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Request for the information collection on the proposed ICE Form 71-022

ICE issued a comment request for the information collection on the proposed ICE Form 71-022, Bond Worksheet, which is a precursor for preparing Form I-352. Comments are due 10/12/10. Related Resources include proposed worksheet.

Issuing U Nonimmigrant Status Certification

DOL Secretary’s Order 5-2010 delegating authority to the WHD Administrator to issue U Nonimmigrant Status Certification and carrying out INA provisions relating to enforcement of labor condition applications for employment of H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 visas.

USCIS has naturalized 196 military members and spouses in South Korea

USCIS announcement that 55 noncitizen members of the U.S. military and 17 military spouses were naturalized in South Korea. USCIS has naturalized 196 military members in South Korea, the most since the inception of the overseas naturalization program in 2004.

9,000 become U.S. Citizens as part of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

USCIS announcement that more than 9,000 individuals will become U.S. citizens as part of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day on 9/17/10. Included is a list of 2010 Citizenship Day ceremonies, including naturalizations at 22 national park sites across the country.

New US Citizenship & Immigration Data Repository (CIDR)

DHS Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on the new USCIS Citizenship & Immigration Data Repository (CIDR), which makes information from multiple USCIS benefits administration systems available for querying by authorized USCIS personnel.

USCIS extended the deadline on the RFE

USCIS extended the deadline for comments on the draft RFE template for the Request for Evidence – 1-140 E11 Alien of Extraordinary Ability

Guidance on I-9 in response to the Puerto Rico birth certificates

Guidance regarding I-9 and immigration-related discrimination issues in response to the invalidation of pre-July 1, 2010 Puerto Rico birth certificates.

Former Guatemalan special forces soldier guilty of making false statements on naturalization forms

DOJ announcement that awas sentenced to 10 years in prison for making false statements on naturalization forms regarding his participation in a 1982 massacre at a Guatemalan village known as Dos Erres.

BIA on the “one central reason” standard that applies to asylum and withholding of removal applications

BIA held that the “one central reason” standard that applies to asylum applications pursuant to INA §208(b)(1)(B)(i) also applies to applications for withholding of removal under §241(b)(3)(A). Matter of C-T-L, 25 I&N Dec. 341 (BIA 2010).

BIA on conviction for a single crime involving moral turpitude

BIA held that a conviction for a single crime involving moral turpitude that qualifies as a petty offense is not an “offense referred to in section 212(a)(2)” of the INA for purposes of triggering the stop-time rule. Matter of Garcia, 25 I&N Dec. 332 (BIA 2010).