Liz and the Llama

Liz at the London Zoo.

Liz at the London Zoo.

This past week the Rome District Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) hosted a conference at a unique space, the beloved London Zoo. The conference, appropriately titled "No Monkey Business. Just Immigration Law" (yes, I'm not kidding), took place in a beautiful Georgian building on the Zoo grounds with a terrace overlooking Penguin Beach, and featured some excellent immigration speakers. In this photo, Liz consults with one of the nation's foremost H-1B specialists. Yes, that's right. Apart from producing a beautiful and soft wool, llamas are intelligent and can learn simple tasks, which makes them perfect for H-1Bs. And then they can deliver the petitions to US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) themselves, since they can carry about 25% to 30% of their body weight!