The American Immigration lawyers Association requested an update on USCIS plans to test and issue a combined EAD/Advance Parole (AP) document. AILA understands that USCIS believes a combined EAD/AP document may help further the agency’s goal of increased efficiency and workload reduction. The concern is that the use of such…
According to the San Diego Union Tribune, although economic concerns reduced immigration to nearly a nonissue by the time the presidential campaign drew to a close, political experts believe it was largely responsible for the record turnout of Latino voters Tuesday, 66 percent of whom supported Barack Obama. According to…
An excellent article by Patrick Thibodeau from ComputerWorld, touches the issue of possible H1B visa Green Card increase by President Obama. While his position on immigration is not entirely clear, Obama is smart enough to link the US prosperity with a major Immigration reform. President-Elect Barack Obama has supported the…
This is a very important update for all our I- 601 waiver clients and readers of this Blog that follow this area of law. As noted in other postings regarding the move of the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez to its new facility this month, the USCIS overseas office in…
On 11/3/08 DHS announced that Secretary Chertoff signed a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) declaration with Romanian Ambassador Adrian Vierita. The declaration outlines security measures required for Romania’s possible designation as a VWP member. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a program of the United States of America which allows citizens of…
Sen. Barack Obama didn’t know his aunt might be living illegally in the United States, as media outlets are reporting, and his campaign will return contributions she made, an aide said Saturday. According to The Associated Press, a court refused four years ago to accept the asylum application of Zeituni…
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…