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The California city of Lancaster will soon require businesses to use the federal government’s e-verify program. The e-verify program is a voluntary federal program that is meant to allow companies an easier means to identify newly hired workers who are eligible to work. The city is threatening the revocation of business licenses for businesses that … Continue reading “California City to Require E-verify. Mayor Hints At Immigration Law Ignorance” The USCIS has announced that the H-1B quota of 65,000 visas has been met for the fiscal year. Unlike previous years where the quota was met within days of it becoming available, this years quota was not met for nearly nine months. Syracuse University recently published a report analyzing the Department of Justice’s prosecutions. The report found that immigration enforcement prosecutions made up over half (54%) of all federal prosecutions during fiscal year 2009. The nicely presented report also found that: immigration prosecutions are often completed within 2 days (versus 333 days for narcotics prosecutions) 97% of … Senator Goldwater Sought Immigration Reform 30 Years Ago Don Harris of The Arizona Capitol Times recently made a keen observation about the history of immigration reform. In an article, Mr. Harris draws parallels between today’s desires for immigration reform and the desires of immigration reform put forth by Senator Goldwater thirty years ago. Many … Without warning and effective immediately, the USCIS has changed the naturalization procedure by changing where the application must be filed. Although the change is not overly significant (if an applicant knows of the change), the change is indicative of many other changes that the immigration agency has made recently without much advanced notice. Although these … Yesterday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) arrested 12 employees of Empire Warehouse Solutions for forging false social security cards and green cards. Empire Warehouse Solutions provides services at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY. It is unclear in the article whether the company will face civil or criminal charges. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano recently issued a press release highlighting the accomplishments of the department for 2009. The accomplishments concerning immigration included: DHS has implemented a “new, comprehensive strategy to reduce the demand for illegal employment,” including a new worksite enforcement policy that has led to 1,897 cases and 2,069 Form I-9 inspections … Yesterday, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) introduced legislation entitled Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, or “CIR ASAP.” The legislation has been long in coming and an overview of the legislation is available from the Immigration Policy Center. CIR ASAP is certainly not what the final version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform … Continue reading “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Introduced In House” Last week the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog focused on the nonsensical approach that the immigration agency takes towards entertainers (i.e. bands, actors, and musicians, among others). The blog post emphasized the need to maintain open access into the United States for entertainers. To demonstrate the government’s rigid thinking, the blog post focused on a … Continue reading “Wall Street Journal Blog Highlights Entertainer Immigration Concerns” As of December 8, 2009, only 3500 H-1B Visas remain available for this fiscal year. Each year the government imposes an arbitary quota of 65,000 H-1B visas for the fiscal year. In the past the 65,000 limit was reached within a few business days of them becoming available (April 1st). However, with the downturn in … The AP is reporting that Detroit firm Applied Plastic Products is facing a $41,360 fine because of its failure to properly complete nearly 100 I-9 forms for employee verification. The fine was announced after Immigration & Customs Enforcement officials performed an I-9 audit in March 2009. What is significant about this fine is that there … Continue reading “Detroit Firm Faces $40,000 Fine after I-9 Audit” by Henna An Immigration Official working in New York has been accused of soliciting and taking bribes from immigrants who were seeking naturalization. According to the AP, the immigration official solicited at least four bribes between April 2007 and November 2009. The accused immigration official is named Melford Christmas and now faces 15 years … Continue reading “NY Immigration Official Accused of Taking Bribes” The Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) recently released statistics about its operations at the 17 New York land border entry points. According to the CBP, “21.3 million passengers, 8.2 million autos, 1.4 million trucks and 41,660 buses” entered the United States during the 2009 fiscal year. Of those 21.3 million passengers, 19,000 travelers were … Continue reading “New York Immigration Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009” The USCIS has recently announced that there are new guidelines and procedures for agents and sponsors of the O and P visa. The O-1 visa allows for foreign nationals with extraordinary abilities in the arts, sciences, arts, business, athletics or in the motion picture and television industry to enter and work in the United States. … Continue reading “New USCIS Memo on O and P Visa Requirements” Attached to the recently passed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act of 2010, the Conrad State 30, EB-5, and E-verify programs have been extended through September 2012. These three programs are technically “temporary” programs that need to be reaffirmed every couple of years. In reality, these three programs have been continuously reaffirmed for years … Continue reading “Conrad 30, EB-5, & E-Verify Extended Through Sept. 2012” |
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