I confess, I’m a bardolater. When I’m not blogging or representing one of my clients in Immigration Court or Tax Court, it’s a good bet you’ll find me reading something to do with Shakespeare. Now how does Shakespeare find his way onto a lawyer’s blog? I’m glad you asked. It’s because of this line in [...]
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27 Nov 2008 / Literature and the Law
Tags: kill all the lawyers, law and literature, literature and law, shakespeare
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27 Nov 2008 / Asylum
Only individuals who fear government persecution on account of race, religion, national origin, political opinion or membership in a particular social group are eligible for asylum. An immigration judge (IJ) in Brentwood, New York granted asylum to three Hondoruan children, ages 15, 14 and 11, finding that the children were members of a particular social [...]
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Tags: abused children immigrants, Asylum, Deportation, removal proceedings
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27 Nov 2008 / Famous Immigrants
When talking about someone like Charlie Chaplin it is hard to refrain from using hyperbole. So I won’t try. He was simply the greatest genius in the history of cinema. Chaplin was born in London, England on April 16, 1889. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known by her stage [...]
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Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Famous Immigrants
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27 Nov 2008 / EB-5 Visa
The Orlando Business Journal reports that Orlando’s Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa has become Florida’s first federally designated EB-5 Regional Center: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service designation, known as the EB-5 immigrant investor program, allows foreign buyers to eventually become permanent United States residents by investing at least $1 million in properties. [...]
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Tags: EB-5, green card, Orlando regional center