Our firm welcomes Kimberly Pedigo as our new immigration attorney.  Kimberly Pedigo has experience in immigration law and will be managing our immigration practice by assisting clients with family based and employer based visas.  We are excited to have her and she is available at any time to assist the immigrant community with questions.

Visa Bulletin
Number 19 Volume IX Washington, D.C.
VISA BULLETIN FOR APRIL 2010
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS
1.  This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during April. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment [...]

A resolution to allow SGA to send a letter to elected representative expressing Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) support of the proposed DREAM ACT failed.
Read below of an article published by the campus newspaper:
SGA votes down DREAM Act resolution
Representatives express concern, say no to support of illegal immigration bill
By Rozalind Ruth
Community News Editor
Published: Sunday, April [...]

Section 101(a)(15) of the INA specifies various classes of persons admissible to the U.S. as nonimmigrants.
A nonimmigrant may engage only in activities consistent with his or her status. In general, the filing of an application for a different status or even the approval of a petition (for example an I-129 petition to accord H, L, O or [...]

Every nonimmigrant seeking admission or extension or change of status must satisfy the inspector or adjudicator that he or she is capable of maintaining status and will not become a public charge. In situations where the status sought involves employment, the income from the employment itself generally satisfies the support requirement. A separate affidavit of [...]

Activities Consistent with Status .
A nonimmigrant may engage only in activities consistent with his or her status. In general, the filing of an application for a different status or even the approval of a petition (for example an I-129 [...]

www.uscis.gov
Humanitarian Parole
Humanitarian parole is used sparingly to bring someone who is otherwise inadmissible into the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.
USCIS may grant parole temporarily:
To anyone applying for admission into the United States based on urgent humanitarian reasons or if there is a significant public benefit
For a period [...]

Courts. Naturalization within the United States is a judicial function exercised since 1790 by various courts designated in statutes enacted by Congress under its constitutional power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. The authority of Congress to confer jurisdiction upon State courts was recognized at an early date, and under legislation prior to the [...]

Legislation has been issued in the House of Representatives to eliminate prohibitions on adjustment of status for those who are here in the U.S. unlawfully or who accepts employment with proper documentation. It appears based on recent media attention that the Congress are wanting to move forward to legalize undocumented immigrants. We will have to [...]

Published in Christian Post
Though Congress still has to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of legislation to revamp the nation’s health care system, the next issue in line is already stepping forward in Washington and at the grassroots.
Sun, Dec. 27, 2009 Posted: 03:49 PM EDT

Though Congress still has to resolve differences between [...]