U.S. immigration lawyers have long known the state of their practices to be a clear barometer of health of the U.S. and global economies. The question “are you busy” is commonly asked amongst lawyers at professional functions and also by laypeople in all settings, curious about the state of the legal profession. This question, however, for U.S. immigration lawyers has always had a special resonance as it relates to the state of the economy. Their practices are generally filled with work that requires attention whether the practice is limited to corporate, family or removal, or encompasses all U.S. immigration-related matters. It is the special nature of the practice that requires in certain cases the relationship with our clients to go on for many months or years and, in some cases, decades after the initially retained work is completed.
Even in the face of the current political climate of congressional inaction on comprehensive immigration reform, the recent delay of presidential action on administrative fixes, and the absence of policy changes that would promote drawing the best and brightest from around the globe to study and work in the United States, immigration lawyers report that the hiring of foreign nationals is clearly on the rise. In 2008 and 2009, the most frequently asked question by employers was how to legally terminate foreign national staff in compliance with U.S. immigration law. In 2014, the overwhelming majority of requests relate to getting new employees on board within the U.S. immigration law scheme.
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