Monday, April 13, 2015

U.S. economy needs more H-1B visas -- a LOT more

USCIS received about 233,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 13, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to meet the 65,000 general-category cap and the 20,000 cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees, unless the petition is found to be a duplicate filing.
The agency conducted the selection process for the advanced degree exemption first. All unselected advanced degree petitions then became part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

More evidence that Kris Kobach wasted taxpayers' money in Texas

The DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) which provides "deferred action" for certain children who were brought to the United States, in most cases, by their parents many years ago has been upheld by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Texas, in a unanimous ruling.
Kris Kobach, the secretary of state of Kansas, is well known for challenging laws and (in this case) executive action by President Obama, and costing taxpayers many millions of dollars.  He was involved in making the case to a federal district judge in Texas that the DACA and DAPA (Deferred Action for Parent Accountability) programs are unconstitutional.  That ruling was swiftly appealed to the Fifth Circuit by the Justice Department.  The case below is a strong indication that the federal district judge's opinion will be reversed.

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