A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer

This is a very nice piece by attorney Carl Shusterman.  I highly recommend reading the full blog as it teaches us important lessons regardless of what profession we are in or will be in the future.

Enjoy life, do what you really want to do, help others.  There is no such thing as too little to give or not much help to give. 

Stop hate, xenophobia, racism, prejudice and discrimination and stay away from people exhibiting those.  Life is just too precious and short for anything negative. 

A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer

Excerpts:

None of my friends from UCLA Law School, class of 1973, went into immigration law.

Corporate law, personal injury law and real estate law were all far more lucrative.  If
you are looking for a multi-million dollar settlement, immigration law is not for you.

So why do we immigration lawyers do what we do?

Having spent over half of my life practicing immigration law, I can tell you that I
consider myself to be very fortunate.  The satisfaction that I get from meeting and
helping immigrants from around the world makes it worthwhile.

Let me explain myself by telling you about a recent day at the office:

The first thing in the morning, I interviewed an RN who had arrived in the U.S. as a
visitor a few years ago.  She appeared to be hopelessly out-of-status.  Although her father,
a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., had submitted a visa petition on her behalf over
15 years ago, he had died soon thereafter.  A nursing home had submitted a visa petition
on her behalf in 2007.  However, as I explained to her, this would not allow her to apply
for adjustment of status for another four to five years.............

*Click here to read the full blog piece: http://blogs.ilw.com/carlshusterman/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-immigration-lawyer.html#comments