Immigration

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Presidential elections provide the opportunity to peer into the heart of each party’s core constituencies through examination of their respective platforms. When it comes to immigration, the same rules hold. A review of this year’s Democrat and Republican platforms reveals dramatic...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

In an already excessively regulated employment climate, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is taking steps to ramp up enforcement of the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program by proposing numerous measures that will burden employers with additional costs, reduce employers’ ability to have a mobile...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Among the few agreements on Capitol Hill concerning immigration reform, legislators from both sides of the aisle agree on America’s need for talent, particularly in advanced fields such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). American businesses, in addition to...