Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 20th, 2009
The Third Judicial Circuit recently upheld Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Immigration Judge (IJ) decisions denying asylum to a Chinese national by overruling Sun Wen Chen’s precedent. Guang Lin-Zheng filed an asylum claim petition seeking refuge in US, asserting that he and his wife, who remains in China, have ...
Posted in Asylum, IIRIRA, Section 601(a), Sun Wen Chen's Case | No Comments »
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Applicants for visas to perform missionary work in the US, who are ineligible for R status because they have not been members of religious organizations for two years, have an alternate option in the B visa. If the applicant is a recent member of the religion and cannot show two-year ...
Posted in B-1 Visa, Missionaries, US Travel | No Comments »
Friday, February 20th, 2009
There was a confrontation in Austin between Rep. Leo Burman and Chinese-American descent immigration lawyer Harry Joe from Dallas after a panel discussion on the issue of relocation of illegal immigrants to “sanctuary cities.” The exchange focused on a provision that would require all illegal immigrants to relocate to self-designated ...
Posted in Related News, Sanctuary Cities | No Comments »
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Overview
Beginning May 15, 2009, all employers and attorneys or agents will have to be ready with their user accounts in the new portal system being introduced by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) for LCA and PERM filings. The DOL is expediting its plan ...
Posted in Compliance, iCERT | No Comments »
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Overview
Beginning May 15, 2009, all employers and attorneys or agents will have to be ready with their user accounts in the new portal system being introduced by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) for LCA and PERM filings. The DOL is expediting its plan ...
Posted in Compliance, OFLC | No Comments »
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
In a bid of cover up, the Baltimore ICE agents gave conflicting versions during testimony before the immigration court regarding an incident that took place in January 13, 2007, when 9 agents stopped at 7-Eleven and arrested 24 Latinos by violating arresting norms. The arrests were carried out in pursuance ...
Posted in 7-Eleven Arrest, Baltimore ICE Agents, CASA De Marland, Removal, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski | No Comments »
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
According to a report released by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, the implementation of Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 287(g) by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raises significant concerns about the lack of compliance with federal laws. Presently, there are nearly ...
Posted in Compliance, University of North Carolina | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
On February 24, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is conducting a special Web Seminar on “L-1 Strategies: Responding to an RFE and the Impact of AAO Decision on L-1B’s.” The seminar is expected to provide in-depth information on how to avoid and respond to L-1A and L-1B RFEs. The seminar ...
Posted in AILA, Immigration Reform, L-1A, L-1B, RFE | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Granting yet another petition for review, the Ninth Circuit remanded Petitioner Rodrigo Chavez Gomez’s case to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for further proceeding. The petitioner sought review of BIA’s final decision affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of asylum and withholding of deportation.
While disposing Gomez’s petition, Ninth Circuit ...
Posted in Asylum, Credibility, Gomez | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
A report prepared by the Congressional Research Service addresses several worksite enforcement operations conducted at workplaces across the country in the past few years. These operations, also called “immigration raids” show the efforts made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in curtailing the employment of unauthorized immigrants in the ...
Posted in Removal, Section 274 A INA | No Comments »
