DOS announcement that the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon and the U.S. Consulate General in Ponta Delgada will no longer process immigrant visas or diversity visa applications as of 3/1/12.
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The court found that the appellant’s attorney failed to independently research the appellant’s derivative citizenship defense before advising him plead guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and to an illegal re-entry charge.
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Class action lawsuit filed by Yale Law School’s Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, challenging the use of immigration detainers in Connecticut. The lawsuit, filed on 2/13/12, argues that immigration detainers violate the Fourth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
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The court held that an IJ can find that a noncitizen filed a frivolous asylum application even when the noncitizen has withdrawn her application, but also held that an IJ retains discretion to decline to make a “frivolousness finding.”
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The court held that the notice requirements of the INA were satisfied by a combination of two notices, and that once sufficient notice is provided, the stop-time rule is triggered notwithstanding any defects in subsequent notices.
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DHS press release about Secretary Napolitano’s upcoming visit to Mexico City and Central America to discuss government’s efforts in facilitating trade and travel, enhancing information sharing and working to ensure a more safe, secure and resilient global supply chain.
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Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) says that there are reports of refugee families victimized by the recent telephone scam targeting Bhutanese refugees have come in from Texas, Washington State, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska.
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DOS notice stating that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has designated the group Islamic Jihad Union as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Sign-on Initial Comments to USCIS Recommending Considerations for the Development of the Proposed Stateside Waiver Rule
On 2/24/12, AILA joined immigration advocacy organizations in sending initial comments for USCIS to consider as it develops the proposed rule to implement stateside processing of provisional waivers of inadmissibility for certain aliens.
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