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Immigration/Immigration Law

Director Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Takes Cut @ Immigration

September 6, 2010

Source: The Huffington Post
By Miles Mogulescu
Entertainment attorney, writer, and political activist
Robert Rodriguez–like his good buddy and frequent collaborator Quentin Tarentino–sure loves his pulp fiction fiction and his B-movies. In a both an homage to, and hilarious send-up of, ’70’s B movies, there are more limbs severed and blood splattered in “Machete” than in the best [...]

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States Now in Our Doghouse

September 6, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
The following states are now in our doghouse: Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
Why?
Because all joined in solidarity this weekend to file a “friend of the court” legal brief in support of Arizona’s immigration [...]

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Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, French Style

September 6, 2010

Just in case you thought anti-immigrant sentiment existed only in the United States, here’s a vid about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s crackdown on immigrants in France, which, like here, has drawn fire from its countrymen.

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Immigration FAQ: F-1 Visa Stamp, H-4 Pending

September 6, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: I have been on H-4 for almost three years now, and starting my MS (on H-4 status itself) in the Spring. But now I want to change to F-1 for personal reasons. I have the following doubts. request your clarification:
1. [...]

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Immigration Study Exposes Anti-Immigrant Cockroaches

September 2, 2010

By Brad Bernstein
President, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Amid all the hysteria these days about the alarming number of illegal immigrants, the fiery rhetoric about how America’s border states are being overrun by Mexican drug dealers, the fingers of blame pointing squarely at immigrants for stealing jobs and ruining the economy, along comes this [...]

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Immigration FAQ: Green Card Compliance for Employers

September 2, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: Some of our employees’ green cards have been filed. Their projects have ended. They are working on H-1, but possess EAD and have I-140 approved and I-485 pending more than 180 days. If we revoke their H-1, are we still required [...]

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Mexican Soap Actress Accused of “Sham Marriage”

September 1, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
We have constantly advised you to tell the truth and nothing but the truth to immigration officials – and that includes the subject of marriage.
When it comes to immigration and gaining U.S. citizenship, marriages should be bona fide, loving unions, NOT a [...]

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Immigration FAQ: H-1 Holder Applying for H-4 Visa

September 1, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: My wife has been in U.S. for six months on H-1 and is going back to India. In India, if she applies for H-4, will it be necessary to carry any paystubs generated during her stay in US on H-1? [...]

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CBS Poll’s Disturbing Stat on AZ Immigration Law SB 1070

August 31, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Brace yourselves.
And be prepared a bit of nausea.
The latest CBS poll found that 59 percent of Americans view Arizona’s SB 1070, the immigration bill that allows Arizona to prosecute immigration violations, as “just right,” while another 14 percent think the bill [...]

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U.S. Files New Suit on Ariz. Immigration Issue

August 31, 2010

Source: Washington Post
The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities, saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.
The suit against the Phoenix area Maricopa Community Colleges was filed less than two months after [...]

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Muslims Fight “Rising Tide” of Fear Mongering w/Online Video

August 31, 2010

With anti-immigrant sentiment raging through the country these days and anger reaching the boiling point because of the possibility of a Muslim community center being built near Ground Zero in New York’s downtown Manhattan, a Muslim group called “My Faith My Voice” has launched an online video to fight back against “the rising tide of [...]

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Immigration FAQ: From Tourist Visa to Student Visa

August 31, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: I entered the U.S. three months ago on a visitors visa. I have been staying with my aunt and cousins. My aunt told me that if I wanted to go to school, I could stay with her. I have a high [...]

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Silence on Immigration Talk: Calm Before Storm?

August 30, 2010

By Brad Bernstein
President, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Have you noticed something odd since last Tuesday’s primary, which voted back in Arizona Sen. John McCain while sending a clear message to, if not slapping upside the head Florida Attorney General and governor wannabe Bill McCollum?
It’s become, in the words of Simon and Garfunkel, [...]

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In Fla, Primary Loss Shows Limits of Immigrant Bashing

August 30, 2010

Source: Huffington Post
By Frank Sharry
Founder and Executive Director of America’s Voice
In Florida, Bill McCollum’s Primary Loss Shows Limits of Immigrant Bashing
While most analysis of immigration politics has focused on Arizona lately, both parties should take note of the results of last Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in Florida. In states with a significant Latino presence, [...]

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Wyclef Jean Talking about his Immigration

August 30, 2010

Haitian-born Wyclef Jean talking about his immigration.
[...]

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Immigration FAQ: Employer’s Responsibility in H-1 Process

August 30, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: We are small business firm with a few H1-B workers.
1. Do we need to file a separate labor petition whenever a H1-B worker moves to an different project location?
2. We are having difficulty finding project for one of our h1b [...]

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Immigration FAQ: Fake Green Card & Marriage to a US Citizen

August 27, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Question: I am a U.S. citizen and have a good job. My boyfriend of nie years came here on a visitor visa in June 1996. I just found out that he is using someone else’s social security number with that person’s name [...]

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Truth Held Hostage: Dissecting Lies about Kidnapping in AZ

August 27, 2010

Source: Immigration Policy Center
In their never-ending attempts to score cheap political points by demonizing unauthorized immigrants, proponents of Arizona’s
anti-immigration law (SB 1070) never miss an opportunity to perpetuate the myth that “Phoenix is the number two kidnapping capital of the world.”
Not only is this claim patently untrue, but it ignores two inconvenient facts.
First, [...]

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Immigration Hall of Shame List – The Huff’s and Ours

August 26, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
We positively adore this Immigration Hall of Shame list offered by Amy Novack, the Executive Director of Immigrant’s List (IL), a bipartisan political action committee dedicated to fair and meaningful immigration reform, in The Huffington Post:
1 – Former State Assemblywoman Sharron Angle [...]

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Birthright Citizenship Under Siege in Not Just US but Israel

August 25, 2010

Source: The Huffington Post
By Eli Y. Adashi
One cannot help but note an eerie similarity between the birthright debates raging in the US and the State of Israel. Both nations are badly in need of resetting their immigration policies in the face of a rapidly globalizing flat planet. Both must face up to the reality that [...]

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