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Task Force Submits Recommendations on DHSās Secure Communities Program
- September 21, 2011
- Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, ICE, Morton, Secure Communities
No CommentsAfter tensions reached a boiling point regarding the Secure Communities program in June, ICE Director John Morton created a 20-member task force to address growing concerns. This week, that task force submitted its final recommendations in a report to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)
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H-1B Cap Count as of September 9, 2011
- September 20, 2011
- Category: FY 2012 H-1B Petitions, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas
As of September 9, 2011, USCIS had receipted 32,200 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 16,700 petitions towards the H-1B Masterās Exemption. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or
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OIG Releases Audit Report on H-1B Workers’ Use of Social Security Numbers
- September 16, 2011
- Category: H-1B Visas, Neufeld, OIG, SSN, USCIS
The Office of The Inspector General has released an audit report on H-1B Workers’ use of Social Security Numbers
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Bachmann on Immigration
- September 14, 2011
- Category: Bachmann, Border Security, Perry
Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, a Republican, has made recent statements on immigration.Ā Here is a summary of her recent statements:
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Romney’s Early Positions on Immigration
- September 9, 2011
- Category: Dream Act, H-1B Visas, Immigration Reform, Perry, Romney
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are the leading candidates to becomeĀ theĀ Republican nominee for the upcoming Presidential Election.Ā The issue of immigration reform will be an important one in the months leading up to the Presidential Election.Ā Mr. RomneyĀ has taken some early positions onĀ Immigration and I examine them here.Ā
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VOTER DISCONTENT DEEPENS–WHAT WILL OBAMA DO NEXT WITH IMMIGRATION?
- September 7, 2011
- Category: American Immigration Council, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Hispanic, Obama
The Wall Street Journal (Link) reported that a recent poll has found that 51% of Americans disapproveĀ ofĀ the job Mr. Obama is doing as presidentĀ Ā for the first time sinceĀ his inauguration.Ā Ā
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DHS REVIEW OF LOW PRIORITY CASES FOR PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION
- September 1, 2011
- Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, DHS, Prosecutorial Discretion
The American Immigration Council (AIC)Ā has released a Practice Advisory on the new DHS Prosecutorial Discretion policy.Ā Here is my summary of that Practice Advisory
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H-1B Cap Count as of August 26, 2011
- September 1, 2011
- Category: FY 2012 H-1B Petitions, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas
As of August 26, 2011, USCIS had receipted 29,000 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 15,800 petitions towards the H-1B Masterās Exemption. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or
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AILA Clarifies DHSās Announcement on Prosecutorial Discretion
- August 28, 2011
- Category: AILA, Immigration Attorney, Obama, Prosecutorial Discretion
Many people areĀ confusedĀ in the wake of DHSās recent announcement about how immigration agencies will useĀ Prosecutorial Discretion in determining low and high priority immigration cases.Ā
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WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE EXPANSION OF IMMIGRATION PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION?
- August 24, 2011
- Category: Amnesty, Dream Act, Prosecutorial Discretion, Reform
What is the effect ofĀ theĀ expansion of Prosecutorial Discretion Guidelines?