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Expert Analysis on the E-Verify Program

Posted by Michael Pollak on Mon, Apr 09, 2012 @ 1:06 PM

Immigration Attorney, Karen-Lee Pollak provides expert analysis on the E-Verify Program publishing, The E-Verify Program: Is It All It’s Cracked Up To Be? in Law360.

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Immigration Attorney Karen-Lee Pollak Featured in WITSReview

Posted by Michael Pollak on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 @ 9:02 AM

Immigration Attorney Karen-Lee Pollak was featured in the January 2012 edition of WITSReview, the magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Witswatersrand.  She was written up in the Alumni with "the edge" section highlighting the professional accomplishments of her immigration legal career.  Pollak provides business immigration advice to clients that is informed by her own experience as an immigrant, her knowledge of the challenges of global migration and its necessity in the 21st century workplace.

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Immigration Attorney Karen-Lee Pollak Talks I-9 in Texas Lawyer

Posted by Michael Pollak on Fri, Feb 03, 2012 @ 11:58 AM

Immigration Attorney Karen-Lee Pollak provides nine tips to pass the I-9 ICE test in this week's issue of Texas Lawyer. 

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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services-Going Paperless?

Posted by Michael Pollak on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 @ 3:18 PM

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is in the post-development testing phase of a new system that will transform its paper-based agency into an electronic, online organization.  This is an unprecedented step for the world’s largest and most complex immigration system.  To view USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) – you can log in to this informational video

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Immigration Attorney Karen Pollak Speaks at LawReviewCle

Posted by Michael Pollak on Sat, Nov 19, 2011 @ 7:46 AM
Attorney Karen-Lee Pollak, Partner and Immigration Practice Group Chair for Bell Nunnally and Martin, LLP's immigration group will be a CLE speaker at LawReviewCle's Immigration Law Fundamentals course.  The course will provide an overview and introduction into the the basic concepts of U.S. immigration law and procedure.

This course is an introductory, step-by-step, instructional on the basics of Immigration Law.

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H-1B Cap likely to be reached by end of November

Posted by Michael Pollak on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 4:24 PM
The latest USCIS update is that 56,300 of the 65,000 regular H-1B numbers have been used as of November 14, 2011, leaving about 8,000 H-1B visas.  The demand for H-1B numbers has surged in the last few weeks.
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Immigration: OPLA releases New Memo on Prosecutorial Discretion

Posted by Michael Pollak on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 5:11 PM

Today, November 17, 2011,  the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) released a new memorandum relating to Prosecutorial Discretion and Immigration Enforcement.  See docs/OPLA memo.pdf.  The purpose of the memorandum is to ensure that that Immigration Courts follow the civil enforcement priorities laid out in the June 17, 2011 Morton memorandum.

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Survey finds Immigration Inconsistent in Applying Prosecutorial Discretion

Posted by Michael Pollak on Wed, Nov 09, 2011 @ 5:13 PM

Today, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) released a new survey today finding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and attorneys across the country are applying different standards on prosecutorial discretion despite the issuance of national policy memoranda this summer.  The June 17, 2011, memo outlines for ICE agents and attorneys the criteria that would make an immigration removal case a low priority for enforcement action. These criteria include ties to America including service in the U.S. armed forces, schooling, contributions to the community, and other equities for enforcement officials to consider when deciding what course of action to take in a particular case.

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Bell Nunnally Boosts Immigration Practice with Karen-Lee Pollak

Posted by Michael Pollak on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 @ 6:01 PM

DALLAS, TX, Oct 31, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Karen-Lee Pollak joins Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP as a partner and head of the firm's immigration practice, and Cynthia Cole joins the firm as senior counsel in the bankruptcy and restructuring area.

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What's Cooking in Immigration?

Posted by Michael Pollak on Fri, Mar 11, 2011 @ 7:29 PM

Karen returned to South Africa to meet with immigration clients.  She was interviewed by Avocado, a South African Food & Lifestyle Magazine that wanted to explore the cultural differences between South Africa and the United States, which resulted in this article that appears in the March / April issue.

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