immigration

Appeals court keeps immigration policy on hold

Appeals court keeps immigration policy on hold Lyle Denniston writes at SCOTUSBlog: Under the policy, some 4.3 million individuals who entered the country illegally and remained without permission would be given a status of “lawful presence” in this country — well short of citizenship, and with no …

US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletes

US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletesThis is fascinating, especially with immigration such a hot topic recently.

Seldo's Tumblr: Another awesome US immigration experience

Seldo’s Tumblr: Another awesome US immigration experienceseldo: So a little over a month ago I finally got my green card. So for the first time in 7 years of living in the US and periodically leaving it to visit my family, I wasn’t terrified that my visa documents wouldn’t be in order and I’d …

Councilman Kenney Bashes Immigration Laws

Councilman Kenney Bashes Immigration LawsPhiladelphia Councilman James Kenney made the following comment at the Restaurant Industry Summit, quoted by Randy Lobasso at Philadelphia Weekly's PhillyNow blog: After 9/11, everyone became a ‘terrorist’—including that Mexican guy on a bike going from his …

US Is Bleeding High-Skilled Immigrants

US Is Bleeding High-Skilled ImmigrantsGregory Ferenstein, writing at TechCrunch about Vivek Wadhwa’s latest research: Nearly a quarter (24.3 percent) of engineering and technology companies had at least one foreign-born founder; in Silicon Valley, it’s nearly half (43.9 percent). Nationwide, …