This year’s program will examine key immigration trends and hot topics for 2012. You will hear from Washington insiders about what is likely to happen with immigration legislation during this election year. Will anything move on bills eliminating the per-country limit for employment-based cases, or increasing immigration opportunities for high-skilled workers? Will the Obama Administration’s recent actions on business immigration make a difference? Will adjudications at the agencies become more restrictive if we have a new Administration? What can we expect from the Department of Labor - more supervised recruitment, fees, etc.? What can employers expect with regard to ICE enforcement and Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) activity during the election year - and if there is a change in administration?
In this year’s Institute you will hear an outstanding faculty of top-level government officials, along with leading practitioners in the field, discuss recent reforms and developments that impact your practice. Topics will include new immigration initiatives in Washington and around the country, immigrant and nonimmigrant processing issues, and new laws and policies related to enforcement.
Lecture Topics [Total time 13:12:19]
Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
- Introduction and What's Next for Immigration in Washington? [00:58:04]
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Lynn Shotwell
- Hot Button Adjudications Issues at USCIS Service Centers [01:15:26]
Cynthia J. Lange, Robin Kandell Paulino, Stacy Shore
- Evolving Trends at Consular Posts and CBP [01:05:13]
Kathleen Campbell Walker, Jeffrey H. Gorsky
- Filing PERM in Today's Economy [01:14:48]
Catherine L. Haight, Grace Hoppin
- Challenges to Entrepreneurs Coming to the United States [00:59:43]
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr
- What Employers Need to Know about Immigration Enforcement [00:59:19]
Ira J. Kurzban
- Federal Court Litigation [00:54:36]
Karen Tumlin
- Hot Topics on Relief from Removal [01:08:17]
C. Mario Russell, Archana Pyati
- The President's Initiative on "DREAMers" [01:16:09]
Kamal Essaheb
- Evolving Trends at FDNS and Related Government Audits [01:00:45]
Mary E Pivec, Eileen M. G. Scofield
- Challenges for Families Coming to the United States [00:59:36]
Cheryl R. David, Jennifer Durkin
- Ethics in Immigration Practice: Where Zealous Representation Starts and Ends [01:20:23]
Robert E. Juceam, Cyrus D. Mehta
The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:
- To Be Distributed at Program
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.
- Selected Documents
Cynthia J. Lange
- Connecting the Global Mobility Dots 2012--U.S. Department of State and Customs and Border Protection
Kathleen Campbell Walker
- BALCA Review
Catherine L. Haight
- Current Trends in Supervised Recruitment: Problems with "Any Other" Recruitment Measures
Grace Hoppin
- EB-5 Immigrant Investors
Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Robert C. Divine
- EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program--A Changing Landscape
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf
- Developments in Employment Immigration Enforcement & Policy: I-9 Compliance, H1-B Fraud Detection, and H2-B Regulations
Ira J. Kurzban
- Online Symposium: Strong on Theory While Profiling Ignored
Lucas Guttentag
- Discrimination, Preemption, and Arizona's Immigration Law: A Broader View
Lucas Guttentag
- Immigration Remedies Available to Abused and Unaccompanied Minors
Archana Pyati
- Representing Vulnerable Immigrants
Julie E. Dinnerstein, Kathleen Slocum
- Outline of United States Asylum Law: Substantive Criteria and Procedural Concerns
Mark von Sternberg
- Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children
Marielena Hincapie
- Letter to President Obama from 22 U.S. Senators Supporting Deferred Action for Dreamers
Marielena Hincapie
- Exclusion of People Granted "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" from Affordable Health Care
Marielena Hincapie
- Best Practices for Effective Attorney Representation in LCA Compliance Investigations, FDNS Site Visits, and FPU Investigations
Mary E Pivec
- Challenges to Families Coming to the United States
Cheryl R. David
- 2012 Annual Immigration Review of Ethical Issues in Immigration
Robert E. Juceam
- Annex to the 2012 Annual Immigration Review of Ethical Issues in Immigration
Robert E. Juceam
- Crime Without Punishment: Have You Ever Committed a Crime for Which You Have Not Been Arrested?
Cyrus D. Mehta
- Withdrawal of Representation in Immigration Practice
Cyrus D. Mehta
- Challenges to Entrepreneurs Coming to the United States (PowerPoint Slides)
Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Robert C. Divine
- The President's Initiative on Dreamers (PowerPoint Slides)
Marielena Hincapie
- Index to 45th Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute
Presentation Material
- Denial Rates for L-1B Petitions
Cynthia J. Lange
- Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman - Recommendations to Improve the Quality in Extraordinary Ability and Other Employment-Based Adjudications
Stacy Shore
- Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman - Recommendations Regarding USCIS' Role in the Petition Information Management Service
Stacy Shore
- Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman - Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Responses to Inquiries from Individuals and Employers
Stacy Shore
- EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program – A Changing Landscape
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf
- Challenges to Entrepreneurs Coming to the United States
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr
- Immigration Enforcement
Ira J. Kurzban
- Federal Court Litigation
Karen Tumlin
- Hot Topics in Removal Proceedings: Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Archana Pyati
- Developments in Removal
C. Mario Russell
- The President’s Initiative on DREAMers
Marielena Hincapie
- USCIS– American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Meeting - Questions and Answers
- Compliance Review Report
- AILA Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee USCIS FDNS Meeting
- Fraud Referral Sheet
- Evolving Trends at FDNS and Related Government Audits
- Memorandum
- AILA Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee USCIS FDNS Meeting March 28, 2012 2:00 pm
- Evaluating Trends at Fraud Detection National Security (“FDNS”) and Related Government Audits
Mary E Pivec, Eileen M. G. Scofield
- Evolving Trends at FDNS and Related Government Audits
Co-Chair(s)
Speaker(s)
Jeffrey H. Gorsky ~ Chief, Legal Advisory Opinion Section - Visa Office, US Department of State
Archana Pyati ~ Deputy Director, Immigration Intervention Project, Sanctuary for Families
C. Mario Russell ~ Senior Attorney, Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services;, Adjunct Professor, St. John's University School of Law
Stacy Shore ~ Acting Chief of Staff, CISOMB, Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
Lynn Shotwell ~ Executive Director, American Council on International Personnel
Karen Tumlin ~ Managing Attorney, National Immigration Law Center
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