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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an interim final rule to require travelers from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to pay operational and travel promotion fees when applying for Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) beginning 9/8/10

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H-2B Cap Count for FY2011

As of 7/30/10, USCIS receipted 3,116 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal year.

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August CLE schedule includes the EB-5 Conference

The August CLE schedule includes the EB-5 Conference, August 27 in Boston and 6 seminars.  Seminar topics include L-1A/L-1Bs; expedited removal/reinstatement of prior orders; H-1Bs; inspection cases; options for teachers; and ICE home raids, arrest, detention and removal.

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Immigration Law Firm Opens 5000 Cases

Our Law Office has been working in Immigration Law for nearly 30 years. We have just passed the opening of 5000 cases. Thus, we have helped people all over the U.S. and the world and continue to do so.

USCIS publishes interim rule on T nonimmigrants

Regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims of human trafficking who seek T nonimmigrant status, in order to respond to public comments on the initial 2002 T visa rule and conform with legislation that has since been passed. The interim rule will take effect on January 18, 2017. Comments on the amendments to Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, are due by January 18, 2017; other comments are due by February 17, 2017.

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K4 return to home is invalid

The Third Circuit reversed the BIA and remanded, holding that 8 CFR §245.1(i), which effectively bars K-4 visa holders who were between 18 and 21 years old when their parent married a U.S. citizen from obtaining lawful permanent residence without first returning to their home country, is invalid, because it is “manifestly contrary” to the INA. Accordingly, the court found that the petitioner, a K-4 visa holder who was 19 years old when her mother married a U.S. citizen, was eligible to adjust her status to that of a lawful permanent resident.

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Reuters: Here’s How California Plans to Fight Donald Trump’s Immigration Plans

Reuters reports that on Monday leaders of both houses of California’s legislature introduced two bills to protect undocumented immigrants in the state from efforts to deport them once President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2017. One measure would set up a fund to pay for lawyers for immigrants facing deportation. The other would train criminal defense attorneys in immigration law. “Immigrants are a part of California’s history, our culture, and our society,” stated Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. “We are telling the next administration and Congress: If you want to get to them, you have to go through us.”

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https://californiaimmigration.us/petty-theft-exception-for-illegal-immigrant/

BALCA overturns Denial main

Applying the reasoning from Matter of A Cut Above Ceramic Tile, BALCA reversed the Certifying Officer’s denial of the labor certification, finding that an employer is not required to retain or provide proof of publication of its State Workforce Agency (SWA) job order which can be sufficiently documented by listing the start and end dates of the job order on the ETA Form 9089.

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U.S. News and World Report: Supreme Court to Consider Indefinite Detention for Immigrants

This U.S. News and World Report article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether immigrants facing deportation can be detained indefinitely for months or even years without a hearing. The case, Jennings v. Rodriguez, could have broad implications for President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals to step up immigration enforcement and ramp up deportations. If the respondents prevail, the Supreme Court could require mandatory bond hearings for detained immigrants nationwide. If the government wins, however, tens of thousands of people could be exposed to potentially indefinite periods of immigration detention.

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BALCA Reverses Denial due to due process

BALCA reversed the Certifying Officer’s denial and remanded the matter for certification where DOL had faulted the employer for not listing a relocation requirement in recruitment advertising and on the ETA Form 9089 for a position with a primary work site “and various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.” The employer had relied on the 1994 Barbara Farmer Memo, which BALCA agreed makes no distinction between travel and relocation. BALCA further opined that it was not fundamentally fair to require that the possibility of relocation be specifically disclosed in the advertisement and application in absence of notice or guidance, particularly when the organized immigration bar has been pressing OFLC for years to clarify issues related to “roving” employees.

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https://californiaimmigration.us/victory-for-due-process-of-aliens/