Entries by Cyrus Mehta

ETHICAL BASIS FOR PRO BONO

By Cyrus D. Mehta I am most honored to be the recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association 2011 Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award. Thank you very much. The news of the award came to me as an utter surprise and my instant response was that I did not deserve it. I immediately recalled the […]

IMMIGRATION LESSONS FROM THE FALL OF STRAUSS-KAHN

By Cyrus D. Mehta From an immigration lawyer’s perspective, the fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, who has been charged with attempted rape and other serious sex offenses against an immigrant hotel worker from Guinea in a posh New York hotel, resonates with important immigration themes. Most important, the […]

EXPANSION OF STEM FIELDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FIXES FOR A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

By Cyrus D. Mehta I was pleased to see the announcement below. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE) of all agencies, expands immigration benefits to students who have graduated in science, technology, engineering and math degree programs (STEM) fields. ICE, which has been deporting non-citizens in high numbers in recent times, ironically acknowledges that this is […]