Archive for the ‘ICE’ Category
Friday, February 26th, 2010
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement-007 (ICE) is modifying an existing system of records for Alien Criminal Response Information Management (ACRIM) System. The new system will update the data gathered and maintained both in paper form and ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The latest testimony in a lawsuit filed by the Indian H-2B workers against the company, Signal International has brought the Guest Worker Program flaws to the fore. The Signal International hired these foreign workers with the help of U.S. and Indian recruiters, reports The New York Times. The company claims ...
Posted in DHS, Guest Worker Program, H-2B Visa, ICE, Indian Guest Workers, Lawsuit, Non-Immigrant Visas, Signal International, The New York Times, USCIS, Victims of Trafficking and Labor Abuse, h-2b | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in riot gear tried to end a hunger strike by detainees last week in Lower Manhattan, said three detainees in telephone interviews. As per the reports, Detainees in the Verick Federal Detention Center in Lower Manhattan launched a hunger strike, and refused to go ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
According to the statement issued by Matt Chandler, Deputy Press Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton have temporarily halted all removal of Haiti in the wake of earthquake there. ICE continues to closely monitoring the situation.
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Posted in DHS, Haiti, ICE, John Morton, Matt Chandler, Napolitano, Removal, Undocumented Immigrants | 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 ...
Posted in California Counties, DHS, DOJ, Enforcement, ICE, Sacramento, Secure Communities, Solano | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to modify its system of records relating to Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) in order to accommodate more information that will be collected and maintained on individuals. ICE’s SEVIS-II is a system that tracks and monitors F, M, J ...
Posted in Compliance, Enforcement, ICE, New SEVIS System of Records, SEVIS, SEVIS-II System, Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | No Comments »
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) practices for determining the age of individuals in its custody, focusing on the use of dental or skeletal radiographs. The report was prepared at the request of the House ...
Posted in Age Determination Practices for Unaccompanied Children in Custody, Compliance, DHS, Dental and Skeletal Radiographs, Enforcement, House Appropriations Committee, ICE, Immigration adn Customs Enforcement, OIG, Office of Inspector General, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal. Kelly Lotus, a spokeswoman for the state Agency of Agriculture, says immigration officials visited four farms on Thursday. She says the move creates another level of anxiety and stress ...
Posted in Agency of Agriculture, Crackdown on Vermont Dairy Farms, Enforcement, Federal Immigration Officials, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Lotus, Patrick Leahy | No Comments »
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano, along with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas had announced the “I E-Verify” campaign to recognize the approximately 170,000 businesses nationwide that seek to maintain legal workforces by ...
Posted in Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS, E-Verify, Employment Eligibility, Enforcement, I E Verify, ICE, John Morton, Legal Workforce, Napolitano, USCIS | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
According to a report from Minnesota Public Radio, about 1,200 undocumented janitors in the Twin Cities were fired from their jobs last month. The janitors worked for San Francisco-based ABM Corporation that cleans many downtown office towers. The ABM letter revealed that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had problems with ...
Posted in ABM Corporation, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration Raids, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Minnesota Public Radio, Tony Mitchell, Undocumented Janitors | No Comments »
