin Wells | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/25/2013

In the weeks since President Obama and the Senate’s bipartisan Gang of Eight both announced their set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform, a heightened debate of how reform will come to fruition has taken hold...more

Immigration Reform: Comparing the Senate Proposal with the White House Proposal

by Diane M. Butler | Lane Powell PC - Immigration Law on 2/1/2013

This week, both President Obama and the Senate announced frameworks for comprehensive immigration reform. The following is a comparison of key elements in each of the plans....more

What the Lame Duck Will Look Like if Democrats Retain the White House

by King & Spalding on 10/10/2012

If President Obama is reelected, expect Democrats to argue that they have a mandate to extend certain of the tax breaks for those making under $250,000 while letting the tax cuts expire for those on the upper income end. In...more

Siskind's Immigration Bulletin – October 25, 2010

by Gregory Siskind on 10/27/2010

1. Openers; 2. ABCs of Immigration Law: H-2A Temporary Agricultural Visas; 3. Ask Visalaw.com; 4. Border and Enforcement News: ICE says no opt-out for local jurisdictions, Immigration audits of employers increase, Deportation...more