Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that the DOS passport issuance process continues to be vulnerable to fraud, as the agency issued five of the seven passports GAO attempted to fraudulently obtain. GAO obtained three passports, but DOS had two recovered from the mail before delivery.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Request on renewal of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) process whereby a party seeking access to Sensitive Security Information (SSI) in a civil proceeding in federal court may request conditional access to the SSI at issue in the case.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE FY 2007 – 2010 removal statistics as of 7/22/10 including total removals, non-criminal removals, convicted criminal removals, average length of stay and average daily population in ICE custody.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
For purposes of establishing adjustment of status eligibility under INA §245(a), an alien seeking to show that he or she has been “admitted” to the U.S., need only prove procedural regularity in his or her entry. 25 I&N Dec. 285 (BIA 2010).
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Citing security concerns, the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez is closed on July 30, 2010 and has cancelled all scheduled appointments and services for that date. Information on date of reopening will be announced by warden notice and posting on their web page.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The court held that a vacated conviction that was based on a guilty plea combined with hearsay statements from police reports did not provide enough reason to believe that the petitioner trafficked in a controlled substance.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS press release announcing the production of the first Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC) with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, a WHTI-compliant document that recognizes tribal membership and U.S. citizenship for the purpose of entering the U.S. through a land or sea port of entry.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
EOIR press release on the opening of the Pearsall Immigration Court in Texas including the mailing address for court filings, court location, hours of operation and telephone number.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In a 6/17/09 decision,
Administrative Appeals Office (
AAO) dismissed waiver application as moot, finding applicant’s admission of prior drug use to a psychiatrist insufficient for inadmissibility finding. AAO addresses Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On 7/15/10, USCIS published a 30-day notice extending use of Form N-644. However, USCIS should have published a 30-day notice on a revision to the Form N-644, not an extension.
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