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January 2007 – Immigration News • New Congress Convenes January 4, 2007 • Passport to be Required For All Air Travel Between U.S., Other Western Hemishphere Nations • USCIS Begins Pilot Program for New Citizenship Test • Large Raid on Multiple Meatpacking Locations • January 2007 Bulletin • U.S. - Canada Trusted Traveler Program Improved • New Legislation Helps Immigrants Working Medically Underserved Areas • New Regulations for Waiver of Appearance at Consular Interviews • Both Houses of Congress Introduces AgJOBS Bill • Undocumented Aliens Would be Impacted by Potential State Legislation • Port Workers to be Subject to Review of Immigration Workers • February 2007 Visa Bulletin •
October 2006 – Immigration News • Diversity Visa 2008 Registration Opens • Bush Signs Bill for U.S. - Mexico Border Fence • Comprehensive Immigration Reform Stalled • Backlog Elimination Center Website Now Permits Case Status Inquiries • Premium Processing Expanded • November Visa Bulletin Released • Traditional to RIR Recruitment Expanded • Department of State to Implement Passport Card • USCIS Opens Record Digitalization Facility • USCIS Urges Applicants to Apply for Travel Documents in Anticipation of the Holidays
June and July 2006 – Immigration News • "SKIL Bill" Introduced in House of Representatives • Comprehensive Immigration Reform Update • FY 2007 H-1B Numbers for U.S. Advanced Degree Holders Near 15,000 • USCIS Implements the Second Phase of Bi-Specialization • Still No date Set for Increased Premium Processing Availability • Backlog Eliminaion Center Update • Commerce Secretary Urges Guest Worker Program • U.S. Consulate Delays
March and April 2006 – Immigration News • President Bush Pushes for Guest Worker Program • Senate Immigration debate Breaks Down - Scheduled to Resume This Week • H-1B Visa Numbers • New Medicare Law Will Require Proof of Citizenship or Immigration Status for Benefits • Recent Crackdown on Illegal Workers • Nationwide Gathherings in Support of Immigrant Rights • Joint Task forces to Combat Document Fraud Created in New York and Newark • DHS Announces Increased Enforcement Measures and Recent Arrests • Record Number of Visas Issued to Chinese
January and February 2006 – Immigration News • January Visa Bulletin • House to Vote on Harsh New Immigration Bill • President Bush Urges Immigration Reform • VSC Employment Based Cases Transeferred to Districts Being Returned to VSC; Other Cases Sent to CSC • I-90 Interviews • Current Cap Count for Non-Immigrant Worker Visas • Percentage of Foreign Graduate Students Increase • Green Card Replacement • ETA Announces Regional Office Closings • Rescheduling Interview • U.S. Exit • Local USCIS Update • Labor Certification Backlog Update • Miscellaneous • BIA Holds Refugees Who Adjust Status Are Subject to Removal Hearings • Two Convicts From Abroad Win Hearing By Justices •
Late November – December 2005 Immigration News • January Visa Bulletin • House to Vote on Harsh New Immigration Bill • President Bush Urges Immigration Reform • VSC Employment Based Cases Transeferred to Districts Being Returned to VSC; Other Cases Sent to CSC • I-90 Interviews • Current Cap Count for Non-Immigrant Worker Visas • Percentage of Foreign Graduate Students Increase • Green Card Replacement • ETA Announces Regional Office Closings • Rescheduling Interview • U.S. Exit • Local USCIS Update • Labor Certification Backlog Update • Miscellaneous • BIA Holds Refugees Who Adjust Status Are Subject to Removal Hearings • Two Convicts From Abroad Win Hearing By Justices •
Late September – October 2005 Immigration News • Employment-Based Preference Retrogression • Bush Renews Push for Immigrant-Worker Plan • Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Proposal to Provide H-1B Visa and Employment-Based Immigration Relief • Illegal Immigration Has Increased • House Passes Bill Granting Special Immigrant Status to Katrina Victims • 2007 Diversity Lottery Registration Begins • U.S. Consulate General in Toronto Will Process E-3 Visas • Senate Panel Approves Immigration Nominee • Study Ranks Homeland Security Department Lowest in Morale • Digital Photo Deadline for Passports • Report Finds U.S. Failing on Overstays of Visas • USCIS Imposes New Fees •
August – Early September 2005 Immigration News • USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap • Pilot Project in San Diego • US-VISIT Begins Testing Radio Frequency Identification Technology to Improve Border Security and Travel • USCIS Extends TPS Designation for Somalia and Liberia • DOL to Propose Elimination of Substitutions/Imposition of 45-Day Deadline for Filing I-140s • DOL Issues Additional FAQs on PERM • Ruling Restores Lost Benefits to Immigrants •
Late June – Early July 2005 Immigration News • Third Preference Immigrant Visas/Green Cards Will Be Unavailable Till October 1st • USCIS Provides Information In Usage of FY 2005 H-1B Exemption Numbers • The Recaptured 50,000 Schedule A Visa Numbers and Visa Availability Projections Fot The Remainder of FY05 • Payments to Help Hospital Care For Illegal Immigrants • Machine-Readable Passport Requirements to Take Effect at U.S. Borders on June 26, 2005 • Denial of Driver's Licenses to Many Immigrants Voided • Added Visas Could Encourage U.S. hiring of Aussies • Routine License Check Can Mean Jail and Deportation • Immigrants in Tennessee Issued Certificates • Court Blocks Deportation After Review of State Penal Statute, Scienter Requirement • Support Bi-Partisan Immigration Reform • USCIS Updates on New "Green Card" Filing Procedure • House of Representative Expands Aggravated Felony Definition • House of Representatives Considers Immigration-Related Provisions • Report Describes Immigrants as Younger and More Diverse • USCIS Memo Summarizes REAL ID Provisions
Late April – Early May 2005 Immigration News • USCIS Implements H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 • Circuit Affirms Right of Appellate Panels to Review Immigration Determinations • Americans May Need Passports to Enter From Canada or Mexico • Fight Over Immigrants' Driving Licenses is Back in Court • Department of Homeland Security Begins US-VISIT Biometric Exit Pilot at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport • Five Muslims to Sue U.S. Over Border Detentions • Senate Approves $81.26 Billion in a Military Emergency Bill • Court-Stripping in Relatively Plain English: An Analysis of Section 105 of the "REAL ID ACT of 2005" • Other News • In Rare Accord, Spurned Asylum Seeker to Get $87,500 • Bowing to Critics, U.S. to Alter Design of Electronic Passports • Congress May Require Closer Scrutiny to Get Driver's License
Late April - Early May 2005 – Important H-1B Visa Update • Brief Summary of REAL ID Act Provision – NYS Department of Labor Backlog Cases • NYC Immigration • Albany tries to Restore Limits on Licenses for Immigrants • News Round Up • Still Fewer Foreigners Applying to American Graduate Schools • Deportation Case Focuses on Definition of Torture • New form I-129
Late February - Early March 2005 – Important H-1B Visa Update • Brief Summary of REAL ID Act Provision – NYS Department of Labor Backlog Cases • NYC Immigration • Albany tries to Restore Limits on Licenses for Immigrants • News Round Up • Still Fewer Foreigners Applying to American Graduate Schools • Deportation Case Focuses on Definition of Torture • New form I-129
January 2005 – The President’s Immigration Reform Plans • PERM Regulations To Take Effect Soon • DHS To Begin US-VISIT Biometric Exit Pilot At Newark Liberty International Airport • ICE Provides Relief To Tsunami Affected Nations • DHS Announces Expedited Processing of Frequent Travelers At JFK Airport • Anti-Refugee Provisions Struck From Final Intelligence Bill • Patterns: American Dreams, Plus Calories • U.S. Slips In Attracting The World’s Best Students • Program’s Value In Dispute As A Tool To Fight Terrorism • DHS Announces 18-Month Extension Of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) For Nationals Of El Salvador • H2B Cap Reached On January 3, 2005 • U.S. Extends Visa Validity For Chinese Tourist and Business Travelers • Other News • Record Immigration Is Changing The Face of New York's Neighborhoods
Late November – Early December 2004 – Congress Makes Way for Hi-Tech Workers • Labor Certification Update: State Workforce Agency Foreign Labor Certification FY 2005 Transition • Take Action Against H.R. 10 • Ridge Announces Resignation • DV2006 Lottery Registration Began on November 5, 2004 • Aschroft Resigns from Cabinet • DHS Announces 18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua • Presidential Determination No. 2004-53 of September 30, 2004 • USCIS Confirms Continued Issuance of ADIT (I-551) Stamp • DHS Issues Press Release and Fact Sheet as Reminders on VWP Machine Readable Passport Requirements • Obtaining Employment Authorization and Advance Parole Documents Under the New InfoPass System • I-9 E-Storage/E-Signature Bill Signed into Law • Supreme Court Opinion • USCIS Announces New Look to “Green Card” • Immigration Roundup • 245 Pilot Program Extended Indefinitely • Illegal Immigrant Can Sue for Lost Earnings • Travel Advisory • Feds Charged 26 With Operating Asylum Ring • Foreign-Born Population Tops 34M • Deported After Trip to DMV • Bush Picks Immigrant Who Rose to Executive for Commerce Post
Late September – Early October 2004 – 245 Pilot Program Extended Indefinitely • Action Alert: Door Shuts on the H-1B Visas, Letters to Congress and Examples Needed • DOL Reiterates “No Expedite” Policy for Labor Certifications • Travel Without a Visa: Visa Waiver Program • Delays at New York State Labor Department • House Republicans Expected to Introduce Anti-Immigrant Legislation • Urgent Action Needed on Asylum Caps • PERM Remains Pending at OMB; DOL Provides PERM & Backlog reduction Program Updates • USCIS Memo Says Chefs or Specialty Cooks are Rarely Qualified for L-1B • A School for Immigrants? • Judge Strikes Down Section of PATRIOT Act • ICE Detainee Transfer Standards • DOL Publishes Notice on H-2B Filings for Employment in FY 2005
August 2004 – New CIS Pilot Program • Status of H-1B Cap Update for Fiscal Year 2005 • DHS Adds Six Ports to US-VISIT • DOS Instructs Posts on Timing of Issuance of F and J Visas and Regarding Prospective Students • DHS Expands Expedited Removal Treatment and Extends Length of Stay with Boarder Crossing Card • USCIS Launches InfoPass in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Upstate New York • President Signs One Year Extension of Biometric Requirements for VWP • Wal-Mart is Said to be in Talks to Settle Illegal-Immigrant Case • Sensing the Eyes of Big Brother, and Pushing Back • Immigrant Group to Sue State Over License Crackdown • USCIS Announces Change in Photo Standard • Study Confirms Foreign-Born Professionals and Students are Vital to America’s Economy • USCIS Announces Extension of Certification Deadline for Certain Canadian and Mexican Foreign Health Care Workers • Detention of British Travelers Bring New Policy • Diversity Visa Lottery 2005 (DV-2005) Results • Study Finds Most Border Officers Feel Security Ought to be Better • Adjustment of Consular Fees
Late June – Early July 2004 – USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status to Obtain Advance Parole Before Summer Travel Abroad • 108th Congress 2D Session H.R. 4415 • House Immigration Subcommittee Marks-Up Conrad 30 Extension Bill • DOS Announce Signing of U.S. – Canada Cooperation Agreement • Regulations for U.S. Passports • Hospitals Not Required to Report Undocumented Aliens • Enhanced Security Features for the Employment Authorization Document • I-130 Direct Filing Procedure Tightened in India • Gaps Seen in ‘Virtual Border’ Security System • Technology Strains to Find Menace in the Crowd • Judge Orders Nazi Camp Ground Deported • Census Bureau Show Latino and Asian Population Surging • Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 4417 Deadline • A Longer Wait for Citizenship and the Ballot in New York • USCIS Backlog Elimination Strategy • Custom Eyes Pakistani Fliers • Eighty-Four Percent of NY Cab Drivers Foreign-Born • Recent Supreme Court Decisions • House Refuses to Curb Patriot Act • News Briefs
May 2004 – AILA’s Statement on the SOLVE Act • Memorandum Regarding Non-Immigrant Visa Extensions • A Shortage of Seasonal Workers is Feared • U.S. Wants to Place Immigration Inspectors at Foreign Airports • Green-Card Backlog Increases • Baldacci Order Bars Question by State on Immigration Status • Info-Pass – Immigration Information by Appointment • USCIS Customer Service Status Checks • Consular Update • Visa Waiver Update
April 2004 – Bills on H-1B and L Non-Immigrant Visas • Service Center Update • L-1 Usage in Light of the H-1B Cap • USCIS Fee Increase will Take Effect on April 30 • Bush Immigration Plan, Rise in Apprehensions Link Denied • White House Irks Senators by Inaction on Immigrants • Federal Courts Approve Settlement in CSS and LULAC Legalization Cases • USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Abroad • Millions More Travelers to U.S. to Face Fingerprints and Photos • ICE Expands Pilot Project to Detain Deportable Aliens • U.S. Takes Steps to Tighten Mexican Border • The Foreign Born in the U.S. Labor Force: Numbers and Trends • Ashcroft Weighs Granting of Asylum for Abused Women • Immigrants Being Detained at Newark
March 2004 – USCIS Has Announced H-1B Cap is Reached – New Procedures Advised • U.S. Proposes Fee Increase • Exemptions from US-VISIT • Outcry on Right Over Bush Plan on Immigration • DOS Issues Guidance on Processing Mexican TNs • PERM Regulations is at OMB • Decline Seen In Science Application From Overseas • Supreme Court to Hear Two Deportation Cases • Minors Must Appear in Person to Apply for U.S. Passport • Supreme Court Will Hear 3rd Detainee Case • Undocumented Immigrants: Facts and Figures • DHS Begins Repatriation of Haitian Migrants • USCIS Announced H-2B Cap Reached • Consular Updates • Social Security Checks on DriverÌs Licenses
February 2004 – H-1B Cap Update • Immigration Reform By Hagel And Daschle • PresidentÌs Proposed Plan • Opposition Towards Bush Proposal • US-Visit System Launched • ITIN Application Revisions • Fear And Tight Screening Stem Green Card Lottery • Federal Judge Rules Part Of Patriot Act Unconstitutional • Justices Refuse To Review Case On Secrecy And 9/11 Detentions • Justices To Rule On Holding Illegal Immigrants • Immigration News Briefings • Non-Criminal Data To Be Included In NCIC • Proposal Of New Requirement For F-1 Students Applying For SSN • Sevis 4.8 System Released • Mexican TNs • Biometric Requirements At Consulates
December 2003 / January 2004- – Suspension Of NSEERS 30-Day And Annual Interview Requirements • Ridge Favors Status For Illegal Immigrants • President BushÌs Statement: No General Amnesty • Basic Pilot Program Extension And Expansion Act Of 2003 • USCIS To Make Travel Documents More Secure • Department Of Labor Issues Guidance On Reductions In Recruitment (RIR) • ÏBe Real ActÓ Would Close Loopholes In Guest Worker Programs • USCIS To Streamline Process For Child Citizenship Certificates • Department Of Homeland Security Employee Charged With Immigration Fraud • Wal-Mart Claims No Responsibility For Hiring Of Illegal Aliens • Immigrants Protest Against Racial Profiling By Feds • Lottery Applications Decrease
October 2003 – Department Of Homeland Security Introduces The US-VISIT Program • L-1 Visa Bill Introduced In Senate • Specialty Occupation Workers • Immigration Visas Drop • Contracting Out Exacerbates DHS Service Delivery Problems • Recently Introduced Legislation • U.S. Visa Teams Set For Islamic Nations • Foreign-Born Groups In The Armed Forces • The Dream Act And The Student Adjustment Act • Extension For The Special Immigrant Religious Worker Program • New Rules For Obtaining Social Security Numbers • New Legislation Introduced • 200 Foreigners Denied Of Entry • Refugee Admissions For Fy 2004
September 2003 – New Restrictive L and H Visa Legislation Introduced • U.S. Immigration and Offshoring • H-1B Petitions Statistics for FY 2003 • Eliminiation of H-1B Program • Automation Visa Revalidation • Talks on NYC Immigrant Policy • Immigration Reforms • U.S. Closes Loophole in Visa Requirements • Diversity Visa Program Registration Turns Electronic • Ashcroft Blasts Efforts to Weaken Terrorism Law • Ashcroft Memo Discourages Plea Bargains • Changes Within ÏGatewayÓ States – Census • Highlights For Fiscal Year 2002 • Lawmakers Attack Use Of Anti-Torture Law to Block ImmigrantÌs Deportation • Required Use Of Machine-Readable Passports • Old ID Card Gives New Status To Mexicans In U.S. • State Department Creates New Visa Classifications For Border Commuter Students • Golden Venture Refugees Seek Amnesty • New Free Trade Agreements To Be Implemented • Student Adjustment Act Pushed
July / August 2003 – Travel Industry Fears New Rules Could Deter Visits To U.S. • International Fliers May Need Visas • Limitation On Placement Of Intracompany Transferees • New Visa Procedures • NCIC Û National Crime Information Center • Immigration Figures For FY 2002 • DOS Visa Revalidations • Report On Us Patriot Act Alleges Civil Rights Violators • Homeland Security Seeks Local Help • MayorÌs New Immigrant Policy Raises Fears • Affirmative District Court Decision Regarding Board Of Immigration Appeals • Fees From Visas Now Train Americans • U.S. Security Backlog Strands Any Refugees In Camp Abroad • Colorado Gov. Signs Bill To Ban Identity Cards • Two Face Federal Charges In Marriage Fraud • McCain Pushes Amnesty, Guest-Worker Program • More Than 13,000 May Face Deportation • Dual Citizenship To Be Signed • Former Foreign Service Officer Sentenced In Visa Case Fraud • Treatment Of Detained Immigrants Is Under Investigation • Halt To Wall Not Seen As Victory • 18 Firms In 10 States Suspected Of Illegally Exporting Military Components
June 2003 – US-VISIT Program • Agency reorganization plan • Bill for non-citizen soldiers • Illegal immigrants burden to taxpayers • “Most Wanted” criminal aliens list • Importance of Registration • IllegalsÌ right to seek civil awards • US Data Collection
Late April - May 2003 – Illegal aliens can be held indefinitely • Changes in Asylum rules • State and Local Police authorized to pursue illegal aliens • Muslim immigrants register • Legal aliens who commit certain crimes face detention prior to deportation • Current BCIS processing time
March 2003 – Feds begin grilling US Iraqis • INS withdraws proposed B nonimmigrant rule • Social Security AdministrationÌs “no-match” letters • SSN probe leads to firings • SEVIS system errors • Seattle passes Immigrant Privacy Law • Embassy and Consulate closings
February 2003 – Alien Registration • Making “Illegal Aliens” Citizens • INS Workers in Passport Fraud • Detention for Enemy Combatants, and more...

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