Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) press release announcing that Coast Guard personnel helped CBP agents intercept a boat traveling off the San Diego coast. Border Patrol agents placed the 23 foreign nationals found on board under arrest for entering the U.S. illegally.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL’s proposed rule on the prevailing wage methodology for the H-2B program.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOJ press release announcing a settlement agreement with Hoover Inc. Hoover Inc. was accused of engaging in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination by imposing unnecessary and discriminatory hurdles in the I-9 process upon lawful permanent residents.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) reversed the CO’s denial, finding that the employer’s audit response clearly contained a screenshot of the State Workforce Authority (SWA) job posting, which the CO apparently misconstrued as documentation of the employer’s website.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Use of the word “ongoing” in response to questions I-15 and I-19 instead of a specific date did not violate the timing requirements for recruitment using a website posting and employee referral program under 20 CFR §656.17(e)(1)(ii). (Matter of Cinetic Dyag, 10/27/10)
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The USCIS Liaison Committee is seeking examples of recent EB-1-1 RFEs where the newly-revised RFE template based on the agency’s interpretation of Kazarian was used.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL list of employers, attorneys, and/or agents debarred from the Permanent Labor Certification Program.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE press release announcing that Sen Chen of Mountain Home, Arkansas was sentenced to five years probation and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to providing transportation, housing, food, and cash to undocumented employees in exchange for their labor at his restaurant
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS draft Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, posted on reginfo.gov website. The revised form is scheduled for release in the Federal Register on 11/23/10. The form and instructions should not be used until officially released by USCIS
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