With the 2026 midterms approaching on November 3, voter fraud is receiving intense scrutiny from federal authorities. Many noncitizens do not realize that registering to vote or casting a ballot, even accidentally, carries life-altering legal risks. Department of...
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$70 Billion for Immigration Enforcement: But Where Is the Accountability?
Please believe me when I say I believe in the enforcement of our immigration laws. I believe in secure borders, public safety, and an orderly immigration system. None of those principles, however, requires us to accept the proposition that the federal agencies charged...
Erosion of Public Trust: Immigration Enforcement in Trump’s Second Term
Almost a year into Donald Trump’s second term has come a sweeping expansion of immigration enforcement, one now being framed publicly as a matter of “public safety,” but in practice rooted in fear, overreach, and political theater. The Trump Administration has openly...
The Sky Is Not Falling
We’ve been down this road before, and we survived it. We know the playbook. Some are referring to the next administration as Trump 2.0. Dare I say, it’s déjà vu all over again? Although I had a sense over the last couple of months that we would end up where we are...
Immigration: Election Edition
Here we are again. It hardly seems like four years have passed since Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and eight years since he became president. So much has happened since 2016, both good and bad. Readers of my articles know where I stand on immigration...
Whistleblower Protections for Immigrant Workers
I was recently reviewing a matter for a prospective client when it became clear to me that he was being taken advantage of, actually exploited, very terribly, by his employer. (What’s worse, his attorney seemed to be “in on it,” and though that too is very terrible,...
Uh Oh. You Missed a Filing Deadline. Now What?
Many years ago, I was appointed by then-Chief Judge Judith Kaye to sit on the Commission to Examine Solo and Small Firm Practice. My specific role on the Commission was to examine the availability and affordability of professional malpractice insurance for solo and...
Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving “Doctrine of Consular Nonreviewability”
I’ve spent a lot of time in this space hemming and hawing about the world that I practice law in. One thing I’ve written about ad nauseum is the stupidity of having to sometimes advise some corporate clients that the only way they can hire a foreign specialty...
Here We Go Again: FY2025 H-1B Cap Season
My annual missive about the tragicomedy that is the H-1B filing season is once again upon us. I would normally dive into this with some commentary about the H-1B program, how ridiculous it is that our clients have to endure a lottery process to see if they can hire...
Remote Work (and Immigration)
The president of the Albany County Bar Association recently wrote an excellent article about remote work, offering his thoughts about whether it’s good or bad, and asking for others’ thoughts on the issue. Here are mine (and to make them relevant, I’m sprinkling in...