The mayor of the metro Atlanta city known as the “Ellis Island of the South” has launched a petition urging President Trump to end the record-long federal government shutdown over […]
Category: Immigration
Posted inEducation, Immigration
Did Foreign Graduates Help Lure Amazon Away From Atlanta?
Greater availability of recent foreign graduates in Washington and New York may have played a role in Amazon’s decision put its second and third headquarters operations in those cities, passing […]
Posted inConsular Conversations, Diplomacy, Immigration
Honduras Consul General: Cutting Off Aid Not the Answer to Illicit Migration
Just as a migrant caravan now numbering in the thousands set out from Central America to the U.S. two weeks ago, Honduras’ top diplomat in Atlanta was discussing the factors […]
Posted inBusiness, Immigration, Law, Sponsored Post
Commentary: Fast Track No Longer: Talent-based Green Cards Face Unprecedented Delays
Editor’s note/disclosure: This sponsored commentary piece was written by an attorney at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP under an advertising arrangement with Global Atlanta. Historically, foreign national employees […]
Posted inBusiness, Immigration, Sponsored Post
Commentary: Crunched for Technical Labor? Many Employers Are Hiring Foreign STEM Grads
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post written by Justin Russo, an associate in the Atlanta office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. With unemployment at a near […]
Posted inBusiness, Culture, Immigration, Sponsored Post
Managing the Expat Experience: Immigration, Education and Everything in Between
The saying goes, “Happy wife, happy life.” But employers are finding that workers’ domestic bliss — or lack thereof — can impact their own bottom lines. Managing the demands of […]
Posted inBusiness, Immigration, Law, Sponsored Post
One Year In, Trump’s ‘America First’ Immigration Approach Slows Access to Skilled Labor
Editor’s note: This sponsored commentary was written by Kevin Miner, a partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, whose Atlanta office is a Global Atlanta annual sponsor. As […]
Posted inImmigration, Sponsored Post
Reviewing Six Months of ‘America First’ Immigration Policies
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored commentary article written by Kevin Miner, a partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th […]
Posted inCulture, Immigration
Decatur School for Refugee Girls Screens Documentary on Life in Camp for Syrians
Who better than the Decatur-based Global Village Project to host the screening in Atlanta of “After Spring,” the documentary about the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, one of the largest for […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Immigration
Mayor Reed: Trump Order Could Strengthen Cities’ Immigrant Outreach
Mayor Kasim Reed spent parts of last weekend at the Atlanta airport, trying to help disentangle families impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering […]