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Court ruling could prompt more deportation reviews

A federal appeals court’s decision to delay the deportation of seven illegal immigrants until the Obama administration re-evaluates their cases could encourage thousands of other illegal immigrants to seek similar rulings and could open the door to uncomfortable questions about the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S, experts...

USCIS Hosts Entrepreneurs in Residence Information Summit

All information taken from USCIS’s news release.  For more information, please click on the link at left. Agency kicks off effort to ensure that immigration pathways for foreign entrepreneurs are clear and consistent, and better reflect today’s business realities WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas hosted an...

Cap Count for H-2B Non-immigrants (Non-Agricultural Workers)–What you need to know

All information below taken from this link.   Please click on the underlined text at left for more information. The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs. To qualify for H-2B nonimmigrant classification: The employer must establish that...

Secure Communities Program coming to Baltimore on Wednesday

A controversial program that lets U.S. immigration officials check the citizenship status of people who have been arrested is being expanded to include Baltimore despite objections from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and immigrant advocates. The Secure Communities program, which began in 2008 and is being phased in nationwide, lets federal immigration...

USCIS Announces Outreach to Chinese Immigrant Community

On February 6, 2012, USCIS held a teleconference announcing that, on February 16, 2012 the agency would launch a series of public engagements in Chinese, called Jiao Liu.  The following is a brief transcript of Mr. Mayorkas’ announcement during the teleconference. “We will conduct a first session in a series...

Ice Implements Secure Communities in MN; Immigrant Communities fight back

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week that the Secure Communities Program is now fully operational in Minnesota’s 87 counties, making it the 27th state to fully join the program. Secure Communities is a program through which the fingerprints of those who are arrested are submitted to FBI and...

DHS Announces Publication of Final Rule For Permanent Global Entry Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently announced the publication of a final rule that would establish as a permanent program, the ‘Global Entry’, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) voluntary initiative that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers. The final rule becomes effective on March 7,...

USCIS Announces Expansion of E-Verify Self Check

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that Self Check, a free online service of E-Verify that allows workers to check their own employment eligibility status, is now available in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands....