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08-01 08:03 PM
The Speaker In Charge (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101628.html?hpid=opinionsbox1) By Harold Meyerson (meyersonh@washpost.com), August 1, 2007
This is one of those odd weeks when Congress may actually work. Both houses are likely to pass Democratic bills to expand SCHIP, the children's health coverage program. Yesterday, the House enacted lobbying reform, and the Senate may follow suit tomorrow. Also yesterday, the House passed a bill restoring the right of victims of pay discrimination to sue their employers.
In short, it's one of those weeks when Nancy Pelosi has no doubts about the wisdom of her decision to become speaker of the House.
"What's it like?" she asked herself, beaming, at the conclusion of a breakfast meeting with roughly 20 liberal journalists yesterday morning.
"It's fabulous! Absolutely fabulous!"
It can't always be thus. Her biggest frustration, of course, is Congress's inability to end the war in Iraq, which she terms "a huge moral catastrophe for the country." It is the public's biggest frustration as well, she says, and the main reason that popular support for Congress has plummeted.
In September, Iraq will once again be Congress's chief item of business, when Gen. David Petraeus delivers his state-of-the-war report.
Pelosi (understandably, given the administration's mountain of misrepresentation on all war-related matters) is wary. "The plural of anecdote is not data," she said. "I'm very concerned they'll pass off anecdotal successes as progress in Iraq."
The question in September will be whether congressional Republicans continue to support President Bush's open-ended commitment to keeping U.S. forces in Iraq while a civil war rages around them. To date, the Republicans' strategy, and not just on the war, has been to thwart the Democrats at every turn and to use the Senate's 60-vote supermajority requirement both to create a "do-nothing" Congress against which they can run and to spare their president from having to veto popular legislation. (Why they care about sparing Bush -- he will never face voters again; they will -- plunges us into the murk of abnormal psychology.)
The GOP strategy is not without its pitfalls. Republicans have succeeded in tanking Congress's approval ratings, but polls consistently show the public, most importantly in swing districts, preferring Democrats to Republicans. With this week's vote on expanding SCHIP, though, Democrats are convinced that the price of blocking health care for uninsured children is more than many Republicans are willing to pay. Bush has vowed to veto the legislation; Pelosi, noting with an almost incredulous glee that the administration will stand athwart children's health care on the grounds of opposing a higher tobacco tax, says, simply, "Welcome to this discussion."
Not all discussions, even in a good week, are so pleasurable to anticipate. Asked about the resolution that her congressional colleague Jay Inslee of Washington has introduced to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Pelosi put her hands to her temples as if to ward off a headache. For the past year, Pelosi has made clear to her colleagues and the public alike that she has no interest in pursuing the impeachment option, though Gonzales is certainly doing his damnedest to change her mind. She remains unpersuaded, believing that impeachment would fail and in the process would make weeks such as this one -- a week in which the public's business is at last getting done -- far more uncommon than they already are.
Pelosi understands the gravity of the damage that the administration has done to the Constitution and why that has impelled some of her colleagues to advocate impeachment. "If I were not the speaker and I were not in Congress," she said, very quietly, as she concluded her answer, "I would probably be advocating for impeachment." But the consequences she foresees from stopping the nation's business for an unwinnable fight outweighs those considerations.
Pelosi deserves considerable credit for holding her party together on a range of divisive issues, but she plainly views the coming fight among House Democrats on fuel efficiency standards as irrepressible.
The energy bill the House will pass this week contains no provisions that would raise those standards; such provisions, if any, await the outcome of a battle between Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, the Democrat who has represented Detroit and the auto industry in Congress since 1955 (that is, before tailfins).
"I respect all our chairmen," Pelosi said. But the legislation, she continued, isn't about them. "It's about our children's ability to breathe clean air. Nothing less than the planet is at stake. I love him [Dingell] dearly, but we have to prevail. . . . The forces at work here [against stricter standards] are rich and entrenched," she concluded, "and it takes just a few [votes] to prevent us from unleashing the future."
Thus, the most elegant of happy warriors, in a week when it's fun to be speaker.
This is one of those odd weeks when Congress may actually work. Both houses are likely to pass Democratic bills to expand SCHIP, the children's health coverage program. Yesterday, the House enacted lobbying reform, and the Senate may follow suit tomorrow. Also yesterday, the House passed a bill restoring the right of victims of pay discrimination to sue their employers.
In short, it's one of those weeks when Nancy Pelosi has no doubts about the wisdom of her decision to become speaker of the House.
"What's it like?" she asked herself, beaming, at the conclusion of a breakfast meeting with roughly 20 liberal journalists yesterday morning.
"It's fabulous! Absolutely fabulous!"
It can't always be thus. Her biggest frustration, of course, is Congress's inability to end the war in Iraq, which she terms "a huge moral catastrophe for the country." It is the public's biggest frustration as well, she says, and the main reason that popular support for Congress has plummeted.
In September, Iraq will once again be Congress's chief item of business, when Gen. David Petraeus delivers his state-of-the-war report.
Pelosi (understandably, given the administration's mountain of misrepresentation on all war-related matters) is wary. "The plural of anecdote is not data," she said. "I'm very concerned they'll pass off anecdotal successes as progress in Iraq."
The question in September will be whether congressional Republicans continue to support President Bush's open-ended commitment to keeping U.S. forces in Iraq while a civil war rages around them. To date, the Republicans' strategy, and not just on the war, has been to thwart the Democrats at every turn and to use the Senate's 60-vote supermajority requirement both to create a "do-nothing" Congress against which they can run and to spare their president from having to veto popular legislation. (Why they care about sparing Bush -- he will never face voters again; they will -- plunges us into the murk of abnormal psychology.)
The GOP strategy is not without its pitfalls. Republicans have succeeded in tanking Congress's approval ratings, but polls consistently show the public, most importantly in swing districts, preferring Democrats to Republicans. With this week's vote on expanding SCHIP, though, Democrats are convinced that the price of blocking health care for uninsured children is more than many Republicans are willing to pay. Bush has vowed to veto the legislation; Pelosi, noting with an almost incredulous glee that the administration will stand athwart children's health care on the grounds of opposing a higher tobacco tax, says, simply, "Welcome to this discussion."
Not all discussions, even in a good week, are so pleasurable to anticipate. Asked about the resolution that her congressional colleague Jay Inslee of Washington has introduced to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Pelosi put her hands to her temples as if to ward off a headache. For the past year, Pelosi has made clear to her colleagues and the public alike that she has no interest in pursuing the impeachment option, though Gonzales is certainly doing his damnedest to change her mind. She remains unpersuaded, believing that impeachment would fail and in the process would make weeks such as this one -- a week in which the public's business is at last getting done -- far more uncommon than they already are.
Pelosi understands the gravity of the damage that the administration has done to the Constitution and why that has impelled some of her colleagues to advocate impeachment. "If I were not the speaker and I were not in Congress," she said, very quietly, as she concluded her answer, "I would probably be advocating for impeachment." But the consequences she foresees from stopping the nation's business for an unwinnable fight outweighs those considerations.
Pelosi deserves considerable credit for holding her party together on a range of divisive issues, but she plainly views the coming fight among House Democrats on fuel efficiency standards as irrepressible.
The energy bill the House will pass this week contains no provisions that would raise those standards; such provisions, if any, await the outcome of a battle between Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, the Democrat who has represented Detroit and the auto industry in Congress since 1955 (that is, before tailfins).
"I respect all our chairmen," Pelosi said. But the legislation, she continued, isn't about them. "It's about our children's ability to breathe clean air. Nothing less than the planet is at stake. I love him [Dingell] dearly, but we have to prevail. . . . The forces at work here [against stricter standards] are rich and entrenched," she concluded, "and it takes just a few [votes] to prevent us from unleashing the future."
Thus, the most elegant of happy warriors, in a week when it's fun to be speaker.
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tonyHK12
12-16 03:59 PM
EB5 might get a boost in Jan, according to this. Requirements may be relaxed to investing 100,000 and employing 5 in two years ..
Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020001550357580.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_sections_smallbusiness)
Looks like HR 4259, another platform for Visa recapture?
H.R. 4259: Employment Benefit Act (GovTrack.us) (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4259)
Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020001550357580.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_sections_smallbusiness)
Looks like HR 4259, another platform for Visa recapture?
H.R. 4259: Employment Benefit Act (GovTrack.us) (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4259)
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02-22 09:40 AM
From the AP: Saks Fifth Avenue and Oscar de la Renta are among the fashion industry players who are joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg's coalition for immigration reform and calling for an easier visa process for international workers. Bloomberg made the announcement Friday, the day after the close of the fall previews at New York Fashion Week. Brooks Brothers, Perry Ellis, Diane von Furstenberg and Malia Mills are also joining the group, which already claims as members chief executives of major corporations including Hewlett-Packard, Disney and News Corp. The Partnership for a New American Economy pushes for a path to legal...
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12-19 05:31 PM
Gurus, I am on H-1B visa doing a project with 'abc' client who is the client of 'X' company and pays to my H-1B employer 'Y', I get paid from 'Y'. I started on this project on H-1B visa but now I have EAD(spouse of primary applicant) and want to change my status to EAD. The X company says that they have non compete agreement with Y company(my employer) and can't bring me on board unless I get email from my employer stating they have no objection me moving to EAD. My employer is not ready to give me that email(for obvious reasons.. after all it is a desi employer).
I want to find out if there is a way out..also I never signed any agreement with my employer..in fact I don't even have a copy of offer letter. The only agreement I have is with X company that I can't go back to the same client for one year, the day I end this project. I am based in Boston MA.
I want to find out if there is a way out..also I never signed any agreement with my employer..in fact I don't even have a copy of offer letter. The only agreement I have is with X company that I can't go back to the same client for one year, the day I end this project. I am based in Boston MA.
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sargon
10-20 11:51 AM
please reply to linked thread.
ckpas
01-07 10:22 AM
When my employer looked up my case number on the DOL site, the case status showed as "certified" and apparently when he downloaded the certified ETA 9089 the section where it says "Signature of the certifying officer" doesn't bear CO's any stamping/signature.
My employer came to know this only yesterday obviously 'coz he overlooked and we just have two more months remaining on this PERM validity. My employer also said he can't file for I-140 unless we hear back from the DOL on the CO signature issue.
He has apparently emailed DOL asking for clarifction on this.
1. Would DOL even bother to look at the incoming emails after the case has been approved?.
2. Does CO's rubber stamp signature really required for 140?. What if we don't hear back from DOL on time, can we just go ahead with 140 filing?.
3. I am on my 6th year of H1b.
Any response on this matter is truly appreciated.
Thanks a lot to everyone.
My employer came to know this only yesterday obviously 'coz he overlooked and we just have two more months remaining on this PERM validity. My employer also said he can't file for I-140 unless we hear back from the DOL on the CO signature issue.
He has apparently emailed DOL asking for clarifction on this.
1. Would DOL even bother to look at the incoming emails after the case has been approved?.
2. Does CO's rubber stamp signature really required for 140?. What if we don't hear back from DOL on time, can we just go ahead with 140 filing?.
3. I am on my 6th year of H1b.
Any response on this matter is truly appreciated.
Thanks a lot to everyone.
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fall2004us
10-06 06:27 PM
Hello gurus,
My H1 expires in march 2009, I have valid EAD and AP, I want to renew my H1to be on the safer side.
My wife made use of her EAD for few months and now she is not working, and we are planning to visit India for few weeks next year and get H1 and H4 stamped.
here are my questions:
1. Can my wife get her H4 extension when I apply for my H1 extension ?
2. Does USCIS know that she used her EAD (Is there a way that they can find out) and will there be any problem in approving H4 extension ?
3. Now that she is not using her EAD, Is she back on H4 status ? She came here as H4 and never made a trip back.
My H1 expires in march 2009, I have valid EAD and AP, I want to renew my H1to be on the safer side.
My wife made use of her EAD for few months and now she is not working, and we are planning to visit India for few weeks next year and get H1 and H4 stamped.
here are my questions:
1. Can my wife get her H4 extension when I apply for my H1 extension ?
2. Does USCIS know that she used her EAD (Is there a way that they can find out) and will there be any problem in approving H4 extension ?
3. Now that she is not using her EAD, Is she back on H4 status ? She came here as H4 and never made a trip back.
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obelix
12-26 11:13 AM
My wife's H1B got approved earlier this week through company A. Company B also made an offer last month but they are still working on the H1B visa issue with the attorney.
So, my question is if this company (B) files H1B now, then it should be a "transfer (not subject to quota)" or "new petition (subject to quota)"?
I think she is already on H1B as of today with COS effective immediately approval so any new employer can only apply for transfer and they don't need to ask for COS. We will not have pay-stubs to transfer as we are still to receive the I-797 copy and apply for SSN so that payroll can be run for her.
Please let me know if anybody has got any insight on this situation. Very much appreciate your time.
So, my question is if this company (B) files H1B now, then it should be a "transfer (not subject to quota)" or "new petition (subject to quota)"?
I think she is already on H1B as of today with COS effective immediately approval so any new employer can only apply for transfer and they don't need to ask for COS. We will not have pay-stubs to transfer as we are still to receive the I-797 copy and apply for SSN so that payroll can be run for her.
Please let me know if anybody has got any insight on this situation. Very much appreciate your time.
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Karthikthiru
07-18 11:00 AM
Look at the main page of AILA, they also have the link to that
Texas
http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22918
Nebraska
http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22919
Vermont
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Karthik
Texas
http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22918
Nebraska
http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22919
Vermont
http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22917
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06-28 06:51 PM
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samcam
05-24 12:35 PM
Congratulations IV!! We have reached the 4000 member mark. While this is definetly a milestone, like TO_BE_OR_NOT_TO_BE and ragz4u pointed out, we have a lot more potential...
Now that being said, there is a difference between 'giving' vs 'taking'.. In the last couple of weeks we have had 100's of people register to become members, and yet whenever IV volunteers ask for contribution, less that 1% of the new people come to contribute.. That is a TAKER mentality..
Logiclife had started a thread (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=895)that clearly explains why you should contribute.. we have about 2800 members that are yet to contribute... Folks, While a contribution of a 100$ is not a big deal, even if we contribute 50$ (to start with) and 50% of the 2800 people contribute we would have an additional $70,000. This should not be a big deal..
Please visit logiclife's wonderful thread and reply after contributing and helping yourself by helping IV!
Now that being said, there is a difference between 'giving' vs 'taking'.. In the last couple of weeks we have had 100's of people register to become members, and yet whenever IV volunteers ask for contribution, less that 1% of the new people come to contribute.. That is a TAKER mentality..
Logiclife had started a thread (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=895)that clearly explains why you should contribute.. we have about 2800 members that are yet to contribute... Folks, While a contribution of a 100$ is not a big deal, even if we contribute 50$ (to start with) and 50% of the 2800 people contribute we would have an additional $70,000. This should not be a big deal..
Please visit logiclife's wonderful thread and reply after contributing and helping yourself by helping IV!
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raju123
06-22 07:18 AM
I think, most of our members are busy with filing I 485.
Recently, we had a wonderful article in Business Week. Please take a minute and join me to thank Deepa Singh, Wadhawa, Jay Pradhan (logiclife), and Vineet Agrawal for exclusive article for EB category. Hats off for the hard work of this team !!
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2007/db20070620_915353.htm
Recently, we had a wonderful article in Business Week. Please take a minute and join me to thank Deepa Singh, Wadhawa, Jay Pradhan (logiclife), and Vineet Agrawal for exclusive article for EB category. Hats off for the hard work of this team !!
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2007/db20070620_915353.htm
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leoindiano
11-02 04:58 PM
I worked with Romy Kapoor and Ashish Sharma, both are good.
Romy's firm now merged with some international law firm called Adorno.
Kapoor & Associates: Atlanta Immigration Attorney and Orlando Immigration Attorney (http://www.kapoorlaw.com/)
google for sharmas firm.
Romy's firm now merged with some international law firm called Adorno.
Kapoor & Associates: Atlanta Immigration Attorney and Orlando Immigration Attorney (http://www.kapoorlaw.com/)
google for sharmas firm.
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getready4gc
09-09 06:49 PM
I have applied EAD for my wife... while applying I misspelt my wife's first name and I haven't selected any service center, seems it automatically choosen NSC... but my 485 applied under TSC and the dates here are best like May 20, 2008 and the NBC is Mar 31, 2008...
How can I correct the name, can I do it at the time of finger print?
How can I change the service center?
I already sent email to EAD Deptt... In the meanwhile, I wd like to find from many experienced people like you...
Thanks
How can I correct the name, can I do it at the time of finger print?
How can I change the service center?
I already sent email to EAD Deptt... In the meanwhile, I wd like to find from many experienced people like you...
Thanks
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ragoizueta
04-28 03:15 AM
Current visa: F-1
Nationality: Pak
OPT starts June 2011
H-1b approved starts Oct 2011
Job starts August 2011 (cannot work remotely and not more than 1 month leave)
Name starts with a common Muslim name 'M-'
Parents frequently come to the US but I may need to travel to Pakistan for emergencies or perhaps to get married. Should I go to Pakistan or Canada for H-1b stamping or is too risky with the lengthy administrative processing (221-g)?
Nationality: Pak
OPT starts June 2011
H-1b approved starts Oct 2011
Job starts August 2011 (cannot work remotely and not more than 1 month leave)
Name starts with a common Muslim name 'M-'
Parents frequently come to the US but I may need to travel to Pakistan for emergencies or perhaps to get married. Should I go to Pakistan or Canada for H-1b stamping or is too risky with the lengthy administrative processing (221-g)?
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mambarg
07-28 02:52 PM
I hear from multiple sources that a concurrently filed 485/140 with 140 in premium is the fastest way to process.
Does this make sense ?
It could be as 485 does not have a A number till 140 is approved.
Once 140 is approved, then have to open the corresponding 485 and enter that information and proceed with its processing ????
So I believe this one is faster than even the approved 140 case submission of 485 ?
Any comments ?
Does anyone have insight or more info on this.
I just want to know if 485 filed with 140 approved is faster or slower than filing 140PP/485 concurrently ???
Does this make sense ?
It could be as 485 does not have a A number till 140 is approved.
Once 140 is approved, then have to open the corresponding 485 and enter that information and proceed with its processing ????
So I believe this one is faster than even the approved 140 case submission of 485 ?
Any comments ?
Does anyone have insight or more info on this.
I just want to know if 485 filed with 140 approved is faster or slower than filing 140PP/485 concurrently ???
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06-15 03:10 PM
If you ever hear someone from the GOP say that Democratic attacks that the GOP is anti-immigrant are unfair, remember that Steve King is the person given the ranking member position on the House Immigration Subcommittee. ThinkProgress reports on the latest nonsense to come from the mouth of Mr. King: Today on G. Gordon Liddy�s radio show, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) discussed Arizona�s new anti-immigration law and claimed President Obama�s criticism of it demonstrates �that he has a default mechanism in him�that favors the black person.� While majorities of Americans and Arizonans support the new law, King also claimed that...
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pamposh
09-26 11:15 AM
Ok for a long time I have been thinking about getting enrolled in a Phd program and this year I was hoping I get a chance to chase my dream after having the GC... well it did not work the way I thought/planed and now I want to weigh my options.
here are my details:
EB2 I with PD Sep 2005
Primary Applicant
currently on H1B
I 140 approved early 2006
Approved EAD (till Oct 2010)
Approved AP
So my questions is:
Is there a way I can join a univ as full time research student?
Can I take a leave of absense (ofcourse w/o pay) from my current job to join as a student?
If anyone knows anything about this kind of situation I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks for everyone in advance...
Pamposh
here are my details:
EB2 I with PD Sep 2005
Primary Applicant
currently on H1B
I 140 approved early 2006
Approved EAD (till Oct 2010)
Approved AP
So my questions is:
Is there a way I can join a univ as full time research student?
Can I take a leave of absense (ofcourse w/o pay) from my current job to join as a student?
If anyone knows anything about this kind of situation I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks for everyone in advance...
Pamposh
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02-23 12:40 PM
Pro-immigration advocates can come from the conservative movement just as they can come from the liberal camp. And just as there is an internal battle on the left (labor protectionists often seize on anti-immigration positions), there is also a battle on the right between the pro-business, small government advocates and the xenophobic America first crowd who usually couch their arguments in terms of law and order (though if you dig a little, you'll find that these folks are usually against liberalizing rules to make legal immigration easier). Right wing Talkradionews.com reports on efforts by a Latino group to attract conservative...
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