Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
In an effort to deter erring immigration practitioners from disgracing the profession, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) has taken disciplinary action against 16 attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct for immigration practitioners. Six attorneys have been immediately suspended and rest others receive final order. By ...
Posted in EOIR Announcements, Expelled Attorney, Related News, Sanctions Imposed, Suspended Attorney | No Comments »
Friday, August 28th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a new fillable Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Before filling the form, employers are requested to read all instructions carefully to avoid any omissions or mistakes. The purpose of this form is to document that each new employee including citizen and ...
Posted in Agricultural Associations, Authorized to Work, Compliance, Fillable Form I-9, Form I-766, Preparer, Recruiters, Translator | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Discussing travel and visa expenses of H-2B workers under the Foreign Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Department of Labor Deputy Administrator, John McKeon issued a Field Assistance Bulletin to Regional Administrators and District Directors. This Bulletin is published in light of the Wage and Hour Department’s (WHD’s) new enforcement authority ...
Posted in Agricultural Growers, Field Assistance Bulletin, FLSA, Foreign Labor Standards Act, H-2B Visa, Minimum Wage, Non-Immigrant Visas, Preamble Interpretations, Transport Facilities, Travel and Visa Expenses | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Beginning November 2, 2009, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Application Support Center (ASC) stand-alone sites will move to Monday through Friday schedule. Stand-alone ASCs are those which are not co-located with other federal offices and which previously operated Tuesday and Saturday. All ASCs, both stand-alone and co-located sites, will ...
Posted in Application Support Center, Background Checks, Compliance, Federal Offices, Immigration Benefit Applicants, Photographs, Stand Alone | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are reporting that more people are trying to enter the United States without proper documents. The number of people caught with fraudulent, fake or purchased documents, according to the CBP statistics, has increased 19 percent from about 23,500 in 2006 to more than ...
Posted in Illegal Entry, Impostors, Pain Medications, Surgical Masks, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The International Adoption Examiner has raked up a deplorable issue of discriminative practices followed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) against internationally adopted children. CDC is the apex authority on providing TB screening policy for immigrants. To understand, the disparities shown during TB screening between adopted children and U.S. ...
Posted in 2007 Technical Instructions for TB, Adoptive Child, Compliance, Discriminatory Policy, Dr. Posey, Foreign-Born Child, International Adoption Examiner, Multi-Party Interview, PR Representative, TB Diagnosis, TB Screening Policy, Treatment for Panel Physicians | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a blog “Our Border A Southwest Border Civic Network” featuring several posts to connect with a wide network of people interested in Southwest border issues. Visitors can share their thoughts and ideas through discussion forums, post videos and pictures from respective community ...
Posted in A Southwest Border Civic Network, Blog Post, Hatch Act, Our Border, Political Speech, Related News, Royalty Free, Social Networking Platform | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
This week, the Asian-Americans Community is putting its newly commented political power to use as they mobilize for the first ever in support of comprehensive immigration reform. The API community is one of the fastest growing immigrant populations with more than 15 million residing in the United States-the majority of ...
Posted in Asian American, Asian American Justice Center, Immigration Reform, Islander Americans, Korean Resourse Center, Legalization, Reunification, South Asian Community, U.S. History, Vietnamese and Cambodian | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
For the sixth consecutive year, the governments of United States and Mexico are resuming the Interior Repatriation Program this summer to ensure the safe, effective and humanitarian return of Mexican nationals found to be illegal in the Sonora Arizona desert region in the United States to their places of origin ...
Posted in Bilateral Agreement, Combat Organized Crime, Compliance, Humane Treatment of Detainees, Mexican Interior Repatriation Program, Removal Process, Sonora Arizona Desert, Yuma and Tucson Sectors | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
To end the ongoing political turmoil in Honduras, the Department of State (DOS) is temporarily suspending non-immigrant visa services. DOS Spokesman, Ian Kelly stated that to restore the democratic and constitutional order and resolve the political crisis in Honduras, the OAS Foreign Ministers mission is in Honduras seeking support for ...
Posted in Consular News, Honduras' De Facto Regime, Non-Emergency Visa Suspension, Political Turmoil, Restoration of Democratic and Constitutional Order, San Jose Accord, Suspension of Non-Immigrant Visa Service | No Comments »
