Friday, January 8, 2010

Eat, Pray, Marry


Picking up pretty much where “Eat, Pray, Love” left off, “Committed” describes how visa problems enticed Elizabeth Gilbert into a dreaded institution: marriage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/books/review/Sittenfeld-t.html?hp

3 seconds to leave the courthouse

3 seconds to leave the courthouse
October 2008: Los Angeles Immigration Judge orders a notario, who was interfering with the efforts of a pro bono attorney, to leave the court building post haste. Notarios are a very big problem in the immigrant community - often holding themselves out as attorneys and or otherwise offering legal advise based upon little or no knowlege of immigration law.

Allegation 6 was admitted

Allegation 6 was admitted
October 22, 2008: Immigration Judge has 47 cases on her morning master calendar. Clients and attorneys crowd the hallway however cases move through at an efficient clip.