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President Obama has signed the extension of the Religious Workers program allowing non-ministers to submit applications for permanent residency.  Commonly known as the “religious workers sunset,” the provision allows non-ministerial religious workers such as nuns, brothers, cantors, religious school teachers to apply for permanent residency.  The extension is set to…

Five days before Christmas, the Los Angeles Times reported a loss of nearly 42,000 jobs in the month of November.  This raises the unemployment rate in California to a historic high of 8.4 percent.   I am often asked whether workers on H-1B or L-1 status can be terminated even…