Archive for the ‘DOJ’ Category
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has released a fact sheet last week on the procedures for “Observing Immigration Court Hearings”. As per the fact sheet, the EOIR conducts immigration court hearings in more than 55 immigration courts nationwide. These immigration court hearings are ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing representation and appearances by, and professional conduct of, practitioners in immigration practice before its components to:
Conform to the grounds of discipline and procedures regulations with those promulgated by the Department of Justice (DOJ);
Clarify who is authorized to represent applicants ...
Posted in DHS, DOJ, Grounds of Discipline, Immigration Practice Before DHS Components, New Rules of Professional Conduct for Practitioners | No Comments »
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday that it has expanded Secure Communities criminal alien initiative to Sacramento and Solano counties in Northern California. The Secure Communities program is an initiative developed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that modernizes the process used ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) will open the Stewart Immigration Court in Lumpkin, Ga., on January 11, 2010. The court location is at 146 CCA Road, Lumpkin, GA 31815, hours of operation will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday, and filing information window will ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Immigration Litigation - Appellate (OIL) has issued a fresh immigration litigation bulletin. According to DOJ, the purpose of the publication is to keep litigating attorneys within DOJ and Homeland Security informed about immigration litigation matters and to increase the sharing of information ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has issued a fact sheet on its Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO). OCAHO heads a staff of administrative law judges (ALJs) who are responsible for presiding over hearings and deciding cases arising from alleged violations ...
Posted in ALJs, Department of Justice, Document Fraud, DOJ, Employer Sanctions, EOIR, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Fact Sheet on OCAHO, Immigration and Nationality Act, International Marriage Broker provisions of IMBRA, International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, OCAHO, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, Related News, Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices | No Comments »
Friday, August 14th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have joined hands with Mexico through a Letter of Intent to develop a coordinated and intelligence driven response to the threat of cross border smuggling and trafficking of weapons and ammunition. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Mexican Attorney General ...
Posted in Cross border smuggling and trafficking of weapons and ammunition, DHS, DOJ, Dooperation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Janet Napolitano, John Morton, Letter of Intent, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora, Mexican National Public Security System Executive Secretary Jorge Tello Peon, Mexico, Related News | No Comments »
