Controlling
Alien Admission - Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based
Visas - Labor
Certification - Effectiveness
Most aliens in two employment-based
classifications, the EB-2 and EB-3 classifications,
must obtain labor certifications as a prerequisite
to the issuance of their immigrant visas. It is important
that these aliens understand the scope and duration
of their certifications and that they understand the
potential effect of certain changes to the certifications
before the immigration process is complete. More...
Grounds
for Removal - Public Charge
Grounds for removal - Generally More..
The Development, Relief,
and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM)
The Development, Relief, and Education
for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) is a federal law
proposed in the United States Senate that would change
current immigration laws to be more favorable to aliens
who were minors and who have been educated in the
United States. The U.S. House of Representatives has
proposed a bill along the same lines, and it is called
the Student Adjustment Act. More...
Controlling Alien Admission
- Immigrants - Coast Guard Migrant Interdiction
Recently, the United States Coast Guard
was made a part of the newly created Department of
Homeland Security. Part of the Coast Guard's mission
is the interdiction of migrants attempting to enter
the U.S. by sea and the general enforcement of immigration
law at sea. More...
Methods of Acquiring Citizenship
- Location of Birth
In the mid-1800s, the United States
Congress first passed formal legislation ensuring
that those born in the U.S., with two minor exceptions,
were citizens. Soon thereafter, Congress passed an
amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that
those born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject
to its jurisdiction were citizens both of the U.S.
and the state of their residence. This rule is generally
universal, but there are a few exceptions to it, as
well. More...
