Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Marking a new beginning toward deploying biometric exit procedures for international travelers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started collecting biometrics-digital fingerprints from non-U.S. citizens departing U.S. as part of a pilot program at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The departing non-U.S. citizens from ...
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
In line with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s pledge to prosecute employers knowingly hiring alien workers in violation of law, three Kansas City area employment firms have been charge allegedly for smuggling hundreds of foreign workers into the country to work illegally as “modern day slaves.” The indictment clearly indicates ...
Posted in DHS, Immigration Policy, Kansas City, SHift in Focus, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
In order to clear doubts regarding the standards for adjudicating H-1B petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries seeking employment in a health care specialty occupation, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Service Center Operations Chief, Barbara Q Velarde issued a memo to Service Center Directors. The memo avers Adjudicators ...
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
To enhance writing skills and propagate the knowledge about various privacy compliance processes, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office is holding a public workshop. The workshop aims to provide in-depth training on the privacy compliance process at DHS, specifically on how to write privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and ...
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Leading way for others, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department became the first law enforcement body in California to implement Secure Communities Program. Secure Communities administered by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), streamlines the process by which ICE determines whether an individual in the prison system is a removable ...
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
The nomination of federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor by the President Obama is being seen as a move to delay a thornier challenge of deciding the fate of millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States. The White House is yet to commit taking up broad immigration policy ...
Posted in Immigration, Immigration Reform, Obama Administration, Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to establish a new DHS system of records titled DHS/USCIS - 009 Compliance Tracking and Monitoring System (CTMS). Additionally, the DHS is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concurrent with this system of records elsewhere ...
Posted in Compliance, DHS, DHS/USCIS-009 CTMS, E-Verify, New System of Records, SAVE | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
In efforts to beef up security at the Northern Border, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Detroit and Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday. Secretary Napolitano is scheduled to meet key Canadian officials like Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan and Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism ...
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to exempt portions of a system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Specifically, DHS proposes to exempt portions of the Compliance Tracking and Management System (CTMS) from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act ...
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
To keep pace with growing travelling requirements of American citizens, the Department of State (DOS) has started its twenty-first domestic passport issuance facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Located at 212 South Third Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, the new passport agency is established to render in-person passport services to American citizens throughout ...
Posted in DOS, Diplomacy in Action, Minneapolis, Passport Agency, US Travel, WHTI | No Comments »
