Challengers of Arizona’s landmark immigration law failed to show that police would enforce the statute differently for Latinos than they would for people of other ethnicities, a judge said in a ruling that dismissed the last of seven challenges to the law.. The ruling could signal the end of the case and gave a victory […]
The day after the earthquake in Nepal, Lila Lamini, who lives in Woodside, Queens, gathered a dozen of her friends, all of them fellow domestic workers in New York and all from the same rural area of Nepal. The quake had destroyed their villages, blocked access to the region, and killed and injured residents. “My […]
Sen. Chuck Schumer wants immigrants from Nepal to stay in U.S. during earthquake recovery by Erin Durkin Sen. Chuck Schumer said people from Nepal living in the U.S. should be able to stay while their country recovers from a massive earthquake. Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the Department of Homeland Security to offer Temporary Protected Status […]
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIA PRESTONFEB. 17, 2015 WASHINGTON — One day before hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants were to begin applying for work permits and legal protection, administration officials on Tuesday postponed President Obama’s sweeping executive actions on immigration indefinitely, saying they had no choice but to comply with a federal judge’s […]
Bhatta Law & Associates is pleased to announce that its managing partner Dilli Bhatta and associate counsel Sujeet Karkala have recently contributed to the All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (AIFTP) book entitled, “Basic questions and answer on Foreign Exchange Management Act – Non-Resident Taxation – Limited Liability Partnership – Allied Laws – Report of […]
By Michael D. Shear, Julia Preston and Ashley Parker WASHINGTON — President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million unauthorized immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with […]