Immigration Newsletters

Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Availability of Native Workers - Business Necessity

In determining whether sufficient native workers exist to meet the needs of an employer who has applied for alien labor certification, the Department of Labor (DOL) must often determine whether the employer's job requirements are unduly restrictive. A finding that job requirements are unduly restrictive leads the DOL to deny the application for alien labor certification unless the requirements are justified by business necessity.

Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators

Certain people are "inadmissible" for purposes of entry into the United States, either as an immigrant or as a visitor. There are many reasons why a person could be considered inadmissible to receive a visa and enter the United States, including that the person has already entered the United States illegally or has committed another violation of the immigration laws.

Immigrants - Employment-Based Visas -EB-3/Skilled Workers and Others

The United States uses a worldwide cap on most types of immigration, along with a preference-based system, to control entry of aliens into the U.S. One of the main types of immigrants, that is, persons who intend to stay permanently in the U.S., is employment-based.

Powers and Duties of the Attorney General

Section 103 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) discusses the powers and duties that the United States Attorney General has with respect to immigration in this country. In general, the Attorney General has overall responsibility for enforcing the provisions of the INA. The Attorney General supervises all employees of the United States Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS, formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service). He or she may establish regulations, may require USCIS or Department of Justice employees to carry out instructions, and may appoint any number of agents deemed necessary to protect the nation's borders.

Controlling Alien Admission - Immigrants - Coast Guard Migrant Interdiction

Recently, the United States Coast Guard was made a part of the newly created Department of Homeland Security. Part of the Coast Guard's mission is the interdiction of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. by sea and the general enforcement of immigration law at sea.