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USCIS announced yesterday afternoon that it has received enough H-1B cap-subject petitions to meet the H-1B cap for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2007. Approximately 260,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions were received by Tuesday afternoon, April 3. Only 65,000 slots are available for most applicants. There is a separate cap of 20,000 additional slots for… Read More

In the March 2007 edition of California Lawyer, Mark A. Ivener, author of Handbook of Immigration Law, Volumes I and II, was quoted in “Fed Up With The Feds,” an article about frustrated local jurisdictions passing their own immigration-related measures. He said he is amazed that some of these ordinances see the light of day… Read More

Roll Call and GalleryWatch have launched Congress Now!, (www.congressnow.com) an online source of legislative news. The newsletter for CongressNow! will appear in mid-afternoon, five days per week, and will feature news, analysis, and information on committee markups. Breaking news will be posted to CongressNow.com throughout the day and sent via e-mail alerts. These features are… Read More

A new report on the future of small business, authored by the Institute for the Future, finds that immigrant entrepreneurs will drive a new wave of globalization, and that U.S. immigration policy and the outcome of the current immigration debates will affect how this segment performs over the next decade. The “Intuit Future of Small… Read More

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report analyzing challenges that continue to face the US-VISIT program. The GAO noted that US-VISIT has improved the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) ability to process visitors and verify identities upon entry, but found that management controls in place to identify and evaluate computer and other… Read More