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Articles

"But It Was Only A DWI..."
Daniel M. Kowalski writes about a common offense - DWI - that can affect business immigration cases.

House Of Representatives Bill To Replace The INS Raises Questions
Carl R. Baldwin writes that the recently passed House Bill to abolish the INS raises more questions than it answers.

Congress, Not Agency, Is Largely To Blame For Failure In Immigration System
David Martin, INS General Counsel from 1995 to 1998 writes in Law.com that: "The Immigration and Nationality Act turns 50 this June. It has become encrusted with a host of complex provisions that took shape largely because of petty congressional maneuvering. They serve their intended beneficiaries badly and impede sensible management ... the INS resides on the fault line of America's deep ambivalence about immigration ... our legislators will find in their mirrors a significant source of the problems at the INS."

Essential Workers Essential To US Economy
Immigration attorney Gerry Chapman writes in the Charlotte Business Journal "opponents of immigration reform encourage illegal activity -- smuggling -- and support a system that blatantly interferes with the law of supply and demand."

Making A Difference In America - Immigrants Continue To Benefit Our Nation
The American Immigration Law Foundation writes "without immigration, our nation would not continue to grow and prosper, which is something at which America's enemies would surely delight. Instead, the United States must continue to welcome newcomers as we always have."

Illegal Cargo
ABC News reports on the business of illegally smuggling people into the United States.

AILA Testifies To Senate Judiciary Committee On INS Reorganization
Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Stephen Yale Loehr testified "INS restructuring is not a dry exercise involving reform of a government bureaucracy. Decisions in this area will impact directly on our national security, as well as the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, businesses, and legal immigrants who daily interact with this system. Making the wrong decisions can weaken our security through less effective and unfair enforcement, and result in unconscionable delays in citizenship processing, reuniting families, and helping American business to acquire the workers they need."

Migrants Feel Chill in a Testy Europe
New York Times write about the unwelcoming immigration scene in Europe.

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Dear Editor:

Mr. Latour's scathing article about the AFL-CIO's support of illegal immigrant workers is more than a little hypocritical. Or are immigration lawyers practicing immigration law purely out of the goodness of their hearts? And how many immigration lawyers don't owe their very practices to the continued existence of high levels of immigration and complex immigration laws? And lobby for the same? People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Ali Alexander

Dear Editor:

My family are frustrated with immigration system. We have filed petitions for my Aunt's young children from Thailand and have waited 2 years now with no response. I have tried to fax information and status requests, called and mailed in inquiries and yet never receive any kind of response. We gone to the INS office itself waited from 7 am and did not get to speak to anyone until 2 pm and was turned away saying no information was available and to write or call the info line. The office I am referring to is the INS in Dallas. The children are nearing legal age which may make it even more difficult and we can't get any information on their petitions. What can we do?

Frustrated and angry,
Stacie

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