June may be characterized as graduation season, but the summer and fall are definitely known as college career season for a huge number of domestic and international students alike. Colleges and other higher education institutions across the state of Florida and the...
No matter where Florida residents stand on immigration reform, no one can deny that thousands upon thousands of lives across the country are directly impacted by deportation guidelines every year. In addition to those people who may be deported from the U.S., many of...
Currently, there are several circumstances under which foreign nationals can file for protection in the United States. The specific categories of persecution include: race, nationality, religion and affiliation to a specific political opinion or social group. Many...
While immigration reform continues to prompt heated debate from Florida residents and politicians alike, countless people across the country live day-to-day under the threat of deportation. Concerns over deportation and being separated from family in the U.S. dictate...
Among the visa programs offered by the U.S. government are those that many foreign nationals may qualify for, like the H-1B, which allows those with certain jobs to come to the U.S. temporarily to work.Other, more exotic nonimmigrant visas are reserved for narrow...
For immigrants coming to Florida or other U.S. states, job opportunities, safety from crime or persecution, and becoming reunited with relatives may all be major personal benefits of migrating. Critics of immigration sometimes question whether U.S. society in general...
Employers say that their need for skilled workers is so great, that it has made visa quotas outdated. Referring specifically to the H-1B visa, they and some politicians are pushing for an increase in the number of visas issued from 85,000, where the limit is...
Not long ago, we discussed how naturalized U.S. citizens can lose their citizenship and be deported, a process called “denaturalization.” Of course, resident aliens can also face deportation, perhaps due to committing a crime or failing to disclose...
Many people who oppose increasing immigration to the United States say it is for economic reasons: immigrants take the jobs that should go to U.S. citizens instead. But is really the case?Look at it this way: the law of supply and demand says that, the more there is...
Support for immigration reform comes from Corporate America as well as grassroots activists and some lawmakers, if recent comments by one of Google's top executives are typical.Speaking at the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute, Google's...
