The discussion of U.S. Immigration law and who should be permitted to work and live in the United States has waxed and waned in popularity and importance in the public discourse since the “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus and the dawning of our democratic nation. The public debate, however, over the last decade has seemingly reached a fever pitch not in small measure due to the multitude of ways the common person is immersed in the barrage of the 24-hour news cycle. It is natural that many nations would debate questions of national identity, immigration and preservation of native culture from time to time. However, the United States was formed out of the notion that individuals from all over the world with different cultural and religious backgrounds could come together to form a more perfect union and that those differences would serve to make this country stronger and stand apart from the nations that had come before and after it.
From the tone of the headlines in traditional media, the flashes of information gleaned from new media and the apparent inability of Congress to act on comprehensive immigration reform, it appears we may be far from that original notion. Those immersed in the practice of U.S. immigration law have a front row seat to the dysfunction of the framework of the country’s current immigration laws and their daily effect on businesses and individuals. It is the immigration lawyer’s daily struggle to find ways to help clients navigate through the inconsistent application and enforcement of U.S. immigration law and policy.
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