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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 ...
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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 »
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 »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
To create jobs in local community while enhancing efforts against terrorism, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced approximately $355 million in funding for more than a dozen airport security projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Secretary Napolitano informed that “These state-of-the-art technologies ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Migrants’ deaths in the Arizona desert increased 20% during the fiscal year 2009, according to the latest report from the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector. Since Oct. 1, 2008 until Aug. 31 this year, 191 migrants died, mostly Mexicans, said EFE, Spanish-language wire Agencia. During the same time period the year ...
Posted in Arizona Immigrants, Border Patrol Tucson Sector, Humane Border Voluteer, Marijuana Seizures, Related News, Undocumented Immigrants Deaths | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a Fact Sheet containing USCIS.gov public website key features. Based on feedback heard in focus groups, usability tests and public surveys, the improved design of USCIS.gov follows four core principles:
A customer-centric homepage that provides applicants with a “one-stop shop” of ...
Posted in Related News, Search Capability, Simplified Navigation, Stakeholders Feedback, USCIS.gov Key Features | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Disputes over several issues are holding up the annual Homeland Security spending bill, including funding for border fencing and the construction of a biodefense facility. And with the new fiscal year three days away, Republicans are seizing on the stalled bill to accuse Democrats of putting the nation’s security at ...
Posted in Biodefense Facility, Related News, Sen. Jim DeMint, Senate Bill, US Border Fence | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
On Tuesday, in a speech given at the American Red Cross, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano laid stress on the vital role U.S. citizens play in building a national culture of readiness and resilience. During her remarks, Secretary Napolitano emphasized the importance of individuals and communities ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Bernie Wolfsdorf has announced the appointment of Crystal L. Williams as its new Executive Director. Williams has been involved in immigration for more than 25 years as a practicing immigration attorney, as a law publisher, as a pro bono program director ...
Posted in Crystal L. Williams, Deputy Director of Programs, Extensive Experience in Immigration Law and Policy, Law Professors, Related News, State University of New York, Third Executive Director | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Hoa Nguyen 29 came to America from Vietnam on a student visa 10 years ago. She got married to Dan Hanson, an Illinois-born U.S.-citizen, and made a life in Minneapolis. But she failed to file for a green card and missed a court date in August. Nguyen was placed in ...
Posted in Faces Deportation, Motion to Re-Open, Paperwork Problem, Related News, University of Minnesota, Vietnam Immigrants | No Comments »
