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TPS Grant Does Not Terminate Removal Proceedings

The BIA reinstated proceedings, finding that respondent was protected from execution of a removal order during the time her Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was valid, but she remained removable based on the charge of inadmissibility in the NTA. Matter of Sosa Ventura 25 I&N Dec. 391 (BIA 2010).

VSC Processing Time Report released 11/22/10

The Vermont Service Center (VSC) Processing Time Report released 11/22/10 with processing dates as of 09/30/10.

Employer’s “request for review” to BALCA

The CO erred in forwarding the employer’s “request for review” to Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA), rather than treating it as a request for reconsideration, thereby precluding a legal argument that arose only after the denial letter was issued. (Matter of CVS RX Services, 11/16/10).

TSC Processing Time Report

The Texas Service Center (TSC) Processing Time Report released 11/22/10 with processing dates as of 09/30/10.

NSC Processing Time Report released

The Nebraska Service Center (NSC) Processing Time Report released 11/22/10 with processing dates as of 09/30/10.

CSC Processing Time Report released

The California Service Center (CSC) Processing Time Report released 11/22/10 with processing dates as of 09/30/10.

Some G-28s were not accepted by the lockbox

Due to training issues, some G-28s were not accepted by the lockbox, and some e-mails from lockboxsupport@dhs.gov have provided incorrect information.

Updated list of SEVP Approved Schools

On 11/23/10, ICE updated its list of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) approved schools.

DHS reports on the estimates of the LPR population

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics report that provides estimates of the legal permanent resident (LPR) population living in the United States on 01/01/09.

H-2B cap for the first half of the fiscal year

As of 11/19/10, USCIS receipted 18,178 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal year. This count includes 14,540 approved and 3,638 pending petitions.