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Atlanta Immigration Lawyer Karen Weinstock Explains the Report.

 

 

 

Atlanta immigration lawyer Karen Weinstock reports regarding a recently issued report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which shows the increasing role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market. The CBO must provide objective, nonpartisan analysis, and thus the report makes no recommendations, however various conclusions may be drawn from this report based on it very detailed analysis.

In 2009, there were 24 million foreign born members of the U.S. labor force, more than one in seven, an increase since 2004 where they represented one in 10. In 2009, 40 percent of the foreign-born labor force was from Mexico and Central America, and more than 25 percent was from Asia.

"The report shows that over half of the foreign-born workers from Mexico and Central America did not have a high school diploma or GED compared with just 6 percent of native-born workers. However, nearly half of the foreign-born workers from other countries held bachelor's degrees or higher, compared with 35 percent of the native born workers", said Karen Weinstock, Atlanta immigration attorney and the managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration Law Firm Siskind Susser.

 

"The report demonstrates how foreign-born workers from Asia and other parts of the world are more highly educated relative to the U.S.-born and more than twice as likely as native-born workers to be in fields such as computer and mathematical sciences, which require a college education. These highly educated workers have average wages similar to those of native-born, which proves again that they are not paid any less", said Weinstock, the Atlanta immigration law attorney.

"Even though the majority of Mexican and Central America born workers is undereducated relative to their U.S. counterparts, the report shows how vital their work is to the economy in construction, hospitality and other industries that do not require education but more difficult physical work", said Weinstock, the Atlanta immigration lawyer, such industries that only 23 percent of native-born work in.  
"As expected, the majority of the foreign-born labor force concentrated in California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey and Illinois", said the head of the Atlanta Immigration Law Firm. "Also interesting that foreign-born men were slightly less likely to be unemployed than the native born, but foreign-born women were slightly more likely to be unemployed than the native born women, which shows that foreign born workers are more likely to participate in the labor force - to have a job or to be looking for one", added the Atlanta immigration lawyer, "even though the recent economic cycle hurt these industries the most", she concluded.

 

 

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

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Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

 

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta immigration law firm  have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law. Our Atlanta immigration lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and represent clients before the U.S. government. We are committed to providing quality and efficient service, and are one of the top ranking U.S.  immigration law firms.

 

Atlanta, GA Monday, February 28, 2009 -

Karen Weinstock the managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration Law Firm Siskind Susser has been selected to The International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers (2010) in her specialty of Immigration Law. The International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers is one of the most respected peer-reviewed publication in the international legal profession, and it is the official research partner publication of the International Bar Association and the American Bar Association section of International Law. It lists top attorneys who practice various corporate and business lawyers in a number of specialties.

The International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting extensive independent research and exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The publication is available in many countries all over the world and on the web at www.WhosWhoLegal.com.

 

About Karen Weinstock:

Karen Weinstock is the managing attorney of the Atlanta, Georgia office of Siskind Susser. Karen graduated law school from Hebrew University School of Law in Jerusalem, Israel and is licensed to practice law both in Israel and in New York State. Karen specializes exclusively in immigration law and as an immigration lawyer, she is an expert in representing U.S. and international companies in the technology and healthcare areas in obtaining work visas to the U.S., green cards and general immigration matters. She uses her immigration attorney expertise to assist U.S. companies with I-9 and immigration compliance. Karen writes articles for Siskind's Visalaw Health Care Immigration Newsletter and to Siskind's Immigration Bulletin, a newsletter with over 30,000 subscribers which includes government officials. She is featured in newspapers, interviewed on television multiple times and is a keynote speaker on various immigration law topics in forums and events around the world. Karen authored and is the editor of "The H-1B Visa Book", published by Immigration Law Weekly. Karen was selected by her peers to be included in "The Best Lawyers In America" 2010 Edition.

 

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

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Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

 

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta immigration law firm  have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law. Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International - the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world's top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

 

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Atlanta, GA Monday, February 1, 2010 -

Atlanta immigration Attorney Karen Weinstock of Siskind Susser Immigration Lawyers, author and editor of the H-1B Visa Book, criticized a recently issued memorandum by USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service), which changed the definitions of employer-employee in the context of H-1B visa applications. The January 8, 2010, Donald Neufeld Memorandum completely reverses multiple USCIS decisions and policy as well as employment law provisions in Federal and state laws.

"The memo specifically goes after IT Consulting firms or placement firms where the individual is placed at a third party worksite and does not implement the Consulting company's proprietary software. IT implementation firms appear to be protected by this memo but they are not completely out of the woods", said immigration attorney Weinstock.

"This memo added an inappropriate interpretation of the employment term "Right to Control" the employee. As a result, it also goes after small business owners that are sole owners of the company sponsoring them for H-1B visas, or majority shareholders in the same", Weinstock added, "Where small business has been the engine for job growth in this country over the past decade".

"This memo brings a sharp departure from prior USCIS policies and decisions, and directly contradicts many Federal and state laws relating to employment, including discrimination laws, equal pay and the Fair Labor Standard Act" said Karen Weinstock, managing attorney of the Atlanta immigration law firm For example, an owner of a company is also considered an employee for salary, health and retirement benefit purposes, as well as other employment benefits, even though he or she is also a shareholder.

"Since the Immigration Service did not follow the government's process for rulemaking, including publishing the proposed change in the Federal Register, it may be voided soon as illegitimate rulemaking", added Atlanta immigration lawyer Karen Weinstock. AILA, the American Immigration Lawyers Association has already contacted USCIS requesting it to withdraw this memo. If it is unsuccessful in doing so, litigation in the Federal Courts against the immigration service may follow.

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock
404-935-0056
Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com
About Siskind Susser:
Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta immigration law firm have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . We are co-founders of Visalaw International - the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world's top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

Atlanta, GA Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -

 

Siskind Susser Atlanta Immigration Lawyers Mikiel Davids and Karen Weinstock of the office recently won a landmark case in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia against the U.S. Department of Labor.

 

Recently a judgment was ordered and filed by the court on behalf of the plaintiff's attorneys.  This is an unprecedented success in this area. "The court issued expenses against the government in this case which is really extraordinary " said Karen Weinstock, managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration law firm. "Not only that the court concluded that the government's position is not justified", she added, "but the court agreed to award a higher hourly fee for our immigration law expertise".

This case is the first in the country of its kind. The court ordered DOL to immediately decide a pending PERM application (foreign labor certification) after finding the agency had unreasonably delayed in doing so. Our attorneys brought the case to federal court in order to ensure that the I-140 immigrant petition for their client could be filed with USCIS before the client's son turned 21, after which point he would no longer be eligible to obtain a green card with the rest of his family. But the I-140 petition could not be filed until DOL decided the labor certification and the agency refused to expedite a decision on the pending PERM application on the basis of the plaintiff's son's "ageing out," or for any reason, including the fact that the application had been pending 4 months beyond DOL's stated processing times.

DOL complied with the court's Order and approved the labor certification prior to the 21st birthday of the plaintiff's son, allowing attorneys Karen Weinstock and Mikiel Davids to file the I-140 petition with USCIS in time to preserve the family's ability to immigrate all together, thus preventing irreparable harm to the applicant and his family.

 

By ordering the fee award against the government, the Court concluded that the government's position in this case was not substantially justified. The government never provided any legitimate or specific reason for the delay, and then, after the court's order, the DOL was able to process and approve the plaintiff's PERM application within 48 hours.

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

404-935-0056

Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

 

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta law firm  have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International - the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world's top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

 

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Atlanta, GA Tuesday, October 29, 2009 -

 

Karen Weinstock the managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration Law Firm Siskind Susser has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America (2010) in the specialty of Immigration Law. Best Lawyers is one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For a quarter century, the publication has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties.

Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In the U.S., Best Lawyers publishes an annual referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America, which includes 39,766 attorneys in 80 specialties, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers including Atlanta immigration attorneys and immigration law firms. The Best Lawyers in America also publishes peer-reviewed listings in more than 48 countries around the world. The Best Lawyers Board of Advisors includes legal luminaries from almost every major world economy as well as general counsel from global companies with business on every continent.

Because Atlanta immigration attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a signal honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than 25 years, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere including Atlanta immigration law firm Siskind Susser.

Best Lawyers listings also reach a broader and more important audience than any other lawyer-rating publication. Internationally, more than 200,000 individuals, 1,800 law firms, and 4,500 general counsel subscribe to BestLawyers.com. The website hosts more than 9.4 million page views a year, many of them by Fortune 1000 companies.

More than 88,000 top general counsel see the lists in Incisive publications such Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer, while more than 16 million readers see the lists in dozens of city and regional publications in the U.S. including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine, as well as in major business and general publications around the world, from Business Day in South Africa to Expansion in Spain, from the Australian Financial Review to the National Post in Canada.

In addition, Best Lawyers lists are available on all Bloomberg Professional terminals, reaching more than 350,000 top business people across the globe.

 

About Karen Weinstock:

 

Karen Weinstock is the managing attorney of the Atlanta, Georgia office of Siskind Susser. Karen graduated law school from Hebrew University School of Law in Jerusalem, Israel and is licensed to practice law both in Israel and in New York State. She is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Federal Court of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th, 9th and 11th Circuits. Karen is fluent in English, Hebrew and also speaks Spanish. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the New York Bar Association. Karen specializes exclusively in immigration law and as an immigration lawyer, she is an expert in representing U.S. and international companies in the technology and healthcare areas in obtaining work visas to the U.S., green cards and general immigration matters. She uses her immigration attorney expertise to assist U.S. companies with I-9 and immigration compliance. Karen writes articles for Siskind's Visalaw Health Care Immigration Newsletter and to Siskind's Immigration Bulletin, a newsletter with over 30,000 subscribers which includes government officials. She is featured in newspapers, interviewed on television multiple times and is a keynote speaker on various immigration law topics in forums and events around the world. Karen authored and is the editor of "The H-1B Visa Book", published by Immigration Law Weekly. Karen was selected by her peers to be included in "The Best Lawyers In America" 2010 Edition.

 

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

404-935-0056

Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

 

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta immigration law firm  have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law. Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International - the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world's top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

 

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Atlanta, GA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 -

 

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For a quarter century, the publication has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Atlanta Law Firm Siskind Susser has been included in the specialty of Immigration Law.  The Atlanta immigration attorneys are led by Karen Weinstock, Managing Attorney.

Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In the U.S., Best Lawyers publishes an annual referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America, which includes 39,766 attorneys in 80 specialties, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers including Atlanta immigration attorneys and law firms.

We also publish peer-reviewed listings in more than 48 countries around the world. The Best Lawyers Board of Advisors includes legal luminaries from almost every major world economy as well as general counsel from global companies with business on every continent.

Because Atlanta immigration attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a signal honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than 25 years, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere including Atlanta law firm Siskind Susser.

Best Lawyers listings also reach a broader and more important audience than any other lawyer-rating publication. Internationally, more than 200,000 individuals, 1,800 law firms, and 4,500 general counsel subscribe to BestLawyers.com. The website hosts more than 9.4 million page views a year, many of them by Fortune 1000 companies.

More than 88,000 top general counsel see the lists in Incisive publications such Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer, while more than 16 million readers see the lists in dozens of city and regional publications in the U.S. including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine, Atlanta Law Firms as well as in major business and general publications around the world, from Business Day in South Africa to Expansion in Spain, from the Australian Financial Review to the National Post in Canada.

In addition, Best Lawyers lists are available on all Bloomberg Professional terminals, reaching more than 350,000 top business people across the globe.

 

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

404-935-0056

Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

 

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta law firm  have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International - the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world's top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

 

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