Comment: Many Items
Today's Immigration Daily issue features many items of interest, including an article on BALCA on foreign language, an article on OCAHO penalties, an ICE announcement on a phony attorney and more, please scroll down to find the item(s) of interest to you below.

Article: Korean Demand for EB-5 Surges – Will Korea be the Next Country to Face Retrogression and Have a Waiting Line? By Lauren Seo and Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Esq.

Article: BALCA Holds That Foreign Language Requirement Did Not Need To Be Listed In The Advertisements By Cora-Ann Pestaina

News: Philadelphia Jury Convicts Phony Attorney

Blogging: OCAHO Reduces Penalties for Two Related Companies. By Bruce Buchanan

Blogging: "ICE Wants Warrantless Mass Surveillance Info Amassed by the NSA. By Matthew Kolken

Focus: PERM Illuminated
Joel Stewart has done something remarkable in the new edition of THE PERM BOOK 2017-18 Edition. He has taken the spaghetti of all the sources on PERM: legislations, rules, FAQs, cases etc. and reintegrated them into a simple and luminously logical progression of how to do PERM. In each of the chapters, he uses articles by notable practitioners and his own extensive commentary to provide deep insights on every aspect of PERM. If you are a seasoned PERM practitioner, you will appreciate the clarity of the organization seen in the table of contents below, and will discover many new insights in every chapter. For anyone relatively new to PERM, Joel Stewart serves as a trusted guide to your mastering the lay of the land of this complex area. This book belongs in the library shelf of every PERM practitioner. Get your copy now, here: http://www.ilw.com/books/THEPERMBOOK.shtm

Book includes: Chapter 1: All About the Law, Chapter 2: Parties to PERM, Chapter 3: Legal Requirements, Chapter 4: Anomalies: Special Handling or Processing, Chapter 5: Educational Degrees as Requirements, Chapter 6: Job Offers, Chapter 7: Prevailing Wage Requests, Chapter 8: All About Recruitment, Chapter 9: Consideration of Job Applicants, Chapter 10: All About Filin, Chapter 11: Post Filing Issues, Chapter 12: Approvals: Expiration, Validity, Portability & Duplicates, Chapter 13: Denials, Chapter 14: Request for Reconsideration, Chapter 15: Introduction to BALCA, Chapter 16: How to Request Review at BALCA, Chapter 17: Consideration by BALC, Chapter 18: BALCA Can Remand, Chapter 19: Disciplinary Measures, Chapter 20: DOL Organization and Updates, Acknowledgements, The PERM Book Online Library.

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Headline: SoCal immigrant rights activists fight back against last week's ICE immigration actions Click here
Headline: Trump administration sued over detention of immigrant children Click here
Headline: A Strong U.S. Economy Can Be Tough on Immigrants Click here
Headline: American higher education at risk from immigration policies, says USC president Click here
Headline: ACLU attorney details past and present U.S. immigration policy Click here

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Letters of the Week:

ComingsNGoings: Immigration Event
The Impact of Immigration Enforcement Policies on Teaching and Learning in America’s Public Schools at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 28, 2018, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 5th Floor Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC