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Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the elimination of the paper arrival/departure form (Form I-94W) for authorized travelers from nations participating in the Visa Waiver Program (“VWP”)—streamlining secure travel for millions of visitors to the United States every year by consolidating the collection of traveler information [...]

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The United States Department of State has updated its list of travel warnings for 33 countries, including THAILAND, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, NIGERIA, SRI LANKA, and LEBANON.
Travel warnings are issued to describe long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable.  A travel warning is also issued when the U.S. Government’s ability to assist American citizens [...]

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The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona challenging Arizona’s new law requiring police to demand “papers” from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the [...]

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As the Arizona immigration law has heated up the discussion about immigration reform, here are some videos from various news outlets discussing the topic.
Politics of Immigration Reform
Council on Foreign Relations Michael Gerson and CBSnews.com’s Stephanie Condon discuss the political implications over immigration reform.

Roundtable: Immigration Debate
George Will, Matthew Dowd, Katrina vanden Huevel, Bill Maher, and Rev. [...]

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This Sunday, May 16, 2010, Ruchi Thaker, a partner at Thaker Berowitz LLP, will discuss the newly enacted Arizona immigration law live on Internet radio program “Inside the Volt” with John Voltarelli on WIFI 1460 AM.
The Arizona immigration law, signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 23, 2010, aims to identify, prosecute and [...]

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The State Department has issued its June 2010 Visa Bulletin.  Check to see whether your priority date is current for any petition your relative or employer may have filed for you!
“OVERSUBSCRIPTION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CHARGEABILITY – Continued heavy applicant demand for Family preference numbers has required the [...]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced today that it has redesigned the Permanent Resident Card – commonly known as the “Green Card” – to incorporate several major new security features.
The Green Card redesign is the latest advance in USCIS’ ongoing efforts to deter immigration fraud.  State-of-the-art technology incorporated into the [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will extend Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Honduras and people having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras.
This extension does not apply to Hondurans who entered the United States after Dec. 30, 1998.
Certain [...]

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The government of Puerto Rico has enacted a new law (Law 191 of 2009) aimed at strengthening the issuance and usage of birth certificates to combat fraud and protect the identity and credit of all people born in Puerto Rico.
The new law was based on collaboration with the U.S. Department [...]

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