All posts by Harun Kazmi

In August 2021, the United States Senate passed the American Jobs Plan, more commonly referred to as the Infrastructure Bill, a significant piece of legislation that will require $1 trillion from taxpayers to execute. Although major infrastructure projects such as highway construction, solar power plants, and expansion of commuter rail service are at the heart …Read More

Compared to the previous year, the process of entering the United States for business, travel, work, or immigration has improved considerably in 2021. Nearly all of the restrictive executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump have been eliminated or replaced with new White House directives that approximate the immigration landscape before 2017. Many coronavirus …Read More

The study of immigration from the perspective of gender is relatively recent. In 2003, two anthropology and sociology researchers published a study commissioned by the Migration Policy Institute, a prominent American think tank, pointing out that most immigration research conducted in the 19th and 20th centuries was largely focused on the male perspective, and it …Read More

Any process that’s intricate by nature will open itself up to fraud and other pitfalls. Foreigners seeking legal status in the United States face many situations that can inadvertently devolve into fraudulent actions. Fraud is one of the most common reasons visas, work permits, and green cards are denied. In many of these situations, the …Read More

Immigrants who seek certain benefits from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) cannot access federal welfare programs, at least not until they’re issued green cards after being legal residents for five years. Regardless of their lack of eligibility for federal welfare and assistance programs, these immigrants must contribute to the system through their taxed …Read More