Kathleen Campbell Walker

September 20, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

The concept of a public charge ground of inadmissibility has been a part of immigration law for more than a century, but on October 15, 2019, the law may change.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

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October 23, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The major change evidenced in the October Visa Bulletin is the publication of filing date and final action date charts for employment- and family- based immigrant visa allocation. In the past, only FAD charts were published.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

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October 17, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The H-1B is a nonimmigrant visa category employers typically use to hire foreign professionals to work on a temporary basis in the United States. Employers just starting to use the H-1B category often try to avoid the complex issues raised by these visas; they may tell employees that the immigration part of their employment is the employees' problem, says Kathleen Campbell Walker.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

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October 29, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

New licensing requirement for foreign physicians should raise red flags for immigration lawyers, as well as other attorneys interested in equal protection and access to quality medical care.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

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May 25, 2009 | National Law Journal

The lesson that may be learned from the past 10 years of enforcement-related actions under the banner of border security is that enforcement for enforcement's sake alone does not and cannot achieve a lasting cure to the problems of illegal immigration or legal immigration to this country.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

9 minute read

January 25, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

The response by the United States and its citizens and other nations to the devastation wreaked by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti and its many aftershocks provides clear evidence of the compassion of our globally connected community, says Kathleen Campbell Walker of El Paso. In addition to the tangible forms of aid en route to Haiti, many less publicized legal actions of the United States will have far-reaching benefits to Haitian nationals.

By Kathleen Campbell Walker

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