“Giving Facts a Fighting Chance: Answers to the Toughest Immigration Questions” – Via the Immigration Policy Center
“In heated, election-year politics, the facts often take a backseat to campaign rhetoric – particularly when it comes to immigration. In an effort to defend the facts and provide basic answers to the most commonly asked questions, the Immigration Policy Center releases “Giving the Facts a Fighting Chance: Answers to the Toughest Immigration Questions.” (PDF version)”
New Lawsuit Against Arizona’s SB1070
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton denied motions by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu last week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs against Arizona law SB 1070.
Census Data Confirms Immigrant Voting Bloc Still Growing
Immigration Policy Center issued a report today describing a powerful voting bloc; the “New Americans” (naturalized U.S. citizens and children of immigrants born after 1965 when the current wave of immigration from Latin American and Asia began).
H-1B worker faces 10 years in prison for creating logic bomb attack on former employer Fannie Mae IT systems
VIA http://www.thetechherald.com
“Rajendrasinh Babubha Makwana, a Fannie Mae contractor indicted earlier this year for creating a logic bomb after being terminated from his job, was found guilty this week by a federal jury in Maryland. The initial indictment raised several issues, including calls to examine the H1B Visa program, but the real problem was policy failure.
During the Makwana indictment, the court said that if the logic bomb had been successful, it would have “caused millions of dollars of damage and reduced if not shutdown operations at [Fannie Mae] for at least one week.”
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Makwana now faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz has scheduled sentencing for December 8, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.”
Amendments on H1B and L1 visas blocked
H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Cap Season – Latest Cap Count
FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count
|
Cap Type |
Cap Amount |
Cap Eligible Petitions |
Petition Target |
|
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H-1B Regular Cap |
65,000 |
40,600 |
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10/1/2010 |
|
H-1B Master’s Exemption |
20,000 |
14,900 |
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10/1/2010 |
The U.S. Immigration Law Blog by Ashwin Sharma 