Rachel Browning’s Legal Blog

There has been a lot of discussion in the media recently about the issues of torture, “enhanced interrogation techniques” and other detention policies undertaken by the Bush Administration to deal with suspected al Qaida terrorists.  While the debate has centered on whether those who allegedly participated in torture should face prosecution, there is a larger [...]

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            The USCIS has announced that as of April 20, 2009 it has received approximately 44,000 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap; thus it is continuing to accept petitions subject to the general cap. In addition, the USCIS has received approximately 20,000 petitions for aliens with advanced degrees; however, it will continue to accept advanced [...]

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            An 89-year old retired auto-worker from Ford and twice de-naturalized U.S. citizen is desperately trying to avoid deportation to Germany, and this week the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to rule on whether his stay should be granted and case reopened.  The Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Demjanjuk in 1920) has been [...]

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To those who believe that in our faltering economy we should be protecting jobs of U.S. workers at all costs and reducing (or eliminating) immigration programs that allow companies to hire foreign workers, consider this dose of reality:
Today USCIS advised that, during the initial filing window for H-1Bs, it has not received even half the [...]

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On 4/2/09, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a joint hearing titled “Public Safety and Civil Rights Implications of State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws,” in which it heard testimony from various citizens, [...]

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