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• H-1B Quota: Advanced Degree Cap is Full

  The H-1B quota is slowing reaching its limit. The so-called advanced degree cap is now full and approximately 53,800 cases have been counted against the 65,000 allocated to the regular cap. USCIS has advised that…

• HIV Travel Ban to be Lifted

  At a ceremony at the White House today, President Barack Obama announced the publication on Monday, 2 November 2009 of the final rule repealing the HIV immigration restriction. The immigration lawyers here at Fong &…

• Principles for Immigration Reform

  On 14 October 2009, Congressman Luis Gutíerrez of Illinois released a set of principles which he hopes will be incorporated into any Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) package. As advocates for immigrants, the attorneys at the…

• PERM Delays: Audits and Backlogs

  PERM cases are backlogged now to December 2008. So if you have a PERM case pending that was submitted more than a year ago, DOL may entertain an email inquiry from you. But if your…

• Verifying Undocumented Aliens for Health Care

  Since July 2008, the County of Los Angeles has posted 81 people in 27 social service offices to check and verify immigration status of all applicants for social services. As the debate continues on health…

• H-1B Quota, Fraud Detection, On-site interviews

  The H-1B quota has now reached approximately 46,700 and although the USCIS has announced that they've received approximately 20,000 advanced degree applications, it still continues to accept advanced degree cases. I have been fielding a…

• You lie! -- No apologies from Congressman

  Representative Joe Wilson's outburst on the floor of the House of Representatives, effectively calling the President a liar has continued to resonate throughout the country. As advocates for immigrants, Los Angeles immigration lawyers at Fong…

• "You lie!" - GOP Congressman Heckles Obama about Immigrants

  It is sometimes saddening and discouraging to be right. Yesterday, immigration attorneys at the law firm of Fong & Chun in Los Angeles cautioned in our blog that immigrants would be used to score points…

• Immigrants & the Health-Care Debate

  The immigration law firm of Fong & Chun in Los Angeles is devoted exclusively to advocacy for immigrants. Recently, those opposed to meaningful health-care reform have started to use the immigrant community as a political…

• DOL Fights to Tighten Rules for Farmworker Visas

  The Bush Administration, in its final days, implemented rules to make it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign laborers. These rules also arguably cause the reduction of wages and the proliferation of poor working…