Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security and State disclosed that they met the sunset date of June 1, 2009, imposed by Congress on both Departments to complete implementing of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) criteria at land and sea border.
WHTI is a result of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act ...
Posted in Department of State, Enhanced Driver's License, Sea and Land Entry to US, US Travel, WHTI | No Comments »
Friday, February 27th, 2009
The USCIS proposes to revise the regulation governing H-2B visas. The new regulation would provide that employment be of a temporary nature when the employer needs a worker for a limited period of time. The employer must establish that the need for the employee will end in the near definable ...
Posted in H-2B Visa, Temporary Workers | No Comments »
Friday, February 27th, 2009
The three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the judgment of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which upheld the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) order that the petitioner Garcia-Padron was denied for waiver of inadmissibility under former section 212 (c) of the Immigration ...
Posted in 212 (c) of INA, New York Penal Law, Removal | No Comments »
Friday, February 27th, 2009
In a bid to inform US citizens regarding their rights with Border Patrol Agents (BPA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a campaign by installing signs entitled, “YOUR RIGHTS” on buses. The campaign is expected to begin early next week, with an aim of curbing the expansion of Border ...
Posted in ACLU, Border Patrol Agents, Compliance | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The New York City Bar Association office was packed with more than 100 victims of a fake immigration attorney on Monday evening. The fake attorney was identified as Victor M. Espinal, 59. He was arrested last month and charged with defrauding his clients. The victims were present in the association ...
Posted in Fake Immigration Attorney, New York City Bar Association, Related News | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
February 25, 2009, would have a special place in US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) long and cherished service history as it celebrated the grand opening of their new district office in Dallas. The highlight of the ceremony was that USCIS paid rich tributes to Staff Sergeant Archibald Mathies, an ...
Posted in Immigratn Medal of Honor, Related News, US Army Air Corp, USCIS Dallas Office | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
On February 24, the Indiana Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill to attack illegal immigration. It consists of the toughest penalties to be imposed on the employers who are repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants. The legislation requires all Indiana employers to use E-verify, a federal electronic system to confirm that ...
Posted in Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform Bill, Indiana Senate | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that Monica Castro of Corpus Christi should be given one more chance to show that border patrol agents violated her daughter’s constitutional rights, when they allowed the infant’s father to keep her while he was being deported out ...
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Corpus Christi, Green Card & Citizenship | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Yesterday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that from March 30, 2009, it would assume responsibility from the Department of State for adjudication of Form I-600 (Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative) filed within the Russian Federation. The documentary evidence requirements will remain the same for ...
Posted in Adoptions within Russian Federation, Compliance, Form I-600, Prospective Adoptive Parents | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Recently, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released its latest report on H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. The report proposed changes to be made in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The H-2A program allows American agricultural employers to hire foreign workers to perform ...
Posted in AEWR, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Non-Immigrant Visas, OES, SMW | No Comments »
