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New Rules Regarding Teacher Category of Exchange Visitor Program

The Department of State (DOS) finalized a new rule amending existing regulations governing the Teacher category of the Exchange Visitor Program (J visas). The rule was proposed on May 2, 2013 and finalized on January 29, 2016.

Inadmissibility for Criminal and Related Grounds

Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality (INA) act lists various grounds for inadmissibility on criminal and related grounds. In limited circumstances, an alien subject to section 212(a)(2) inadmissibly may be eligible for a section 212(h) waiver.

USCIS Receipt Numbers

When the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives an application or petition, it assigns it a 13-character USCIS receipt number on the Form I-797C, Notice of Action. The USCIS receipt number is used by the agency to track and identify cases.

Permissible Activities While on B2 Status

The B2 nonimmigrant visa classification is if for temporary visitors for pleasure. There are limited activities in which a B2 nonimmigrant may engage in while on B2 status without violating status. In this article, we will review permissible and impermissible activities while on B2 status.

The European Refugee Experience

In this post, I look at some of the serious problems Europe has had with admitting substantial numbers of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and North Africa.

GOP Super Tuesday Roundup and the Imperative of Stopping Trump

With Super Tuesday in the books, 15 contests in the Republican Presidential Primaries have now been completed. I will discuss what has happened since I last wrote about the Republican nomination contest, what comes next, and the imperative of stopping Donald Trump from becoming the nominee.

Inadmissible Admission

In this article, we will review the rules for when an alien is admitted to the United States but was in fact inadmissible or otherwise ineligible for admission at the time of entry.

The Failure of the Immigration System for Dairy Farmers

I came across a terrific short documentary by Vice News that I would like to share with you and discuss. The documentary discusses the plight of dairy farmers in New York. As it highlights, working as low-wage labor on a dairy farm is hard and unglamorous work that very few Americans want to do.

Understanding Donald Trump Supporters

I recently came across a very interesting question on Quora: “What if on the first year of Trump presidency, he doesn’t deliver as he promised?” I provided a long and detailed answer on Quora, but I would like to expand on it here since this is a very interesting question.

The Legacy of a Great Jurist: Antonin Scalia (1936-2016)

On February 13, 2016, America lost one of the greatest legal minds in its history in Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. The national discourse quickly shifted to what will surely be the contentious process of selecting Justice Scalia’s replacement.

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