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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Alejandro Mayorkas had indicated that a fee increase is “probable” considering the agency’s steep drop-off in revenue last year and dismal projections for 2010.
The USCIS is also reviewing possible cost-cutting measures, including layoffs, however, this ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a fact sheet clarifying the state benefits that are subject and not subject to public charge. Being part of U.S. immigration laws for over 100 years, public charge makes individuals, who are primarily dependent on the government for subsistence, as demonstrated ...
Posted in Dependent on Government for Subsistence, Fact Sheet, Immigration Law, Institutionalization for Long-term Care at Government Expense, Public Cash Assistance for Income Maintenance, Public Charge, Related News, State Benefits, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, November 9th, 2009
The U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS) have launched an informational video on its website that provides an overview of the agency’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program.
The SAVE program is an intergovernmental initiative that assists benefit-granting agencies in determining an applicant’s immigration status. The new video describes the ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Please complete Part 3 of the new Form G-28 not only with the attorney or representative name in the section entitled, “Name of Attorney or Accredited Representative, ” but also with the law firm or organization name as part of the section entitled “Complete Address of Attorney or Organization of ...
Posted in AILA, Attorney or Representative Name, Complete Address of Attorney or Organization of Accredited Representative, Form G-28, Name of Attorney or Accredited Representative, Nebraska Service Center, NSC Tips on Form G-28, Part 3, Related News, USPS | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in DHS, DOJ, Immigration Litigation Bulletin, Office of Immigration Litigation, Related News, U.S. Department of Justice | No Comments »
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 »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) has issued a fact sheet on who can represent aliens in immigration proceedings. It made very clear that federal regulations (8 C.F.R. § 1292.1) allow only attorneys, recognized organizations, accredited representatives, other qualified representatives, and free legal services ...
Posted in 8 C.F.R. § 1292.1, Accredited Representatives, Attorneys, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), EOIR Fact Sheet, Ethics, Executive Office of Immigration Review, Free Legal Services Providers, Recognized Organizations, U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ), Who Can Represent Aliens in Immigration Proceedings? | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU) has claimed that Cobb County officers have misused the authority granted to them under the section 287(g) agreement and engaged in racial profiling, resulting in the propagation of widespread fear and mistrust towards law enforcement within immigrant communities in Cobb County. The foreign-born ...
Posted in ACLU, ACLU of Georgia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Racial Profiling, Related News, Section 287(g), Terror and Isolation in Cobb County | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Limiting medical malpractice lawsuits can save the U.S. government $54 billion over ten years, congressional budget analysts said on Friday, in a report that could boost a Republican push to include lawsuit reform in President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul. “Recent research has provided additional evidence that lowering the cost of ...
Posted in Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Director Douglas Elmendorf, Healthcare Overhaul, Healthcare Reform Legislation, Limiting Medical Lawsuits Can Save Billions of Dollars, Related News | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
An evangelical group is urging Congress to approve changes in immigration law in a resolution approved Thursday. The National Association of Evangelicals resolution adopted unanimously by its directors, recommends new immigration laws that would provide a path for the undocumented to gain legal status, place high priority on reuniting families ...
Posted in Evangelicals Urge Changes in Immigration Law, High Priority on Reuniting Families and Reduce Backlogs of Petitions, Immigration Reform, National Association of Evangelicals, New Immigration Laws that Would Provide a Path for the Undocumented to Gain Legal Status | No Comments »
