Star’s Visa Is Rare Win for Foreign Athletes Banking on Likeness
Hansel Enmanuel, a Dominican guard on Northwestern State University’s men’s basketball team, has yet to play his first NCAA game, but he’s already scored a work visa allowing him to sign endorsement deals in the seven figures. Enmanuel, who was recruited by several Division-I schools despite having one arm, may be the first international college athlete to secure a temporary work visa allowing him to take advantage of new NCAA rules allowing college players to profit from name, image, and likeness (NIL). Ksenia Maiorova, Partner at Green and Spiegel, U.S. weighs in.
AILA Litigation Spotlight: Amy Maldonado and Ksenia Maiorova Successfully Challenge EB-1 Denial in Federal Court
AILA members Amy Maldonado and Ksenia Maiorova, together with Green and Spiegel, LLC, were victorious in overturning the denial of an EB-1 denial through the litigation in Lonergan et al. v. Jaddou (2:22-CV-02169-ES) in the District of New Jersey. Read a Q&A with the litigators.
AILA Doc. No. 22100751
Honoring the Spirit of America: A Conversation about Immigration, Featuring Jonathan Grode
A common refrain is that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants—that the spirit of America directly stems from the fact that most Americans have ancestors who are immigrants. We’re called a melting pot, where people come to achieve the “American Dream,” to settle their families, to work and start their businesses. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or their children, including nearly two-thirds of U.S. “unicorns” (billion-dollar companies).
However, in the United States today, foreign entrepreneurs seeking to work or start businesses are left without a viable path to do so, and bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. is problematic in today’s challenging economy because securing foreign-born low and unskilled workers is so difficult. At the same time, many Americans express concern over the impact of immigration on the domestic labor market. The current immigration system is also problematic from an efficiency standpoint, as wait times for legal immigration grow longer year by year.
How Scientology Exploits Foreign Workers
The church has used an obscure visa to bring in thousands of laborers — and benefit from their toil. David Spaulding of Green & Spiegel U.S., who spent 23 years as an Immigration officer overseeing investigations for a branch of the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, weighs in.
Pa. Judge Says USCIS Must Redo Spousal Petition After Delay
A Pennsylvania judge ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to reconsider Olando Espinal’s petition for his Turkish wife’s green card, saying the agency’s unreasonable delay in denying the petition unfairly hampered the couple’s ability to address the agency’s concerns. Katelyn Hufe Karahan of Green & Spiegel U.S., who represents the family, told Law360 on Thursday that her clients are thrilled that they may finally be able to receive their green cards and live in the U.S. together after nearly 12 years.
College Sports Stakeholders Launch Campaign for International Athlete NIL Rights
More than 20,000 international NCAA athletes are largely left out of an estimated billion-dollar NIL industry. A coalition of advocates led by NOCAP Sports’ Casey Floyd have launched a campaign to change restrictive immigration laws.
David Spaulding’s Immigration Practice Areas
Discover which U.S. Immigration Services David can assist with, including Business Immigration, Investment-Based Immigration, Family-Based Immigration, Corporate Compliance, Customs, and Import & Export.
BUSINESS TRAVEL TO USA WHEN RESTRICTIONS EASE: A US IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY’S ADVICE
Precision Global Consulting • 21 OCT 2021
Amy Davies spoke to Marin Ritter, Partner & Co-Director at Green and Spiegel Midwest, LLC, to find out her advice for those hoping do business in the United States when travel is permitted for fully vaccinated passengers on November 8th, 2021.
Russia Was Banned From the Tokyo Olympics. These Athletes Are Finding Other Ways to Compete
Ksenia Maiorova, a U.S. lawyer of Russian descent specializing in sports immigration says that athletes from Russia and Eastern Europe face a “particularly high level stigma” for choosing to train abroad or join a foreign national team. She says that some of her clients from Russia and Eastern Europe have chosen to keep their U.S. green card applications private because of the political hostility they face at home. Learn more.
Ep. 2: Brian Halliday & Marin Ritter on Transatlantic Insights
British American Chamber of Commerce in Ohio • 3 JULY 2021
Join us as we bring you insights from key players in their industries on both sides of the pond.