The elephant in the room was ignored, or maybe it’s not an elephant at all?
In the buildup to the mid-term elections, there was a lot of talk about US immigration, how the system was broken, what would be done with the thousands of migrants coming across the border illegally, and what America wanted [...]
Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period
An impromptu race for new employment has begun nationwide in the U.S. tech sector. With Twitter, Meta and Amazon all announcing massive layoffs, tens of thousands of workers, many highly skilled engineers, are scrambling for new employment. Most people have [...]
With COVID essentially behind us, what should the U.S.’s policy be towards migrants on the border?
In the twenty years that I have been practicing immigration law, only one topic has remained hot; Illegal border crossings of immigrants, the lack of a coherent government policy to deal with it, and the debate over the effects that [...]
The Madness and Stupidity of Reciprocity and Visa Validity Periods
Recently, the U.S. randomly decided to lower the E-2 visa validity from 60 months to 18 months for Danish citizens. The E-2 visa, one which is used by many entrepreneurs launching U.S. companies as well as existing companies to send [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; An Important Day for Reflection on the Struggle to Achieve Equal Rights in America.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day serves as an annual reminder of what happened in this country, so we don't forget. It is a day for all people who live in the U.S., whether White, Black, Asian, Latino, or any other [...]
A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022
The good news on the U.S. immigration front has been few and far between since Covid-19 shut down the world in March of 2021. It’s hard to fathom all the barriers that the U.S. government created in that lapse of [...]