Today’s Federal Register reported that on March 4, 2010, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in consultation with the U.S. Department of State  has designated Greece as an eligible country to participate in the Visa Waiver Program where their nationals can be admitted to the United States for business or tourism for a period of up to ninety (90) days [...]

The New York Times reported yesterday that Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center and Akin Gump, a corporate law firm co-wrote a report that is scheduled to be released today concerning the due process rights of disabled immigrant detainees facing deportation. The report shows that the detainees, mostly from New York and other areas in the northeast, even some from mental [...]

The Washington Times reported today that the President made history last week by reforming our nation’s health care laws.  He also resolved the issue of how students can pay for college and, entered into an agreement with Russia to reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons arsenals. In light of the President’s victory last week, the question to ask is, “Can [...]

We at Pappas & Associates, P.A. remind the public that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will be accepting applications for H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 beginning April 1, 2010.  The visas will become effective October 1, 2010. For the past 2 years, the number of H-1B visa applications has dwindled in light of the [...]

The Washington Times reported today that in the President’s video message last weekend, he told tens of thousands of immigrant rights supporters that rallied at the National Mall this past Sunday, that he is pushing for an immigration reform bill to be passed that he would sign into law this year that would fix the country’s broken immigration laws. [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that after 14 months of struggling with lawmakers to pass legislation to reform our nation’s health care laws, he will sign the legislation into law tonight.  White house insiders have said that the President won’t spend very much time celebrating because other issues that have been postponed because of the health care reform efforts, are now ready to be [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported this past weekend that the immigration reform rally organized by leaders of Reform Immigration for America, held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. yesterday called on lawmakers to pass immigration reform this year. Marchers and their supporters at the rally commented that because a vote on health care reform was recently made, immigration reform should now [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that President Obama applauded Senators Schumer and Graham for releasing their plan yesterday to put in motion an immigration reform bill.  The next step is to turn that plan into a bill and, for Congress to act on it as quickly as possible. Senators Schumer and Graham’s plan calls for undocumented immigrants to come forward, admit [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that immigrant advocate groups and their supporters are coming together to rally this coming Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to propose lawmakers an ultimatum.  Either pass passing immigration reform or, face a significant loss of voter support from Latino communities across the U.S. come mid-term elections later this year. In light [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday.  The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States. The Los Angeles, [...]