Last week, U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill called the Help Separated Families Act. If voted into law, it would limit a state’s ability to use immigration status to justify separating undocumented parents from their children.
The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy summer. And its most high-profile opinion – that President Obama’s healthcare reforms are constitutional – will be focused on for weeks and months to come. But the Court did more than allow “Obamacare” to take hold. It made a major decision regarding immigration laws, too.
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the Arizona immigration law.
Immigrants face increased scrutiny these days, so it’s encouraging to see the government establish a service that could be helpful in extreme situations.
Our firm was excited to hear Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new plans to help immigrants not only find work, but start their own businesses, too. The mayor believes the initiatives will make Chicago the most immigration-friendly city in the world.
As of May 20, 2011, qualified Iranian applicants for visas in the F, J, and M categories for non-sensitive, non-technical fields of study and research, and their dependents, will be eligible to receive two-year, multiple-entry visas. This is an increase in the current visa validity of three months, single entry.