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Commentary: Biden’s Presidency is Still Months Away, but Undoing Trump’s Assault on Legal Immigration Must Start Now

Editor’s note: This sponsored commentary is provided by Kuck Baxter Immigration and is published through its annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta.  Some Americans feel stressed that the presidential election has taken so long to play out. But for many future Americans awaiting legal entry into the United States, the wait carries more dire implications, even […]

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Mexicans in the South: From Agriculture Diplomacy to Anti-Immigrant Dialogue

Since the early 1900s, Mexicans settling in the Southern United States have always straddled a line between discrimination and assimilation, but the today’s rancorous debate over immigration policy has its roots in more recent shifts.  That was the consensus of Mexican Consul General Javier Diaz de Leon and Julie M. Weise, author of Corazon de Dixie: […]

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Immigration Authorities Arrest 13 Koreans Working at SK Battery Site

Critics of what will be Georgia’s largest-ever foreign investment project are pointing to the arrest of 13 Korean nationals Thursday as proof that SK Battery has been skirting immigration laws during the construction of its $2.6 billion complex in Commerce.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrests Wednesday at a home where the workers were […]

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SK Battery Installs Immigration Checks Amid Criticism of Hiring Practices at Korean-Owned Plant

SK Innovation is taking new steps to ensure immigration compliance at its $2.6 billion project in Jackson County amid growing evidence that foreign workers are displacing Americans during the construction process.   The Korean electric-vehicle battery maker instituted daily document checks Thursday, a week after Rep. Doug Collins, a Republican whose district encompasses the plant, first asked Immigration and Customs […]

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Commentary: Trump’s Latest Immigration Proclamation Carries Damaging Consequences for Foreign Workers, Residents

Editor’s note: This sponsored post by Charles Kuck is published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual advertising package with Global Atlanta. It first appeared on immigration.net and has been edited for length.  Weeks ago, we began advising our clients to return to the United States immediately, seeing clear cues from President Trump that he would […]

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Uncertainty Abounds After Trump Proclamation Blocks H-1Bs and Other Work Visas

A June 22 immigration proclamation by President Trump barring many foreign workers’ coming into the U.S. has created upheaval that immigration attorneys say is considerable even by the standards of an administration marked by its antipathy toward expatriates.  The president’s orders have consistently tied up courts on issues like (recently) DACA and (earlier in his […]

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Commentary: Saving DACA Permanently Means Setting Georgia Up for Recovery

Editor’s note: This post by Charles Kuck is published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta and was provided to the publication by New American Economy, which advocates for immigration policies that will drive economic growth. As if Georgia didn’t have enough to worry about with coronavirus recovery, tens of thousands of […]

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Refugee-Turned-Doctor: In Pandemic and Beyond, Immigrants Can Fill the Health Care Skills Gap

Editor’s note: The following commentary article written by Syrian-born cardiologist Heval Kelli, an ethnic Kurdish former refugee who now practices medicine in metro Atlanta, was provided to Global Atlanta by New American Economy, a bipartisan organization that advocates for immigration policies that will broadly benefit the U.S. economy. It represents Dr. Kelli’s opinion and is […]

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President Trump’s Immigration Ban: Unwinding the Impact and Exceptions

Editor’s note: This post is published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta. While it’s clear that President Trump’s widely publicized executive order last week limits legal immigration into the U.S., the action includes a wide range of exemptions and muddy definitions that make it hard for companies and families to decipher who can get […]

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Laying Off Foreign Workers During the Pandemic? Here’s How to Help Them While Complying With Immigration Laws

Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual advertising package with Global Atlanta. As immigration attorneys, employers terminating foreign workers often ask us about their obligations, as well as the work options available to those they’re forced to let go.  In recent days, companies dealing with the economic impacts […]

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