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Boston Measure to Allow Green Card Holders to Vote
The town of Brookline, Massachusetts has approved a measure that will someday allow immigrants with a green card to vote once voted on by the Legislature. Similar measures in San Francisco and Portland were turned down but because Brookline is such a highly diverse area where 53 languages are spoken…
USCIS Introduces First Fee Waiver Form
On November 23, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched their first-ever standardized form for requesting fee waivers on the fees charged for immigration-benefit processing (Form-912, Request for Fee Waiver). The fee waiver is a reflection of contributions made by stakeholders, community organizations and the public after USCIS heard concerns…
Steve King Vows to Take On Birthright Citizenship
Representative Steve King (R-IA) plans to take on birthright citizenship as likely chairman of a House subcommittee on Immigration. King says that the Framers of the Constitution weren’t thinking about babies of illegal immigrants when they passed the 14th amendment in the Dred Scott case because there was no immigration…
LATEST UPDATE: H-1B FY2011 CAP COUNT
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 10th, 2010, 52,400 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 10th, 2010,…
Women Found Guilty of Impersonating ICE Officers
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) charged Genova Navarro and Dianne Racity on November 17 for impersonating federal officers, aiding and abetting as well as harboring illegal immigrants. In addition to Navarro and Racity, Alicia Domench- Van Rhyn was charged with conspiracy charges. The…
China Leads Rise in International Student Enrollment in U.S. States
According to Open Doors 2010, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education, there has been record growth of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities during the 2009-2010 academic year. The rise was driven by a 30 percent increase in Chinese students enrolling in the US;…
Condo Residents Fight for Immigrant Chief Engineer
After Marco Antonio Rua, chief engineer at the Wisconsin condominium in North Bethesda, was ordered by immigration authorities to leave the country along with his 17 year old daughter, residents of the condominium began working on his behalf. His petition for permanent residency had been denied because it was not…
REMINDER – Submit Your Questions
MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 17th, 2010 We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer…
Mother Tries to Help Son’s Widow Enter into the U.S.
Robin Ferschke of Tennessee pleaded with Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to pass a bill that would allow her widowed Japanese daughter-in-law and grandson to enter into the U.S. The bill is currently pending because some senators are concerned that the wording of the…