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About Cyrus Mehta

Cyrus D. Mehta is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC. He is a prolific speaker and writer on contemporary immigration topics. He graduated with law degrees from Cambridge University and Columbia Law School.

Entries by Cyrus Mehta

Our Cool Bimonthly Immigration Update!

September 19, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

In addition to our blog, we also regularly post immigration updates twice a month on our website at www.cyrusmehta.com. The latest Mid-September 2016 Immigration Update is available at https://blog.cyrusmehta.com/blog/2016/09/15/mid-september-2016-immigration-update/. While our blogs provide an interesting insight into an interesting contemporary immigration issue, our immigration updates comprehensively cover many significant developments twice a month. We extract, […]

Harmonious Coexistence: New Parole for International Entrepreneurs and Old Entrepreneur Pathways Portal

September 3, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a rule allowing certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) so they may start or scale their businesses in the United States. This is not the first administrative initiative for entrepreneurs. In 2011 the USCIS provided guidance on how […]

Who Should Get Notice When An I-140 Petition Is Revoked? It’s The Worker, Stupid!

August 22, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

The ability for a foreign national worker to move to a new job is crucial in an age of never ending backlogs in the employment-based (EB) immigrant visa preferences. If an I-485 application for adjustment of status has been filed and been pending for more than 180 days, under INA 204(j), the I-140 immigrant visa […]

Trump vs. Outstanding Immigrant Khizr Khan

August 5, 2016/2 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

It is poetic justice that Khizr Khan, a Muslim and an immigrant, has been able to take on Trump and trounce him. Trump has derided both Muslims and immigrants with the objective of pandering to his base of white male voters. After Mr. Khan’s strong repudiation of Trump, he is no longer looking as invincible […]

Don’t Forget Skilled Workers Who May Have to Wait For A Few Centuries Before Getting the Green Card

July 30, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech was so warm and embracing of immigrants when compared to Donald Trump’s acceptance speech a week earlier. These were some of her key remarks on immigration: We will not build a wall. Instead, we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good-paying job can get one. And we’ll build […]

Deconstructing the Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

July 23, 2016/0 Comments/in uncategorized/by Cyrus Mehta

Donald Trump began his presidential campaign last year by accusing Mexican immigrants who cross the border as being criminals and rapists, and ended with the same sentiment in his acceptance speech of the Republican nomination by thundering that “nearly 180,000 people with criminal records ordered deported from our country are tonight roaming free to threaten […]

No Longer So Fast! An Examination of EB-1 Retrogression For Indian And Chinese Born Foreign Nationals

July 18, 2016/1 Comment/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

By Cyrus D. Mehta and *Anand G. Sinha One does not need a degree in public policy or law to understand the basic premise behind the concept that the United States ought to make the attraction of the best and brightest individuals a paramount immigration policy. By enabling the most talented and gifted individuals in […]

Brexit and Xenophobia vs. Immigration and Innovation

July 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

In the backlash against globalization, as seen in the vote in favor of Brexit, there is an even more insidious backlash against immigration. The world has prospered because of the expansion of trade and technology, and also due to the free movement of capital and people. Millions of the world’s poor people have been lifted […]

Trump and the Snake

June 20, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

Donald Trump is fond of reading the lyrics from Al Wilson’s 1968 R&B hit song “The Snake” in his campaign rallies. While this is a catchy tune, Trump has now corrupted the song by associating it with his opposition to Muslims. He first called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, including Syrian […]

Were the DOJ Lawyers Really Unethical in Texas v. USA?

June 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Blog/by Cyrus Mehta

Judge Hanen’s order dated May 19, 2016 reprimanding thousands of Department of Justice lawyers for unethical conduct is astounding because it does not even appear that their conduct was unethical. Much has already been written about Judge Hanen’s strange order. Professor Orin Kerr questions whether the judge can even impose ethics classes on hundreds of […]