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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
As Congress prepares to take up immigration reform in early 2010, leading police executives from states as diverse as California, Iowa and Texas have joined a telephonic press conference as a part of growing chorus of law enforcement leaders calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel, Deputy ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The H-1B visa program has been a mainstay of Silicon Valley and the Wall Street. Wall Street is on track for leaving thousands of spots unfilled for the first time since 2003. Last year, even as the recession began to bite, employers snapped up the 65,000 visas available in just ...
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
CBP launched an upgraded CBP Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room designed to increase public access to agency records and documents. The site will feature records and documents formerly only available through FOIA request.
Access the reading room here: http://foia.cbp.gov/
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Friday, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Caryn Wagner to be the Homeland Security Department’s undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). As undersecretary for I&A, Wagner would lead DHS’ involvement in state and local intelligence fusion centers and management of classified information systems security. She would also serve ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
A Mexican human rights official detained as an asylum seeker even though he never requested U.S. protection has been released by immigration authorities. Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson’s attorney Carlos Spector said the U.S. government would not pursue asylum for De la Rosa after freeing him Wednesday. Carlos Spector said, ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently released its processing time report as of October 1, 2009. The report covers petitions under Forms: I-129, I-131, I-140, I212, I-360, I-485, I-526, I-600, I-601, I-612, I-687, I-690, I-698, I-700, I-821, I-905, I-914, I-918, N-470, N-565, N-600, and N-643.
For full report, please click: AAO ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday; he will visit the Gulf Coast in the middle of October to review first-hand, the progress in the region. Obama also signed an Executive Order giving six months to the Federal Office in charge of Coordinating Recovery and Rebuilding efforts in the region. The office ...
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union and 520 other local and national groups sent a letter to President Obama demanding that the administration terminate the 287(g) program that allows certain state and local law enforcement agencies to engage in federal immigration enforcement activities. The program has been associated with serious civil ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Today, The American Red Cross trained DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and 25 other DHS officials on how to be prepared for and respond to medical emergencies until professional responders can get to the scene. “Emergency preparedness requires both large-scale planning and personal readiness,” said Secretary Napolitano. “Learning these critical skills ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
A Tucson man who compassionately left jugs of water in the desert for illegal immigrants was ordered by a judge to pick up trash for 300 hours. In addition to community service, Walt Staton will have to undergo one year of unsupervised probation, a $25 fee, and he is also ...
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