Greg Siskind’s Blog
This blawg covers immigration law issues in the news, U.S. government immigration strategies and the blawgger's own related activities.
Author: Gregory Siskind is the founder of Siskind Susser Bland in Memphis, Tenn. He also authors Visalaw.com—The Immigration Law Portal; The Visalaw Fashion, Sports & Entertainment Blog; Tech Notes - The Immigration Lawyer Blog; The SSB Employer Immigration Compliance Blog; and Visalaw Healthcare Immigration Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Immigration Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Greg Siskind’s Blog
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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: SHAMI FAROUK - ENTREPRENEUR AND POLITICIAN
Palestine-born hair-care entrepreneur Shami Farouk made news this week when he announced he will spend $10 million of his fortune to finance a race for governor of Texas. He hopes to raise another $10 million…
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DOBBS CONSIDERING RUN FOR SENATE
Media sources are reporting that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering taking his $8 million severance package and using the funds to finance a run for the Senate against NJ Democratic Senator Bob Menendez.…
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IMMIGRANTS MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT BANS ON SMOKING
Interesting. I guess as I’m in Europe all week and see smokers everywhere, I’ve been working under the assumption that smoking is much more prominent outside the US and immigrants would therefore be more likely…
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THE CALCULUS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
While many presume that the poor economic circumstances in the US will scuttle immigration reform in coming months, I’ve been repeating my observation that the White House and congressional leaders are more worried about not…
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WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE CAMPAIGN GOES INTO OVERDRIVE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton announced today that the agency will inspect the I-9 records of approximately 1000 companies around the US, dwarfing the announcement in July that nearly 600 firms were…
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LEARNING FROM THE ANTIS
I usually use this space's real estate to criticize the tactics of the antis. But I'll give them some credit for the extremely effective job they did during the first two rounds of immigration reform…
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H-1B NUMBERS DOWN TO FINAL 10,000
USCIS is reporting that as of November 6th, 54,900 H-1Bs had been issued against the 65,000 annual quota. While this represents a dramatic drop in H-1B applications over previous years. In 2007, nearly 200,000 applications…
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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: EUGENIA BRIN - SCIENTIST
I had a chance to get to know Genia Brin, Google founder Sergey Brin's mom, when we jointly served on the board of HIAS. She's an impressive woman who could sit back and relax, but…
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WHITE HOUSE SIGNALS IMMIGRATION REFORM EFFORTS DEFINITELY A GO FOR 2010
This is key. We've been hearing that the White House was still up in the air between the energy bill and immigration and that one of the two would likely be pushed back until after…
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IMMIGRATION HUMOR: LOU DOBBS "QUITS" CNN, DEMANDS THAT PEOPLE STOP PUTTING QUOTES AROUND "QUIT"
More fun Dobbs humor at Ridiculopathy.