Friday, March 14, 2008

Immigrant Workers involved in a raid get right to legal counsel.

As in many places around America, legal and illegal immigrants have become an essential part of the overall economy of the USA. Their contribution to the overall US businesses health, bringing benefits to individual American consumers, because they work for rather low wages is substantial. Under our legal system you would think that they do, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status have the right to legal counsel.

There are two problems. First, many immigrant workers have little knowledge about their rights to representation and local and federal agencies may take advantage of that situation. Second, there are few specialized advocates they can turn to for help to have their rights protected or recover their earnings. But help from anywhere in the USA or abroad is available by contacting the immigration layers at Maturano Law. They have experience the world over in naturalization, immigration, visa application, deportation; adjusting status procedures as well know the ins and outs of the labor department procedures.

Here is a typical example where lawyers stepped in to protect immigrants to have their rights protected. The result is that a settlement between civil rights groups and federal officials was finally reached. This settlement allows (maybe illegal or undocumented) immigrant worker seized to be accompanied by an attorney at all encounters, meetings and interrogations.

The question is, will the settlement with federal officials guaranteeing that immigrant workers nabbed in an immigration raids all over be afforded the same rights? And is this going to set precedent for other cases? For more information check Maturano Law to see if this decision applies to you!

The just last week reached settlement was attained due to the intervention of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the National Lawyers guild and the National Immigration Law Center.

The Federal Agencies involved claim that: "It should be emphasized that ICE conducts work site enforcement operations lawfully, professionally and with extreme consideration to humanitarian concerns,” They also claim that the agency advises arrested immigrants of "their right to legal counsel and communication with consular officers by telephone or in person, after initial processing is completed."

The organizations seeking the restraining order contended that the workers had a right to have an attorney present in those initial interviews, as well as any others.

A spokesmen of the ACLU lawyers said the groups hoped that this California, USA case would set a legal precedent. He added: "The government would have a hard time explaining why the rights of these people are different from those of others" detained immigrant workers in similar raids, he said.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Immigration lawyer

You should seek the services of an Immigration lawyer when you make the decision to immigrate to the USA. The United States has had a long history of inviting and harbor immigrants who are looking to escape political persecution, religious freedom, improved living conditions, economic well-being, and educational or career opportunities.

This immigration phenomenon is in its third century, people from every corner of the world have made the decision to emigrate and travel to the U.S. in order to provide a better life for themselves, their children, and their future generations. However, as you might expect, the United States has very complex immigration and naturalization laws and policies in place regarding the process of applying and issuance of visas (h1, h1b etc) and green cards (which are now blue). That's why it's important for you to retain the services of a good immigration lawyer to help you through the process.

An immigration lawyer is specializing in aiding and counseling foreigners legally to enter the United States for long-term stays. As you probably know from your former home country, you must have dealt with government paperwork before, then you know how much of a problem it is to be trying to deciphering the instructions, rules and regulations, in order to provide the required personal information on all these the forms.

Filling out paperwork in a language you don't know to well, gathering the required documentation, and submitting everything to the proper immigration and naturalization agency is a very time-consuming process. The language barrier, in addition to making any mistakes, you may have to start all over again, which will delay you receiving your visa or green card in a timely manner.

The process of finding an experienced immigration attorney who can eliminate many of the hassles that come along with applying for a long-term stay in the United States is not difficult if you contact Maturano Law, specializing in all aspects of immigration and naturalization. A. Maturano's immigration lawyers will know precisely how to fill out all of the required forms and paperwork, and ensure that the finished documents will be accurate and in proper American English. A knowledgeable immigration attorney will also know exactly where and how to submit your documents for evaluation, and they have well-placed contacts that can help expedite the process. In short, when you find and engage an immigration lawyer you’ll have a much better chance of obtaining either a visa or green card in a much more timely fashion.

Looking for an immigration lawyer requires that you find someone who has an impeccable reputation. Unfortunately, there are many unscrupulous people "specializing” to take advantage of newly arrived immigrants who desire to move to America by making fantastic claims that are too good to be true and by charging exorbitant fees.

An immigration lawyer that "guarantees" success should give the indication to definitely take your business elsewhere. Nothing can be guaranteed as far as visas or green cards go; it all depends on your, your documentation, so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's very easy to check out the reputation of an immigration counselor. You can do so through Maturano Law they have connection all over the world and around the USA. The bar association of the state in which the attorney practices or you can even contact A. Maturano on the Internet. Read the testimonials and reviews of an immigration law firm (in the form of testimonials from former clients).

If you are thinking about moving to the United States for an extended period of time, then it will probably be in your best interest to retain the services of Maturano Law's well trained immigration lawyers fluent in many foreign languages.