• Binational Same-Sex Couples can begin Immigration petitions NOW!

    • July 3, 2013
    • Category: Immigrant Visas, Napolitano, Prosecutorial Discretion, Same-Sex, USCIS
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    Binational Same-Sex Couples can begin Immigration petitions, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”).

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  • Deferred Action has its detractors

    • July 11, 2012
    • Category: Deferred Action, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Mayorkas, Morton, Rep. Lamar Smith
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    The new Deferred Action policy directive from the Obama Administration certainly has opposition.Ā 

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  • San Diego-area bakery Sentenced for Employing Illegal Workers

    • December 28, 2011
    • Category: I-9, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, no-match
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      U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan has ordered The French Gourmet, Inc. to forfeit $109,200 in illicit proceeds gained from the illegal hiring practices and pay $277,375 for its felony conviction of employing more than 10 illegal alien workers in a 12-month period.

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  • Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012

    • December 25, 2011
    • Category: 245(i), Border Security, Deportation, Dream Act, H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Morton, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Reform, Secure Communities, Sheriff Arpaio, Start Up Visa Act
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      Here is my Top Ten Immigration Wish List for 2012:

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  • ICE Updates List of SEVP Approved Schools (Updated December 16, 2011)

    • December 19, 2011
    • Category: ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, SEVP
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      Please click here for a list of SEVP Approved Schools as of December 16, 2011: SEVP SCHOOLS

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  • Ever wonder about those Inheritance Scam Emails?

    • December 16, 2011
    • Category: fraud, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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      A Blaine, Wash., man convicted on federal wire fraud and tax charges for his role in a “Nigerian inheritance” fraud scheme was sentenced Friday to five years in prison following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

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  • Secure Communities Program Also Snares U.S. Citizens

    • December 14, 2011
    • Category: ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Secure Communities
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      Bugs n the Secure Communities computer system have causedĀ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) toĀ detainĀ U.S. citizens.

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  • ICE Targets Fewer Criminals in Deportation Proceedings

    • December 9, 2011
    • Category: Deportation, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Napolitano
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      Statistics show that fewer criminals are ending up in deportation proceedings.Ā  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has targeted fewer criminals, a stark contrast to the claims made by the Administration.

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  • Prosecutorial Discretion: Why the Need for a Training Program?

    • November 25, 2011
    • Category: AIC, AILA, American Immigration Council, DHS, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Morton, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      One might ask the question, why do we need a training program when the Director of Ice himself came out with clear guidelines on Prosecutorial Discretion in June?Ā  The answer to this question really goes to the culture at ICE.

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  • Quoted In Online Wall Street Journal about Prosecutorial Discretion

    • November 21, 2011
    • Category: AIC, AILA, American Immigration Council, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      I had the privilege of being quoted by Miriam Jordan of the Wall Street Journal on November 18, 2011, in the online version about Prosecutorial Discretion.

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