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On Monday, May 14, 2018, USCIS begin a recall of more than 8,500 Green Cards, officially known as Permanent Resident Cards due to a production error. The cards were printed with an incorrect “Resident Since” date. The cards in question were mailed out between February 2018 and April 2018.

USCIS has started sending out notices to affected clients, along with a pre-paid return envelope. USCIS would like them to return their incorrect Green Card in the pre-paid envelope within 20 days. For more information on this subject, please review the USCIS News Alert,”USCIS to Recall Incorrectly Dated Green Cards”.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Committee: U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security

On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a speech to the Southwestern Border Sheriff’s Coalition in Las Cruces, NM. Las Cruces, NM is about 45 miles from El Paso, TX and the border with Mexico. His remarks focused on the Trump Administration’s view of border security and immigration enforcement. AG Sessions called for an end to what he called, “loopholes,” in asylum law, more local law enforcement participation in 287(g) and funding for the southern border wall.

I have included the links below to both a transcript and a YouTube video of the Attorney General’s speech, so you can judge his remarks for yourself.

Justice News – Transcript:

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a webinar on Thursday, April 26, 2018 between 2:00 to 3:00 pm (Eastern). This event will include a discussion of USCIS’ online tools and services. Do not worry if you miss this webinar, there are three more planned for a total of four events, each with the same content.

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The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Massachusetts, Michigan & Minnesota.

The AIC has compiled research which shows that Immigrants are an essential part of each of these states’ economy, labor force and tax base. As our economy continues to grow, Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. As United States economic continues to grow, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political future of each of these states.

On April 3^rd, USCIS released a news alert announcing that on April 2^nd, USCIS will start destroying Permanent Resident Cards, Employment Authorization Cards and Travel Documents returned to USCIS as undeliverable after 60 days. The intended recipients have 60 business days to correct their address and receive the corrected documents. USCIS reminds applicants that they should be reporting a change of address within 10 days of relocation. The USCIS web page, Change of Address Information has the information you need on address change.

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USCIS.gov, 4/3/18, News Alert: