The former CEO of Agriprocessors Inc., was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Thursday and charged with criminal violations of immigration law. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth, Northern District of Iowa. The complaint alleges that the week before a May 12, 2008,…
A U.S. citizen held at a border immigration center for 15 days has been released after an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer showed a birth certificate to federal authorities. Guillermo Olivares Romero, who has robbery and forgery convictions and has been deported twice, was taken into custody at San Diego’s…
Sarah Palin was very silent on the topic of immigration right up until her first interview with a Spanish-language network. Her views on immigration were kept confidential by her team for the past several weeks. Anchor Jorge Ramos sat down with the Republican vice presidential candidate to finally shed some…
Department of Labor released very interesting statistics about PERM cases filed during 2008. Here are some highlights: Approximately 49,205 cases were certified during the first quarter of FY 2008; 63% of foreign workers on H-lB visas. The top 5 states of intended employment for these permanent labor certifications were California…
Ruben Navarrette Jr., writing for the San Diego Union Tribune, published an excellent editorial about the declining support for McCain from the Hispanic voters. McCain’s following among Latinos is evaporating. A poll by Zogby International found that 21 percent of Latinos support McCain, compared with 70 percent for Democrat Barack…
According to Law.com Bianca Jagger and other foreign nationals who are in the United States on tourist visas (B2 Visas) cannot meet New York City’s “primary residence” requirement entitling them to rent-stabilized apartments, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. Jagger, a human rights activist and the first wife…
The Wall Street Journal reports “New U.S. border-crossing cards can be copied and remotely disabled with off-the-shelf equipment, researchers said, the latest finding of security weaknesses in wireless technology. Read the Story
The Department of Homeland Security just released an advance copy of the supplemental final rule on safe-harbor procedures for employers who receive an Social Security Administration No-Match letter. The No Match Rule decribes the “constructive knowledge” that indicates an employee has provided a false SSN to his/her employer. It also…
According to a recent BusinessWeek article, A new U.S. government report confirms that companies are using the visas to hire illegally. I am shocked, really, I thought all employers are following the law and abiding by the visa rules. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) found that 13% of the…
A recent White House news release on the inclusion of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea in the Visa Waiver Program announces that in about a month citizens of these nations will be able to travel to the U.S. without a visa. Soon even more…