Marks Gray And Five Florida Law Firms Form Florida Law Alliance
Marks Gray P.A. Jan 23, 2012 in News
Marks Gray are co-founders of the The Florida Law Alliance, a group of independent law firms who collectively have 11 offices throughout Florida. The member firms are better able to serve the interest s of its clients because of their statewide geographical reach, cumulative expertise in both tort and insurance law, as well as the knowledge and experience within the local community and credibility before courts and other decision-making bodies. For more information about the […]
Continue ReadingUSCIS issued a notice to reduce the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate family members when they have to exit the U.S. to process a waiver of indamissibility to apply to obtain legal permanent residency. Currently, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who have accrued unlawful presence in the U.S. and need to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility must leave the country and wait outside of the U.S. for months and sometimes years […]
Continue ReadingSeveral states’ immigration laws will take effect this first week of January, including Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and South Carolina. Most of these laws require the use of E-Verify, while other, more controversial and potentially unconstitutional provisions have been blocked by federal courts pending further review. Not all of these laws are punitive however. A California law allows students who have entered the country illegally to receive private financial aid at public colleges. To […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear the Arizona Immigration Law Case
Giselle Carson Dec 12, 2011 in Immigration Team News
The Highest Court will likely hear arguments in the case of Arizona v. U.S. in April. The case will decide whether a law enforcement officer can check the immigration status of people stopped or arrested if officers should “suspect” that they are in the U.S. illegally. A decision is likely to come in late June. To read more, click here.
Continue ReadingA small electronics company in California, Alyn Industries, Inc., with only 60 employees was fined $43,000 for substantive violations including a failure to complete a few I-9s, sign some I-9 attestations, and failure of employeeS to check the box indicating her immigration status. Mitigating factors included that Alyn had no prior violations and was found not to be acting in bad faith. Every current and recently released employee’s I-9 is vulnerable for audits and fines, […]
Continue ReadingUSCIS announced that the FY 2012 cap of 65,000 H-1B petitions has been reached. USCIS will no longer accept H-1B petitions for new employment until April 2012. However, they are still accepting petitions filed for persons exempt from the cap such as H-1B extensions, petitions to change employment and petitions for concurrent H-1B employment. Read the press release here.
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