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December 21, 2012

Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) was named the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, a committee that will presumably have a lead role in developing any new immigration law in the...

Mr. President, Let de Osorio Stand!

December 19, 2012

As ideas for immigration reform take shape, there is one thing that the administration could do without lifting a finger that would help thousands of immigrants. This benefit would actually require the government to refrain...

Indifference

December 13, 2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_ENZLbXtQ&w=420&h=315] It is very true that the immigration laws need a wholesale revision. Congress needs to make substantial changes, regulations need to be re-written, precedent decisions scrapped and new guidance forthcoming. But another...

What?? I’ve Got Another Cap to Worry About? Cancellation Numbers Dry Up.

December 7, 2012

The rumors flew wildly on Wednesday. The cap has been reached! No, not that cap. The H-1B cap of 65,000 visas for FY 2013, which began on October 1, 2012, was reached in June 2012. ...

This is Personal

November 30, 2012

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/39893818 w=400&h=300] One of the burdens I carry is the knowledge that I come from one of the country's anti-immigrant hotspots. No, I am not from Arizona, Alabama, Postville, Iowa or Hazelton, Pennsylvania. I...

The ACHIEVE Act is Introduced

November 28, 2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnbAi-azP0&w=560&h=315] Last week, we brought you news of the plans of certain Republican Senators to introduce an alternative to the DREAM Act. Today, Senators Hutchinson (R-TX), Kyl (R-AZ) and McCain (R-AZ) introduced the ACHIEVE...

The STEM Jobs Act: More of the Same From the House Republicans

November 25, 2012

The House of Representatives is moving quickly to give the appearance that they have changed their tune on immigration. The House is scheduled to vote this week on the STEM Jobs Act, sponsored by the...

Giving thanks

November 22, 2012

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we at Benach Collopy want to extend special thanks to the many people that have supported us this year as we got our law firm up and running. Getting a business...

My Trip to the White House to Discuss Immigration Reform

November 21, 2012

In Washington, we have very hot summers without a real beach to beat the heat. Our winters can be wet, sloppy messes or we can get pounded with multiple snow storms in a city completely...

On Dinosaurs- Can Immigration Reform Pass the House?

November 18, 2012

We have heard lots of talk about the need for bipartisan immigration reform in the new Congress. We have heard that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will work with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) on a new...

Details Emerge on Republican Alternative to DREAM Act

November 16, 2012

Before the tectonic plates shifted last week, there was a recent time that the Republican Party stood a chance to exploit the serious disaffection of the Latino and immigrant communities with the Obama administration. ...

The President Discusses Immigration Reform

November 14, 2012

At his first press conference since the election, the President called on a Telemundo reporter to ask the third question in the press conference. The President must have known that she would ask about immigration...

There’s Something Happening Here. Prospects for Immigration Reform, Part 1.

November 13, 2012

The Republican stampede to support of common sense immigration reform has been head spinning. As one tries to absorb the bombshell of one Republican leader supporting immigration reform, another one comes out in favor. Like...

The Perspective of a First-Time Voter

November 12, 2012

After years of statelessness, asylee and friend of Benach Collopy LLP, Sonya Kay (alias), kindly shares her thoughts and memories from her first time voting as a United States citizen: "I think I will remember...

No more “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” but “Common Sense Immigration Reforms.”

November 11, 2012

As the prospects of serious immigration reform have exploded over the past week, we propose a change to how advocates of immigration reform call it. For years, we have called it comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). ...