Archive for the ‘Ethics’ Category
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Voicing its concerns over the controversial 287(g) program the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which is one of the largest nationwide and non-partisan organization submitted written statement to both the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is on its way to educate the public regarding employees’ rights and employers’ obligations under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). On March 26, 2009, the DOJ announced that it is making grant funding available for public education programs concerning ...
Posted in Ethics, Grants for Immigration Related Employment Discrimination, Office of Special Counsel | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Every worker is entitled to a minimum wage and overtime pays regardless of his/her immigration status. The Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is the agency responsible for enforcing wage laws in the US. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in its undercover investigation, has found that ...
Posted in Ethics, Immigrant's Condition in US, Wage Theft and Abuses | No Comments »
Friday, March 13th, 2009
At last, the tireless campaign by AILA against individuals falsely misrepresenting themselves as attorneys or accredited representatives in any immigration matter has paid off. Yesterday Sens. Feinstein (D-CA) and Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a bill, “Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009″ that would make federal crime and felony to defraud individuals ...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
In an effort to weed out legal malpractices, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has recently undertaken disciplinary action against nineteen attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct for immigration practitioners. Ten attorneys are immediately suspended and others have received final orders.
The EOIR is an agency within ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Thousands of children delivered by midwives on US-Mexican border find themselves running from pillar to post to gather evidence to get a US passport. Since, the federal government is taking objections in granting passports to people claiming to have been born in US. There is a flurry of people who ...
Posted in Ethics, McAllen Town, Midwives Birth | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
The Colorado Supreme Court in a bid to protect non-immigrants, prohibited non-attorneys like Notarios, notaries public, and immigration consultants from representing before USCIS and performing legal work. The Court allows only attorneys and properly accredited representatives granted official recognition by the Board of Immigration Appeals, to assist aliens in preparing ...
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