My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
Allissa Wickham, Law360, Feb. 22, 2016- "One of the most important things a musician seeking a visa can do is to allow plenty of time for gathering support materials, according to Daniel Kowalski, an attorney with the Fowler Law Firm and editor of Bender’s Immigration Bulletin. “If an artist or performer wants to get any kind of visa to work in the U.S., the key is lead time. ... I'm talking six months to a year,” said Kowalski, adding that every year, he has to turn away bands who contact him too close to the music festival South by Southwest. Because SXSW doesn’t pick its artists until fairly close to show time, it’s crucial that artists who are even considering the festival to start working with their management and attorney in advance and put something together in case they are selected, according to Kowalski. “So that when they are picked, they can — boom! — pull the trigger and get things going with immigration to try to get that visa as quickly as possible,” he said."