by Jeremy Jennings | Feb 19, 2007 | Immigration Law Blog
February 19, 2007 One of the recently-enacted provisions of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act has had a serious and probably unintended impact on the immigration process. The intended immigration impact was to prevent U.S. citizens who had been convicted...
by Jeremy Jennings | Jan 24, 2007 | Immigration Law Blog
January 24, 2007 2007 may be the year that comprehensive immigration reform finally succeeds. President Bush again called for comprehensive changes in his State of the Union address last night and, ironically, he found a more receptive audience among the Democratic...
by Jeremy Jennings | Dec 18, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
December 18, 2006 The two-month 2008 Diversity Visa Lottery registration ended on December 3, 2006, and the U.S. Department of State reports that 6.4 million people applied for the approximately 55,000 available immigrant visas. Winners will be randomly selected by...
by Jeremy Jennings | Dec 14, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
December 14, 2006 On Tuesday U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 1,300 meat processing workers who were employed by Swift & Company facilities in six different states. ICE targeted Swift & Company after becoming aware of an alleged...
by Jeremy Jennings | Dec 11, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
The lame-duck Republican Congress did not completely ignore immigration in its last days. Congress passed measures to 1) extend a program that offers 500 non-immigrant visas for nurses working in medically unserved areas, 2) extend a program that placed...
by Jeremy Jennings | Dec 1, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
December 1, 2006 The unauthorized practice of law has long been a problem in the area of immigration, but it is a problem that is beginning to receive greater attention by the state of Tennessee. Because much of immigration is form-based (though the forms alone are...