Archive for October, 2009
Friday, October 9th, 2009
A Moldovan national pleaded guilty on Wednesday to forced labor trafficking in a federal court in Kansas City. Alexandru Frumusache, 24, admitted that he worked for and aided Giant Labor Solutions, in a human trafficking scheme that victimized workers in 14 states. According to the court documents, between September 2008 ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announced a detention reform initiative Tuesday that targets seven major components. These reforms will include centralizing ICE’s system of contracts, advancing the effective use of Alternatives to Detention (”ATDs”), placing different detained populations in more appropriate settings, developing a medical ...
Posted in ATDs, DHS, ICE Assistant Secretary, Immigration Reform, John Morton, Napolitano, New Immigration Detention Reform Initiatives | No Comments »
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute joined her Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Mexico City Monday to discuss continued coordination in dealing with the spread of the H1N1 flu. The meeting focused on the need to continue and further develop cooperative efforts to inform and educate ...
Posted in Continued Coordination in Dealing With The Spread of the H1N1 Flu, Deputy Minister of Health Morris Rosenberg, DHS, H1N1, H1N1 Meeting In Mexico, Jane Holl Lute, Mauricio Hernandez, Related News | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Employing and harboring a Mexican man who had killed a Houston Police Officer has proved too costly for a landscape business owner. Robert Lane Camp finally pleaded guilty on Monday to helping the offender. Camp employed Leonardo Quintero, the Mexican national convicted of shooting Rodney Johnson four times in the ...
Posted in Houston Businessman Guilty In Cop Killer’s Case, Houston police Sgt. Joslyn Johnson, Landscape Business Owner, Mexican national convicted of shooting Rodney Johnson, Violations | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter unveiled a terrorism-prevention video, “Recognizing 8 Signs of Terrorism” on Monday. The announcement came during Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano’s trip to Denver, where she joined Governor Ritter on a tour of the Center for Empowered Living & Learning (CELL)-a non-profit institution dedicated to ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule regarding the implementation of driver’s licenses and identification cards of the REAL ID Act of 2005. These regulations set standards for states to meet the requirements of the Act including:
Information and security features that must be incorporated into ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Exercising powers under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, President Barack Obama has made certain determinations and authorizations concerning refugee admission numbers during FY 2010. The number is fixed at 80,000 refugees allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the U.S. in accordance with the following regional ...
Posted in Asylum, Determinations and Authorizations Concerning Refugee Admission Numbers During FY 2010, Immigration and Nationality Act, President Barack Obama, Refugee Admissions Authorization for FY 2010 | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Effective October 1, 2009, Nebraska Legislation Bill 403 requires public employers and contractors to register with and use the federal government’s E-Verify program to determine the employment eligibility of new hires physically performing services within the state of Nebraska. Participants in certain Nebraska tax programs must utilize E-Verify for all ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) started the third and final national dialogue last week for the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR). This dialogue is the culmination of an extensive stakeholder outreach effort that began in June with Secretary Napolitano’s outreach to homeland security stakeholder associations and two previous national ...
Posted in DHS, Enforcement, Homeland Security National Risk Assessment Study Group, Napolitano, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, Third and Final National Dialogue on the QHSR | No Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
The Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy announced that the application period for the 2010 E Pluribus Unum Prizes opens on October 1. The E Pluribus Unum Prizes are a national awards program provides four $50,000 prizes annually to exceptionally immigrant integration initiatives. The awards recognize initiatives ...
Posted in 000 Prizes Annually to Exceptionally Immigrant Integration Initiatives, Application Period For The 2010 E Pluribus Unum Prizes Opens on October 1, E Pluribus Unum Awards Program of 2010, Four $50, Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Related News | No Comments »
