Immigration

It’s crunch time in the U.S. Senate, as backers of the most significant revision of immigration law in a generation seek to pass the bill this week.

With ‘an agreement in principle,’ House lawmakers will begin drafting legislation to be introduced in early June. But hurdles remain.

Supreme Court ruling on controversial Arizona law underscores need for uniform federal solution to resolve immigration troubles.

When Mitt Romney said months ago that enforcing laws against employing illegal immigrants could lead to “self-deportation” by those workers, many critics scoffed.But according to a new Pew Hispanic Center study, that may be exactly what’s happening.Mexicans have stopped pouring into the United States, the study says, and the net numbers even indicate that they’re going back home. More than half of Mexican-born people in the U.S. are illegal, and Mexicans make up nearly 60 percent of all illegal immigrants here.Their migration, over 40 years, is the largest immigrant wave in terms of numbers in U.S. history.Many factors contribute to the reversal of net migration, according to the study, which analyzed government data from both countries. Among them are the weakened American job market, especially the construction industry; stepped-up border enforcement; a rise in deportations; greater danger crossing the border illegally; and a decline in Mexico’s birthrates.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release:RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James C. Spero, announce that JOHN BARNEY (47, of Adams, New York), entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information charging him with Unlawful Employment of Illegal Aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1324a(a)(2) and (f)(1). On December 15, 2011, JOHN BARNEY entered his guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter and was sentenced to 6 months unsupervised release, a $3,000.00 fine payable to the benefit of Porferio Lopez’s family, and a $10.00 special assessment.

Shutting down access to the U.S.-Mexico border could impact a relationship between the largest buyer of dairy exports which has two dairy cooperatives concerned.

Kelly Fortier, a farm immigration attorney with the firm Michael Best, will be speaking at the 2019 Executive Women in Agriculture conference to help employers understand what they need to know about immigrant labor.

Administrations working together to modernize H-2A visa program.

Shutting down access to the U.S.-Mexico border could impact a relationship between the largest buyer of dairy exports which has two dairy cooperatives concerned.

Tension builds as President Obama plans to make changes to the nation’s immigration system through a series of Executive Orders that would bypass Congress.

Senate leaders announced a two-year budget deal on Wednesday that will keep the government funded through March 23 and modify the safety nets for cotton and dairy.