Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The CIS Ombudsman Quarterly Update for January 2011 includes a highlight of current areas of focus, including concerns with the DHS interim rule on professional conduct for practitioners and G-28 requirements, and more.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A January 2011 Migration Policy Institute report that assesses the implementation, outcomes, costs, and community impacts of the 287(g) program, which enables state and local officers to directly enforce federal immigration law and is now operating in 72 jurisdictions.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS press release on Secretary Napolitano’s speech at the University of Texas at El Paso, in which she highlighted efforts to secure the Southwest border, and also noted efforts to enforce current immigration laws, and step up labor enforcement.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The court found that possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in a drug-free zone in violation of Utah Code Ann. §58-37-8(2)(a)(i) and (4)(a)(ix) is not “simple possession” that would qualify for a waiver under INA §212(h). (Olivan-Duenas v. Holder, 1/26/11)
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) press release announcing the 10th anniversary of the BIA Pro Bono Project. The Project was implemented in 2001 to improve access to legal information and increase pro bono representation for individuals being detained while their immigration cases are under appeal.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
BALCA found that the recruitment report, showing that more than 90% of the applications received came from the Employee Referral Program (ERP), was adequate documentation of the ERP as a method of recruitment notwithstanding the undated notice of the program. (Matter of AQR Capital, 1/26/11).
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE notice of an additional 30-day comment request on the extension of the validity of the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance information collection, File No. OMB-6.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE notice of an additional 30-day comment request on the extension of the validity of Form I-352, Immigration Bond.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A 1/18/11 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report presenting information and data on key geographic, demographic, social, and economic characteristics and trends of the foreign-born population residing in the U.S. that is relevant to prominent immigration policy issues.
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