Entering the H-1B Lottery

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H 1B

The Donald and Immigration Fraud

Politico has raised doubts about Melania Trump’s Immigration Status.  Melania could have come to the US with the special H-1B status for models.  H-1B for fashion models, unlike other H-1B categories, does not require education.  However it does require that the model be famous in internationally, and that she has a job offer.  Therefore Melania’s lie about her education in Slovenia was probably not instrumental. However, the facts as to (1) whether she had a job offer, probably from a modeling agency, before coming to the US and (2) Whether at that time she was a reputed model, can be in dispute.

Added to that, Politico also notes that both Donald and Melania Trump stated that she would return home every few months to renew her visa.  Since most H-1B visas are given for three years, maybe Melania Trump came on a Visitor’s visa (B visa).  Under a B visa, she was not allowed to work in the US.

The H-1B visa would require Melania to work for a modeling agency.  She needed to sign up with the agency before coming to the United States.  Maybe she was free lancing, because my guess is that free lancing models get paid more per job. So she came on a B visa, worked here, and went back to Europe after the job was done, to come back again. The only problem is that the B visa DOES NOT allow her to work in the US. So in this scenario, she committed Immigration fraud.

After the article came out, many left wing pundits are calling for deporting Melania.  Not so fast. She is married to a United States Citizen.  Her “fraud” can be waived (the technical term is 601 waiver) if the US Citizen husband suffers “extreme hardship” if she leaves.  This standard is “Yuge”.  However judging by the number of times Donald has mentioned “sex” in the campaign, not to mention his strong defense of his hand size, I think Donald would claim “tremendous loss” if Melania is deported.

For more information on Immigration, please contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, Annie Banerjee

Solutions for H-1B visa fraud

The H-1B program has been coming under attack lately.  Ted Cruz wants to put a moratorium on H-1B visa. That seems to be the Republican solution to every crisis----stop it and put your head under the sand, and the problem will go away.  Is there fraud in the H-1B program? Yes. But the way to stop it is not through a moratorium.  Assuming that most frauds in the H-1B visa is perpetrated by the computer consulting industry, this blog will deal primarily with the problems pertaining to that industry.

H-1B is the visa classification given to Professional employees to come work in US Companies.  Although all types of professions use this visa, the vast majority of these visas are used by computer consulting companies for computer professionals.  The end user is the place that the computer professional will actually work. Usually these are big companies.  These companies contract out their work, and sometimes the intermediary companies enter into contracts with others.  Thus very often the company employing the H-1B worker has one or more intermediaries between them and the end client.  The petitioning consulting companies (hereinafter petitioner) often change the employees resumes to suit a job, although the employee may not have that skill.  This can be stopped if the end client can have a testing requirement to before accepting someone for the job.  Initially it will be a burden to devise these tests, but then, that will ensure that their work is done in an efficient way. 

But the real problem is that there is a quota of 65,000 visas per year for H-1Bs (plus 20K for those who have US Masters) and there are more than 233,000 petitions filed on the first day in 2015.  So the Citizenship and Immigration Service does a random lottery and the lucky 85 K get in.  Then the Citizenship and Immigration Service takes a long time to adjudicate these cases, and often it’s January of the following year that the employee can get in and start working Thus employers have to calculate their need and apply with projected rather than actual figure.  Since these visas lead to Green Card (Permanent Resident Card), they are coveted by employees. Thus many employees seek employers to enter the lottery. The employees often pay money to the employers to enter the lottery, which is of course against the law.  The employers then file for the H-1B lottery for these employees.  By the time the employee can make it to the United States, the project that was originally applied for has already been completed. 

Do H-1B employees take American jobs?  Please note that the Government fees for H-1B is 1575 to 4325 USD- per individual.  Add attorney’s fees to that.  The Employer has to pay the employee at least the Prevailing Wage, which is often higher than local employees’ pay.  And even if it’s the same wage for three years, its still the same as an American worker.  But we do have computer science graduates in this country. They do not want to lead the lifestyle of the computer consultant. The computer consultant is like a travelling Computer guru, who moves from project to project. They may stay in Memphis for 6 months, followed by Iowa City for 3 mts, followed by Houston for 5 mts. You get the picture.  They cannot have roots anywhere. If they have families, the family has to be positioned in some place, and they usually go back for the week end.  But to make up for it, they work 12 hour days from Monday to Thursday.  It’s just a hard life that Comp Sci grads from this country simply do not want.

Thus the solutions to these problems are:

1.      Do away with the H-1B quota and let the market dictate need:

The market is a much better predictor of demand than an artificial quota.  The quota forces employers to project their need for a whole year and file accordingly.  It also creates uncertainly because of the lottery and creates artificial demand. Very often the petitioner just has one or two big project and file 20 cases, even though the need maybe 5. They hope that at least 5 people get picked.  This of course leads to fraudulent practices.  And there can be no guarantee which employee will be lucky enough to get in.  Without the quota the optimally qualified available personnel, rather than the lucky personnel will get the job.

2.      Create a system whereby the HR director of the end user has to verify the employment of the employee 

The Department of Labor, to end fraud in the Labor Certification program established a system where the Company has to verify that the Labor certification is a real job that does exist in the Company.  The Citizenship and Immigration service is testing an employer verification system. But they need to create a simple program whereby the system sends out an e mail asking if this job exist.  The adjudication (which needs to be done fast) will proceed upon a yes answer.  If the e mail is fraud, then the petitioner will be barred from using the H-1B program again, and the end user will pay a fine.

3.      Do Away with Control and Simeio issues: 

The Obama administration created complex and useless rules to curb H-1B fraud which do not work.  In 2010, the Citizenship and Immigration Service issued a memo that said these professional employees need to be “controlled”.  The Government tried to say that if the petitioner does not control the employee, then they are not the Employer.  The Government then proceeded to introduce this requirement ONLY to the computer consulting industry, and not to the healthcare industry, which employ the same model.  Just a simple e mail from the end user should suffice.  The “control” issue goes into the business model of this industry, over which the Citizenship and Immigration Service does not have jurisdiction.

Similarly in a 2015 case, Simeio, the ruling was that if an H-1B employee changes job location, the employer has to file an H-1B petition.  As mentioned above these H-1B employees change job locations very frequently. Thus the Immigration Service is inundated with the H-1B petitions. The Government is taking almost a year to adjudicate these petitions.  By then the employee has moved three times, making the adjudication of two of these petitions moot and a waste of time. 

These two measures are quixotic and serve no purpose other than to harass employers and make attorneys rich.  In order to curb fraud, the system should be made simple, hassle free and fast to keep pace with the for profit industry. Otherwise the Immigration code will quickly grow into something like the tax code, complex and filled with loop holes. 

For more information, please contact Houston Immigration Attorney, Annie Banerjee

H-4 Work Permit

H-4 Work Permit

1.      Who can get the work permit?

Spouses of H-1B. The H-1B individual needs to have: (1) and Approved I-140 and (2) Maintain his or her H-1B status.

The H-4 person needs to also maintain his or her H-4 status

So this is not spouses for recent arrivals who just has H-1B and has not started the Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) process yet.  Note L-2 can apply for work permit immediately upon entry into the US.

2.      When can the H-4 apply  ?

Starting from May 26, 2015.  Citizenship and Immigration Service will reject applications filed before this date.

3.      Is this a sure thing?

This is under the Executive Action which is being currently challenged in Court. So this is not 100% sure. To date Citizenship and Immigration Service has not released any new forms or regulations

4.      Documents: These would probably be the necessary documents

1.      Copy of marriage certificate (with English translation)

2.      Copy of children's birth certificate, if any

3.      Copy of H-4 approval and/or Visa page

4.      Copy of H-1B spouse’s H-1B approval

5.      Copy of H-1B spouses I-140 approval

6.      Three Recent paystubs of H-1B spouse

7.      Two passport size pictures of H-4 Employment Authorization Document applicant

Please contact Houston Immigration Attorney, Annie Banerjee for more details

Work Permit for H-4

1. Who can get the work permit?

Spouses of H-1B. The H-1B individual needs to have: (1) and Approved I-140 and (2) Maintain his or her H-1B status.

The H-4 person needs to also maintain his or her H-4 status

So this is not spouses for recent arrivals who just has H-1B and has not started the Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) process yet.  Note L-2 can apply for work permit immediately upon entry into the US.

2. When can the H-4 apply ?

Starting from May 26, 2015.  Citizenship and Immigration Service will reject applications filed before this date.

3. Is this a sure thing?

This is under the Executive Action which is being currently challenged in Court. So this is not 100% sure

For more information contact Houston Immigration Lawyer or Annie Banerjee

My hopes for Immigration in 2015

Watching Immigration reform is like watching a soccer match.  You feel like its going to happen, you get a goal, you cheer, you hold your breath, and then, the opportunity slips out from under your fingers.  So you gear up again, and repeat.  After about the sixth time, you give up.

I have been watching Immigration reform since the McCain Kennedy bill since 2007.  That bi partisan bill by Senators John McCain ( R ) and then still alive, Senator Ted Kennedy (D) was an excellent comprehensive bill, addressing both the legal and illegal immigrants.  But that bill, and subsequently most bills died in either the Senate or the House.

Obama’s Immigration Executive Action is similarly bipartisan.  I hope it is implemented.  But Immigration has become just a political power play with no basis in it.

Republicans, aside from hoping that President Obama will leave no lasting legacy, assumes that most illegal immigrants won’t vote Republicans.  The assumption is that just rich people vote Republican.  But people vote with their social ideology rather than with their fiscal ideology.  Thus Republican ideals of pro life or even anti gay marriage will resonate with religious conservatives Latinos.  Red states are not the rich ones.

Similarly Democrats assume that Business immigrants won’t vote Democrat.  But Silicon Valley is solidly Democrat, so are most PhDs, or rich entertainment personnel.  They espouse the more liberal social values.

I don’t believe that Comprehensive Immigration Reform will become a reality in 2015. But I am really hoping that Obama’s Executive Action will go through, and that Citizenship and Immigration Service will promulgate regulation to make it a reality very soon. 

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer , Annie Banerjee for more details

A quick Summary of Obama's Executive Order on November 20, 2014

1.     Class of people benefited:

A.    People without status:

·        Are you the parent of a United States Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident

·        Are you in the US continuously for the last 5 years-----ie from January 01, 2010 or before

·        Are you a person who entered as a child (before age 16) and before Jan 01, 2010 and graduated high school---no matter what age you are now---DACA will be expanded to people older than 31

·        Not in removal proceedings

·        Do not have criminal records

B.     What you need:

·        Passport

·        Birth certificate of USC or LPR children with parents names on it

·        Documents to prove continuous residence from January 01, 2010. These documents re:  paystubs and W-2s, doctor’s prescriptions with your names , school records, driver’s license from US if you have any, US Bank account showing activity for the past 5 years, any marriage

·        School records and graduation certificate or GED certificate if filing under expanded DACA

·        Filing fee $ 465/-

C.     What you will get:

Work permit for 3 years which you can use to get a Social Security Number and Driver’s License

You will not get a Green Card (Permanent Resident Card)

2.     Class of people benefited: People with legal status going through the Employment based Immigration System:

Note: The Democrats don’t like you guys and therefore will probably take forever to promulgate regulations. But below are the Proposals:

1.      Expanding the subjects for STEM OPT extension

2.     Issue guidance for National Interest Waiver. Right now some officers use the same standard as the Exceptional category only

3.     Start ups and Entrepreneurs ---who don’t have enough for National Interest Waivers, but who has secured US venture Capital will be able to come and work in the US with a parole.

4.     L-1B s are now impossible to get. Hopefully this will become easier.

5.     I-140 portability will become easier by getting the “same and similar” standard better

6.     Work permits to H-4—probably the regulations will be finalized in January

7.     Beneficiaries getting I-140 approval will be able to file I-485 thereby getting right to work for spouses, irrespective of whether their visa numbers are available.

I-601- Hardship waivers to apply to spouses and parents of Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) holders. 

Please contact Houston Immigration Attorney at http://www.visatous.com

The House' Immigration Deal

Joe Biden, and even President Obama supports the House’ piecemeal approach to Immigration.  And this is because Immigration is simply too complex an issue.  While I completely understand the frustration that most illegal people face, being in this country, working for years, a quick comprehensive bill, supported by one party can never be the solution to this complex problem.

According to Bob Goodlatte, R Va, head of the House Judiciary Committee,  used to practice Immigration law.  He will give Immigration a top priority in 2014.  Among the pieces he will be looking at will be visas for high skilled workers, Ag workers E-Verify and securing the border.  Once employers are hiring legal immigrants, the border is secured, and the high skilled (H-1B) and Ag workers (H-2B) here legally, and the country has a need for them---is taken care of, we can talk about the dreamers.  And although the Dreamers were brought into this country as kids, and have known no other country, most of them have merely a high school diploma, and little skill beyond that to get a job.  To have given them a path to citizenship in 13 years as the President wanted, while Master’s Degree holding legal individuals, with job, born in India currently takes 14 years to become a citizen would simply not be fair.

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

Immigration Reform

I applaud the fact that President Obama has accepted the piecemeal approach instead of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (read citizenship to Mexicans so they vote Democratic) approach. For many the Immigration issue consists of ONLY illegal people from Mexico. Yet Immigration is a complex issue.
And to the heckler in the crowd who said that his family has been separated for 19 months because apparently they were deported, I say, go live with your family wherever they are. 11 million people are not being deported. It’s the people doing crime who are being deported. And the Democrats scream against it, as if possession of drugs is so insignificant, that it’s USA’s fault for deporting the drug users. The Democrats also put up pictures of Jose Antonio Vargas, as the quintessential dreamer, yet most dreamers have barely a high school certificate.

And as for the Republicans, they are deeply divided. The tea party just wants Obama to fail, no matter what the issue. The conservative Christians want immigration for the illegal Mexicans. And the business factions want Business Immigration reform.
Immigration as it is now is based on country quota. A person born in India, holding a Bachelor’s Degree, and completely legal has to wait right now for more than 10 years to become a Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) holder. Then she has to wait another 5 years to become a Citizen. A master’s Degree holder, even from the USA, has to wait for 14 years to become a citizen if he was born in India. How can I look them in the eye and tell them that an illegal immigrant with no education will get citizenship in 13 years?

The Senate bill, which the House rejected, had a point system. But it was more generous with the point system based on family than on education and experience. When people choose to come into this country, they make a conscious decision to leave their family. Why should someone with no education come in simply by being adult siblings of a United States Citizen, or worse, simply by lottery, when it takes 14 years for Master’s Degree holders whose ONLY crime was being born in India?

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

Immigration Reform

The shutdown proves that we are a deeply divided country.  And the ONLY reason that the Republicans gave in is because their constituents, big business said no to them. It was survival for them, an economic necessity.

When it comes to immigration and the shutdown, the media seems to harp upon how people waiting in line was affected.  But Citizenship and Immigration Service was open, and legal people had NO EXTRA wait time.  The shut down merely hindered illegal people. 

The media never paid attention to businesses.  Business lost immensely because they could not file transfers of H-1B visas.  The Department of Labor was closed.  Before filing the H-1B visa, the Department of Labor has to certify that the beneficiary is being paid a fair wage.  The Department of Labor was closed.  Professionals who were reaching the end of their stay could not file PERM- Labor Certification or H-1B extensions.  These individual came into this country legally, and perform professional services mainly in sectors where not enough qualified US Citizens exist.

Yet the Democrats have made immigration into an illegal Mexican issue.  However it will be up to the Republicans to champion their side.  During the passing of the Affordable Care Act, the Republican just chose not to participate.  As a result we have a one party Act, which does not address for instance, tort reform.  Even though tort reform is a State issue, the federal Government could easily have limited it under the Act.  Ambulance chasing law suits add to useless and expensive tests that greatly increase health care costs, and will continue to do so.  But the tort lawyers support Democrats.  Lets not make Immigration a one party law.

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

When Government Reopens

Yes, the Government is back up, but not their web site.  When the Government shut down, it took them 2 seconds to shut everything down and go home.  Now that they are supposed to show up for work again, they are forming their “post shutdown” schedule. 

We are monitoring the progress and will let you know when the web sites go up again.  Meanwhile H-1Bs cannot be filed without certified labor condition applications.

PERM- Labor Certification website is still down.

Any package that we sent to Department of Labor was held by fedex, and will be delivered today.

Any question that you might have as to how long it will take has one answer: “who knows”.  Hopefully shortly.  Hopefully labor condition applications and Prevailing Wages will be adjudicated swiftly.

With that in mind, we are sending advertisements for quotes.

Once the web sites are back up, employers can register for PERM- Labor Certification again, and file labor condition application.  And yes, we will file all the PERM- Labor Certifications waiting us. 

Contact  Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

When Government Reopens

Yes, the Government is back up, but not their web site.  When the Government shut down, it took them 2 seconds to shut everything down and go home.  Now that they are supposed to show up for work again, they are forming their “post shutdown” schedule. 

We are monitoring the progress and will let you know when the web sites go up again.  Meanwhile H-1Bs cannot be filed without certified labor condition applications.

PERM- Labor Certification website is still down.

Any package that we sent to Department of Labor was held by fedex, and will be delivered today.

Any question that you might have as to how long it will take has one answer: “who knows”.  Hopefully shortly.  Hopefully labor condition applications and Prevailing Wages will be adjudicated swiftly.

With that in mind, we are sending advertisements for quotes.

Once the web sites are back up, employers can register for PERM- Labor Certification again, and file labor condition application.  And yes, we will file all the PERM- Labor Certifications waiting us. 

Contact  Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

When Government Reopens

Yes, the Government is back up, but not their web site.  When the Government shut down, it took them 2 seconds to shut everything down and go home.  Now that they are supposed to show up for work again, they are forming their “post shutdown” schedule. 

We are monitoring the progress and will let you know when the web sites go up again.  Meanwhile H-1Bs cannot be filed without certified labor condition applications.

PERM- Labor Certification website is still down.

Any package that we sent to Department of Labor was held by fedex, and will be delivered today.

Any question that you might have as to how long it will take has one answer: “who knows”.  Hopefully shortly.  Hopefully labor condition applications and Prevailing Wages will be adjudicated swiftly.

With that in mind, we are sending advertisements for quotes.

Once the web sites are back up, employers can register for PERM- Labor Certification again, and file labor condition application.  And yes, we will file all the PERM- Labor Certifications waiting us. 

Contact  Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

Government Shutdown will not affect most Immigration cases

Please note that the Government shutdown due to the budget impasse does not affect Citizenship and Immigration Service.  Citizenship and Immigration Service operates with the filing fees of petitions, and does not rely on any Government funding.  Just like the Postal service, the Citizenship and Immigration Service will run as usual, with the same number of staff.  This means that your business and family immigration case will not be affected.  It will not take longer to process due to Governmental shutdown.  

All individuals should go for their interviews and fingerprinting as usual.

The icert (labor condition application, filing before H-1B) and PERM- Labor Certification systems operated by Department of Labor is also running.  The Department of Labor has said its “expected” to operate.  However in the event that the impasse continues for a long time, and their funds run out we will not be able to operate their web sites.  Right now there is no indication of a Department of Labor (Foreign office processing) will shut down.  However if the shutdown is prolonged, we will not be able to file new labor condition applications or PERM- Labor Certifications or audit answers.  Right now, we have to operate as usual.

Department of State will try to stay open as much as possible, but again, might close if the shutdown is prolonged.  Right now there is no report of any consulates being closed.

The Customs and Border patrol will also operate as usual.  So will Transportation Security Agents at ports of entries.  

In the Immigration arena, the only type of cases already affected is deportation cases.  The courts will only hear detainee cases.  Other cases are being temporarily stopped. 

For more detailed information, please go to:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/contingency-plans

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information.

Denying L-1visas does not make Fiscal Sense

As Capitol Hill debates the country's financial crisis, California and Vermont Service Centers have increased their denials of Inter Company  managerial transferees of foreign businesses to US on the L-1A visa. The Government narrowly focuses on the fact that their job needs to be managerial, and cannot be performed by Managers in companies that have low number of employees. 

In  recent non precedent decision, the Administration Appeals Office reversed a decision of the California Service Center to deny an L-1A for a  new Company opened 12 months ago which had 2 other employees.  It belonged to a publicly traded foreign Company.  The Manager also supervised foreign Companies' employees and had a profit of 600,000/- for the first year of operations.  The AAO held that the Manager has to manage "primarily" as in 51% of his time. 

One can completely understand the rationale that a small company can fail, and thus extending a visa might lead to someone staying illegally here. However, if there is a large foreign company backing, if the US Company is making money, what is the rationale behind the denial simply because the company employs 2-3 employees. The nature of many companies have changed. Computerization has reduced and eliminated a large number of low level employees. And the manager manages and procures business. If we deny these companies the right to do business, ultimately we lose the taxes. Even one US job, is one US job, and the Government cannot simply take that job away at a time when unemployment reigns high. 

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

H-1B vs EAD

Question: I have filed my I-485 petition and have my work and travel permit.  Do I still need to continue my H-1B?

I get asked the above question a lot.  And the answer like most things is, “it depends.” 

Since the Department of State advanced the current dates for Indian and Chinese individuals in 2007 and then EB-2 towards the end of 2011, a lot of people filed for adjustment of status (I-485).  Along with that filing they got the initial Employment Authorization Document and advance parole (travel document).  Those documents can be extended yearly until one gets the Green Card (Permanent Resident Card).  So technically one does not need the H-1B

Please note though that once you don’t extend the H after 6 years of being in H status, it disappears.  You cannot extend it anymore.  If you want to get back to the H quota, you will have to go back for one year,  then you will have to wait for the next fiscal year, and might have to get into the lottery which happens some years, including this year.  In other words its close to impossible to get back the H status if you don’t keep extending beyond 6 years.

The work and travel permits are dependent on the I-485.  This is applicable to the principal alien filing the I-485, ie the person for whom the employer filed the Labor Certification.  As long as the I-485 is valid (ie the Employer still wants to continue the process) there should be no problem.  The problem arises though when the sponsoring employer does not want to sponsor anymore. 

However if the principal alien has a new employer after 180 days of filing the I-485, that new employer can transfer the Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) process through AC-21.  The job has to be “same and similar” to the job described in the labor certificate.  In this situation, the I-485 will be valid for the principal and the dependent aliens as well.

If it happens to be a job in a completely different area, the new employer can start a whole new process of PERM- Labor Certification.  The principal alien will still get the old Priority Date, but in this case the I-485 will no longer be valid. And if the principal and dependent aliens don’t have a valid H-1B visa, they cannot do this.

The bottom line: The H-1B visa provides a second layer of security and should be extended if cost is not a consideration.  However if cost is a factor, one needs to do a cost-benefit analysis. 

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information

When Lawyers try to bribe

Why does it always have to be Indian lawyers? Usually lawyers who are foreign graduates, and usually Indians. 

They try to bribe Immigration officers. Just like they did in India. 

Kiran Diwan, an attorney from the Law office of Dewan in Maryland recently got indicted on charges that he tried to bribe (an undercover) CIS agent for 3 of his clients.  He took money and faked a marriage for two of his clients, and probably faked the signature of the employer in Employment based visas. Then he submitted these documents to the Immigration Officer rather than by proper mail channels that is regular with the CIS. 

I remember being asked by an Immigration Officer, for an interview (at the Houston District Office)  I had with my clients once, "you are not going to bribe me with tickets to the music show?" When I looked horrified that the officer would suggest such a thing,  he said, he was joking with me, but that the previous Indian attorney had offered him tickets to a musical show that she performed in.  Although the officer did not say the name of this attorney, I completely believed him, because there is an attorney in Houston of Indian origin who sings.

This attorney may or may not be trying to bribe the officer, but of course was trying to get friendly with him. As Immigration lawyers, and in order to ensure and uphold due process must not become friends or have any social connections with the officers who adjudicate these cases.  The same is true for judges. 

And while I am at it, Texas elects all its judges. And lawyers give "campaign contributions."  Is not campaign contribution a form of bribery? 

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information.

Special Consideration for Irish in the Immigration Bill?

The history of Immigration in the USA goes right along the history of slavery, and can be described by one word: Discrimination. The Asians were not even allowed to enter, because Immigration was restricted to people "from Caucasian descent."

In 1923, when Bhagat Singh tried to get Citizenship, claiming that he was "Caucasian" (Indians are Caucasians by race), the US Supreme Court ruled that Indians could not assimilate into the "white society", that East Asians were barred from immigrating, and applied it retroactively, denaturalizing all Asians given the Citizenship previously.

Fast forward not even a 100 years and the Irish are claiming favoritism again in 2013.  They claim its "hard" for people of Europe to immigrate and estimates that as many as 50,000 Irish people are currently living ILLEGALLY in the US.  They complain because they are not included in the "Diversity" visa, a visa given by lottery to any High School graduate because there are few citizens of that country.  Note India and China never were included in the diversity visa.  People from there come on the basis of merit.

And just how will Ireland justify allowing more numbers to the Immigration quota? Because they  have "political clout" with a lot of Senators. Senator Chuck Schumer is in their pocket. John McCain "works " with them.

I have a note to Irish parents: why don't you just have your children get the Bachelor's Degree like the rest of us?  And yes, the CIS favors a British or Irish Degree over Indian or Chinese Degree anyways.

We should end country quotas, end Diversity based on country of origin, end Xenophobia, and get immigration not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our brain and character.

Contact Houston Immigration Lawyer, or Houston Immigration Attorney Annie Banerjee, for more information.