Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

USCIS’ New Citizenship Resource Center

The USCIS has added a new feature to its website, entitled the Citizenship Resource Center. I am impressed by this new service and I’ll tell you why. Back in the 1970s when I served as an INS Citizenship Attorney, I was appalled that the government had no program to help immigrants interested in becoming U.S. citizens. In fact, applicants […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update October 2010

Volume Fifteen, Number Nine Special Message: With increased privacy and security concerns around the inbox, mostly due to viruses and spam, delivering our monthly newsletter to your e-mail address presents many challenges. Sometimes you don’t receive our newsletter. However, if you add our e-mail address to your address book or safe list, this should insure […]

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Latinos Must Show Their Muscle in November

When the economy is in the tank, voters look for a scapegoat.  Back in 2005, when the economy was flourishing (Remember?), the McCain-Kennedy Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill was co-sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of Senators including Republicans like Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Mel Martinez of Florida, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, not […]

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Private Bill Saves Family from Deportation

Sometimes a private bill is the only thing which can save a family from deportation. Jessica Duran and her family had a big immigration problem when they visited me in my office a couple of months ago. The U.S. Court of the Appeals had dismissed their appeal, and they were under a final order of deportation. The […]

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Thai CDC Combats Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery

The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) was founded in 1994 by leading human rights activist, Chanchanit Martorell, on the idea that all peoples have a basic right to a decent standard of living and quality of life. Yet, in the Thai and other disadvantaged communities, people are living in substandard housing and lack access to […]

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USCIS H-1B CAP 2010 Update

What a difference a year makes! Last year, employers submitted over 163,000 H-1B “cap-subject” H-1B petitions during the first week of April, forcing the USCIS to conduct a lottery to select 85,000 lucky winners. This year, the agency received only 63,000 petitions during the first two weeks of April, 43,000 for the general H-1B category, […]

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H-1B Cap Update – Fiscal Year 2011

The USCIS started accepting new cap-subject H-1B petitions on April 1, 2010 for employment commencing on or after October 1, 2010. The general H-1B cap is set annually at 65,000 with an advance degree cap of 20,000 for professionals who have a Master’s degree or higher from a U.S. university. Detailed information is available on […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update September 2010

Volume Fifteen, Number Eight Special Message: With increased privacy and security concerns around e-mail, mostly due to viruses and spam, delivering our monthly newsletter to your e-mail address presents many challenges. Sometimes you don’t receive our newsletter. However, if you add our e-mail address to your address book or safe list, this should insure that […]

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Video – Employers: How to Survive an I-9 Audit – Part II

In this video,Carl Shusterman, a former INS Attorney (1976-82) who has assisted many employers in complying with I-9 audits over the past 30 years, provides advice to employers seeking to minimize their liability under the law. Employers are required to complete an I-9 form for every person that they have hired after November 6, 1986. […]

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Video – Comprehensive Immigration Reform?

On March 13, 2009, the Hispanic Caucus in the House of Representatives sponsored an event in Los Angeles to start the drive for Comprehensive Reform in 2009. The event was sponsored by Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Lucile Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) from the Hispanic Caucus and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) […]

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