Immigration Nerds

On November 2nd, DHS proposed H-1B rule changes that would eliminate the current random generated selection of H-1B cap registrations and instead replace the selection process with prioritizing higher wage levels first.

Erickson Immigration Group Attorney, Krystal Kirst, joins to talk about this potential policy change and how petitioners will be impacted.

On Monday, November 2nd, Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court in Chicago blocked the "public charge" ruling issued by the Department of Homeland Security in 2019. In less than 48 hours, after DHS appealed, it was reinstated through the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and will stand for at least through November 17th.

Here is our short brief

November 3rd, election day, draws near.

For today’s purposes, we analyze the immigration components of the last presidential debate, and bring more clarity to each of the candidates positions. Topics discussed:

-Coyotes

-DACA

-Family Separation

-Detention Center Conditions

-Catch and Release/Migrant Caravans

Here is a list of past episodes that bring further clarity to the White House stances on immigration policy:

Economy:

106 Dr. Deborah Watkins Bruner | The Value of International Students on Campus

104 2020 Spring Regulatory Agenda: A Look into the Administrative Tone for the Rest of the Year

30 Ron Hira | Criticism of the H-1B Program: Debate Club

Security:

109 Adam Goodman | The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants

108 The Expansion of Immigrant Data Collection

102 This Week in Immigration: DACA Supreme Court Decision and the Executive Order

79 Natalie Ram | Collecting DNA at the Border: A Thin Line Between Security and Privacy

68 DACA’s Supreme Court Hearing: A Line Between Legality and Agency Discretion

59 Social Media Surveillance: Expansion in Data Collection by Government Agencies

Travel:

78 Travel Ban | The Rationale Behind the Order and Alternative Options for Travelers

77 This Week in Immigration | Public Charge, Birth Tourism and Travel Ban Expansion

Asylum:

96 Erika Cisneros | Humanitarian Visas: The Stories and Options for Victims of Abuse

63 BREAKING | Public Charge Regulation and Federal Court Injunction

24 Claudia Cubas | A Voice for the Voiceless: Driving Asylum Law and Government Shutdown's Effect on Detention Centers

Today, we synthesize the Purdue Vs. Scalia case, that challenges the new DOL wage requirements and why they should return to it’s previous levels. If you find yourself needing substantive justification in arguing this proposition, this listen can be your quick to the point  cheat sheet.

AIRES and Erickson Immigration group join to discuss industry disruptions and solutions to HR transformation and Global Mobility practices.

Guest:

Vice President of Organizational Development at AIRES, Rob O'Donnell.

President and CEO of Erickson Immigration Group, Jerry Erickson.

Previously recorded on:

8/19/20

On Tuesday October 6th, in tandem, the Department of Labor and Department of homeland Security released two major regulations that will overhaul the guest worker program largely targeting wage and degree requirements for specialty occupations.

Patrick Pizzella, the deputy secretary of labor, called the changes announced on Tuesday "long overdue".

"With millions of Americans looking for work as the economy continues its recovery, immediate action is needed to guard against the risk that lower-cost foreign labor can pose to the well-being of U.S. workers."

Erickson Immigration Groups Managing Attorney Christine Annand takes us through how these two new rules are likely to play out for visa petitioners and their company’s.

October Visa Bulletin:

Erickson Immigration Group's Managing Director, Hiba Anver joins.

Skilled Indian workers make up roughly 75% of the employment-based green card backlog, a category that only accepts up to 7% of applicants from each country. Today, the number of total green cards issued each year is limited to 140,000. There's currently over 700,000 Indian workers waiting in a line now that is likely to stretch for decades. This discussion addresses how Octobers bulletin may effect this particular cohort, and others like them.

EB-2 India EB-3 India

Sarah-Soonling Blackburn is an Educator and a Personal Development Trainer, who received her Doctorate from John Hopkins University . Her area of focus centers around developing strategies to optimize learning environments within classroom culture with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusiveness. I came across a few of her writings on the Asian American experience in the classroom and stumbled upon the model minority myth, we discuss this stigma, what it means, how it affects the psychology of Asian Americans and what we can do to further efforts in solidarity with all cultures. I was deeply appreciative of her level of candor and willingness to share this personal and often unspoken about experience.

Yasmin Mirreh seemed to be one of the first few practitioners to cover how Covid will affect global travel. We discuss what were the concerns and general landscape at the time of writing her article and how it relates to what companies and employees now should be prioritizing in global mobility today. A snapshot in Covid response, then and now.

Sarah-Soonling Blackburn is an Educator and a Personal Development Trainer, who received her Doctorate from John Hopkins University . Her area of focus centers around developing strategies to optimize learning environments within classroom culture with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusiveness. I came across a few of her writings on the Asian American experience in the classroom and stumbled upon the model minority myth, we discuss this stigma, what it means, how it affects the psychology of Asian Americans and what we can do to further efforts in solidarity with all cultures. I was deeply appreciative of her level of candor and willingness to share this personal and often unspoken about experience.