• Prosecutorial Discretion: Recent Advocacy Timeline

    • November 17, 2011
    • Category: DHS, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Morton, Obama, Prosecutorial Discretion
    1 Comment

      The squeaky wheel  gets the oil.  That is probably the best way to summarize the recent timeline for the use of Prosecutorial Discretion. 

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  • Untangling DHS’ Record High Deportation Numbers

    • October 20, 2011
    • Category: American Immigration Council, Border Security, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Secure Communities
    1 Comment

       It was another record breaking year for deportations, with DHS logging 396,906 removals during Fiscal Year 2011. While the raw number is not in doubt, its meaning is far from clear, according to the American Immigration Council. 

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  • Transcript of Secretary Napolitano’s Remarks on Smart Effective Border Security and Immigration Enforcement

    • October 5, 2011
    • Category: Border Security, DHS, Immigration Reform, Napolitano, Secure Communities
    1 Comment

      Here is the full transcript of United States Secretary of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Secretary Janet Napolitano’s Remarks on Smart Effective Border Security and Immigration Enforcement on October 5, 2011, at American University:

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  • ICE arrests almost 3,000 convicted criminal aliens; Obama Blames GOP for Lack of Immigration Reform

    • September 28, 2011
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Morton, Obama, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the results of a seven-day national “Cross Check” enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 2,900 convicted criminal aliens.

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  • Task Force Submits Recommendations on DHS’s Secure Communities Program

    • September 21, 2011
    • Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, ICE, Morton, Secure Communities
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      After 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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  • GOP 2012 Field on Immigration – The Self-Defeating Strategy Continues

    • August 16, 2011
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, General, GOP, ICE, Obama, Republicans
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    Washington, DC – Just as they have in past election cycles, Republican presidential candidates are struggling with the issue of immigration.

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  • In Abrupt Shift, ICE Announces Secure Communities to be Imposed on States

    • August 8, 2011
    • Category: Gov. Cuomo, Gov. Patrick, Gov. Quinn, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Obama, Secure Communities
    1 Comment

    In a late Friday announcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) declared that the memoranda of agreement (MOAs) previously executed with 42 states to implement the Secure Communities program were “terminated,” opining that no agreement with states or local law enforcement was necessary.

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  • ICE CHURNS OUT I-9 AUDITS AND FINES

    • July 21, 2011
    • Category: I-9, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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    Following an investigation and audit of Form I-9 documents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 14 New England employers have been fined this fiscal year for various violations that enabled companies to hire illegal aliens.

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  • Obama’s Speech on Immigration From El Paso, Texas

    • May 15, 2011
    • Category: Immigration
    No Comments

    The buzz words Obama has used in all of his recent clippings on immigration is that we need ‘to fix or reform our broken immigration system. ‘ But, has anything really happened on this front? Unfortunately, we have not had very much news. Comprehensive immigration did not pass, and does not look like it will

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  • USCIS Publishes Final I-9 Rule

    • April 16, 2011
    • Category: Enforcement, US Employers
    1 Comment

    On April 15, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule entitled “Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has definitely increased its I-9 audit efforts in recent times. The rule is an important reminder of an employer’s worksite compliance responsibilities. Office or Human Resources Managers can find

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