Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Be it a slowdown or lack of jobs, the United States still seems to be a favored country for foreign nationals to naturalize. According to the Annual Flow Report circulated by Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics, a record number (1,046,539) of foreign citizens aged 18 years ...
Posted in Naturalization, Naturalization Annual Flow Report, Naturalization Survey Report | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Despite tough opposition from anti-immigration groups, the Governor of New Jersey Jon S. Corzine had unfurled a report submitted by Blue Ribbon panel on immigration reforms. Speaking at a press conference held at New Jersey City University on Monday, the Governor discussed some far-reaching revelations from the report and tried ...
Posted in Blue Ribbon Panel, Immigration Recommendations, Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Survey Report, New Jesey Governor, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Immigration Statistics released annual flow report on the number and characteristics of persons who became Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) in the US during 2008. The data presented in the report were obtained from the Computer Linked Application Information System (CLAIMS) of ...
Posted in Computer Linked Application Information System, LPR Immigration Statistics, Office of Immigration Statistics, Permanent Resident | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
The pendency of cases in U.S. immigration courts is fast becoming a matter of great concern. The cases are so clogged that 90,000 people accused of being in the U.S. illegally have waited almost for two years, for an immigration judge to decide whether they must leave. Among them were ...
Posted in Removal, USA Today, Undocumented Immigrants in Jails | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minor’s Act (DREAM) was introduced in the house and Senate on March 26, 2009, signaling that the political tide for immigration reforms is getting stronger. This bill provides a path to U.S. citizenship for undocumented workers who entered the country more than five ...
Posted in Immigration Reform, Uncategorized, the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minor's Act | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is on its way to educate the public regarding employees’ rights and employers’ obligations under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). On March 26, 2009, the DOJ announced that it is making grant funding available for public education programs concerning ...
Posted in Ethics, Grants for Immigration Related Employment Discrimination, Office of Special Counsel | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
With the onset of H-1B filing season, which is due within a few days, last week the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) International responded to USCIS’s letter asking its views on the educational requirements for applicants for a CGFNS VisaScreen certificate as a Physical Therapist (PT). Under ...
Posted in Commission in Physical Therapy Education, Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools, Compliance, Physical Therapist | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Departing from usual norms of detaining illegal workers, agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may prosecute employers hiring illegal workers. The possible legal action against the executives mark the change in Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policy, particularly, in view of Secretary Janet Napolitano’s decisions to delay a ...
Posted in Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Raids, Removal | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Recently, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) created a surprise by giving a middle ground order in an appeal concerning prevailing wage determination. The board weighed all the evidence and supporting documents presented by both parties before arriving at the decision. An employer who disputed the State Workforce ...
Posted in Dietrich 2007 Engineering Salary Survey, H-1B | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Every worker is entitled to a minimum wage and overtime pays regardless of his/her immigration status. The Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is the agency responsible for enforcing wage laws in the US. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in its undercover investigation, has found that ...
Posted in Ethics, Immigrant's Condition in US, Wage Theft and Abuses | No Comments »
