On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 31, 2012 | Deportation and Removal
In the last post, this blog began a discussion of a 30-year-old woman’s plight in immigration court. The woman was adopted when she was three-months-old in 1982. Her mother died roughly 8-years later and had never sought to file citizenship paperwork for the...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 30, 2012 | Wrongful Death
Imagine standing on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, looking out into the water. You see someone struggling out there and you call for help. Police and firefighters respond to the call, but fail to move off the shore to rescue the person out in the water. Thirty...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 29, 2012 | Deportation and Removal
A 30-year-old woman is facing deportation after a panel of judges in the Mountain States ruled that she is too old to qualify for U.S. citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. That law was passed to modify rules for child citizenship among foreign...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 25, 2012 | Employment Immigration
More than a year ago this blog reported a story of the immigration I-9 audit directed toward the Chipotle restaurant chain. At the time, Chipotle was one of the largest companies to fall under the scrutiny of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement under an I-9...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 24, 2012 | Cruise Ship Injuries
Cruise ship operators and owners have come under the microscope lately for how well they adhere to safety protocols offshore. Until recently, some believed they could get away with having defective equipment, allowing dangerous situations onboard to persist and...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 22, 2012 | Car Accidents
Rumors have been swirling for several months about the release of Google’s self-driving cars. Many consumers are just as excited as they are nervous at the concept of a driverless car. Florida residents, though, may be among the first to see these cars on the...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 21, 2012 | Deportation and Removal
The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that an undocumented immigrant brought to the United States by his or her parents as a child cannot avoid deportation based upon the parent’s immigration status and years of legal residency under an...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 17, 2012 | Deportation and Removal
The international rights group Human Rights Watch has issued a new report that says female migrant and seasonal farm workers are highly vulnerable to sexual violence and sexual harassment. The research shows that women working in the agricultural sector nationwide are...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 17, 2012 | Medical Malpractice
Before a medical procedure or treatment even begins, hospital staff and doctors must take a series of steps to ensure that a surgery goes smoothly. When mistakes are made or details are neglected, the patient is the one who suffers. Recently, a Florida man filed a...
On behalf of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. | May 15, 2012 | Employment Immigration
A West Coast professor of economics is arguing that U.S. immigration laws should be reformed through a market-based system of auctions. The economist is unleashing his idea this week, and sources indicate that his idea of reforming immigration laws has attracted some...