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.
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USCIS a comment request on the extension of the validity of Form N-470, Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization.
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ICE press release announcing that Secure Communities is now activated in Caddo and St. Tammany parishes in LA. With the expansion of biometric information sharing capabilities to these two parishes, ICE is now using Secure Communities in seven Louisiana jurisdictions
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CSC Liaison reminds members that the new border security fee for certain H-1B and L-1 petitions is now in effect. CSC Liaison offers tips for avoiding processing delays by notifying the Service when the new fee is not required in a statement on the petition cover letter.
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EOIR press release announces that EOIR has taken disciplinary action against 16 attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct for immigration attorneys and representatives. One attorney was reinstated by EOIR.
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The Vermont Service Center (VSC) Processing Time Report released 11/22/10 with processing dates as of 09/30/10. (Updated 11/22/10) AILA
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ICE press release announcing that two Virginia business owners of Hi-Tech Trucking and SeaLand Foods, were sentenced to 18 months in prison, two years probation, and forfeiture of $1.2 million, for their roles in hiring and harboring undocumented individuals.
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The court held that a conviction for distributing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine with reasonable cause to believe they would be used to manufacture methamphetamine under 21 USC §841(c)(2) is an aggravated felony drug trafficking crime. (Daas v. Holder, 8/24/10)
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The court found that the BIA erred in holding that aliens seeking discretionary relief can effectively never demonstrate exceptional circumstances for reopening an in absentia order, and adopted a totality of the circumstances approach. (Vukmirovic v. Holder, 9/8/10)
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The BIA held that an alien is not independently grandfathered for 245(i) adjustment simply by virtue of marriage to another alien who is grandfathered as a derivative beneficiary of a visa petition. Matter of Legaspi 25 I&N Dec. 328 (BIA 2010).
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