tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39650219618612264732024-02-19T04:56:39.187-05:00WiggiBlawg The Immigration Law Blog
of Wiggin & Nourie, P.A.Mona Movafaghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17365403198688225425noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-61311413613230085132010-05-18T10:27:00.001-04:002010-05-18T10:28:06.084-04:00A Generation Gap Over Immigration - NYTimes.comA Generation Gap Over Immigration - NYTimes.com
RAD~ Here are some excerpts from a really interesting article in the NYT....I often find it fascinating to try to understand what influences me to think the way I do about things and why others see things differently.
Demographically, younger and older Americans grew up in vastly different worlds. Those born after the civil rights era lived in a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-66792761537325198542010-05-17T14:49:00.001-04:002010-05-18T10:28:58.426-04:00Paterson Move May Help Immigrants Facing Deportation - NYTimes.comPaterson Move May Help Immigrants Facing Deportation - NYTimes.com
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Monday that the state would accelerate consideration and granting of pardons to legal immigrants for old or minor criminal convictions, in an effort to prevent them from being deported.
RAD~ Read the article before you decide whether this makes sense. There shouldn't be a need for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-17713976089152719882010-05-12T11:21:00.000-04:002010-05-12T11:21:13.644-04:00New "Green Card" is here and it is high tech and greenUSCIS To Issue Redesigned Green Card
Fact Sheet
Introduction
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. State-of-the-art technology prevents counterfeiting, obstructs tampering, and facilitates quick and accurate authentication of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-2616086002213478502010-05-11T10:30:00.001-04:002010-05-11T10:35:12.948-04:00Senator Robert Menedez (D.NJ) Asks MLB to Move the All Star Game out of AZhttp://menendez.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20100510ltr_BaseballAZ.pdf
Given the large numbers of Latino players in baseball (including the minor leagues) it is not surprising that MLB is being called on to use its influence to convince AZ to repeal the new racial profiling law. MLB has a lot of money at stake, however, as half of the Spring training facilities and much of the minor league play Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-29677426209822505092010-05-06T16:59:00.000-04:002010-05-06T16:59:28.888-04:00ICE Online Detainee Locator System (Coming Soon)From ILW.com...
ICE/DRO is announcing their new Online Detainee Locator System will be available in June 2010. (See below)
ODLS is scheduled to deploy in June 2010, and will be accessible by visiting ICE's public Web site (http://www.ice.gov/locator). Persons using ODLS do not need to set up an account or get special permission to use the system. ODLS provides two ways to search for a detainee: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-69967994690486966972010-05-05T17:32:00.000-04:002010-05-05T17:32:30.214-04:00Happy Cinco de Mayo!?!?Want to learn a little about the history of Cinco de Mayo? Above is a link to a very informative article by a very grouchy Gustavo Arellano in the OC Weekly.
I however am still going to enjoy my Gringo Corona and Nachos!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-14650871185284791842010-04-26T09:31:00.000-04:002010-04-26T09:31:36.409-04:00Colbert's take on Arizona's new racial profiling lawThe Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - No Problemowww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-6768505009696766542010-04-22T13:00:00.001-04:002010-04-22T13:03:37.167-04:00Democrats Revive Immigration Push - WSJ.comDemocrats Revive Immigration Push - WSJ.com
excerpts from the WSJ click the link to see the full article
Democratic leaders in Congress have agreed to try to pass immigration legislation this year, placing the explosive issue ahead of an energy bill on their agenda and upending conventional wisdom that it was dead for now....
Passing a bill would require Republican support in the Senate. So Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-70266648852323542072010-04-20T17:32:00.000-04:002010-04-20T17:32:03.161-04:00Court Cases noted in CLE presentation "Criminal Convictions and Immigration Consequences"For those intrepid few who wanted to follow up on the cases listed as "attached" at the end of my presentation here are the links:
Padilla v. Kentucky
Matter of Cota
Matter of Perez Ramirez
Matter of Pickering
Matter of Adetiba
Carachuri Rosendo v. Holder (decision forthcoming from SCOTUS)
Lopez v. Gonzales
Matter of Yanez
Matter of Torres Varela
Matter of Lopez Meza
Hope you enjoy theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-80239102529759388162010-04-16T09:30:00.000-04:002010-04-16T09:30:12.468-04:00Tell USCIS what you think - new immigration survey open until April 29Have a suggestion on what US Citizenship & Immigration Services could improve? I know I did. It takes five minutes...it's even easier than the Census.
Click on the title or this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6N2T3BQUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-13928291787639029762010-04-14T09:46:00.000-04:002010-04-14T09:46:25.755-04:00Tough immigration bill OK'd by Arizona HouseTough immigration bill OK'd by Arizona HouseNice waste of taxpayer resources - on a law that will be preempted by the United States Immigration and Nationality Act. The United States is in charge of deciding who gets to enter and remain in the United States (not each individual state). That way you help to set uniform national policy and avoid a patchwork of more or less discriminatory and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-47256987409038175432010-04-12T13:43:00.000-04:002010-04-12T13:43:08.368-04:00Immigration: Could it solve Social Security, Medicare woes? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.comImmigration: Could it solve Social Security, Medicare woes? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
I'm glad somebody figured this out! - Immigration is the best way out of the demographic conundrum of the babyboom retirement. Of course Robert Reich could have just read my posting: Two reasons why pragmatism must trump passion on immigration reform (from last October)
http://Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-54868045650204302532010-04-06T14:43:00.001-04:002010-04-06T15:05:02.096-04:00NHBA Immigration Law SeminarI will be presenting at this seminar for members of the NH Bar Association along with attorney Movafaghi and many other capable immigration law practitioners including Immigration Judge Paul Gagnon and Mark Furtado of the Department of Homeland Security (ICE division).
Here is the information presented by the NHBA:
Immigration Law, including the legal status, rights, and obligations of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-88972809148343670202010-04-01T17:39:00.001-04:002010-04-01T17:40:52.233-04:00New Americans in the Granite State | Immigration Policy CenterNew Americans in the Granite State Immigration Policy Center
From the Immigration Policy Center (IPC)
Washington D.C. -The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an important part of New Hampshire and Vermont's economies, labor force, and tax base. Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-86388722917109648412010-04-01T12:08:00.001-04:002010-04-01T12:09:42.079-04:00Court Requires Warning About Deportation Risk - NYTimes.comCourt Requires Warning About Deportation Risk - NYTimes.com
RAD ~ Padilla v. Kentucky sets an important precedent (especially in states like NH that don't have a mandatory non-citizen warning statute or court rule like the other New England States)
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: March 31, 2010
“It is our responsibility under the Constitution to ensure that no criminal defendant — whether a citizen Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-46596233935481563272010-03-24T15:18:00.001-04:002010-03-24T15:19:27.555-04:00USCIS: Change of Filing Location for Form I-131, Application for Travel DocumentUSCIS: Change of Filing Location for Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
RAD~ Are you confused yet? All this changing of filing locations...is this leading to something?
Change of Filing Location for Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced revised filing instructions and addresses for applicants filingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-6595580526691046242010-03-23T10:23:00.001-04:002010-03-23T10:24:35.140-04:00Recent restaurant raids show immigration agency's new strategy - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-RegisterRecent restaurant raids show immigration agency's new strategy - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register
This article from Springfield, IL discusses the new enforcement strategy for immigration. That is to audit the I-9 files of employers all over the country and to fine the employers and putting the undocumented workers in deportation. This is what restrictionists say they want (although Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-51176647661936736082010-03-18T14:36:00.002-04:002010-03-18T14:38:16.878-04:00How to find a Doctor "Civil Surgeon" to perform the Immigration Medical Exam for USCISHere is a link to the USCIS Civil Surgeon locator. It works by entering your zip code - if you live close to a state line you might want to try the zip code of a nearby town in your neighboring state. For example their is only one recognized civil surgeon in Southern New Hampshire and sometimes it is hard to get an appointment with her office. There are a few doctors in Northern Massachusetts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-40138419465370796302010-03-16T09:33:00.001-04:002010-03-16T09:34:41.964-04:00The Associated Press: Vermont dairy farmer talks about immigration probeThe Associated Press: Vermont dairy farmer talks about immigration probe
This AP story describes what generally happens during an I-9 audit when ICE comes to visit. Sounds like they are being a little kinder & gentler these days. If you are a business owner who gets audited don't count on it going this smoothly.
excerpt from the story...
He would like to be able to hire foreign Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-87602148353534912762010-03-10T14:22:00.000-05:002010-03-10T14:22:32.911-05:00Why don't they just come here legally like my great-grandparents did?Why? 1. Because it used to be a lot easier to come here "legally"; 2. Because it once was easier to legalize yourself even if you came here illegally; 3. Because it used to be easy to come back legally even if you had been here illegally in the past.
Here is some history of immigration law from the USCIS itself:
Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Statutes-at-Large 477)
Established the policy of direct Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-46718986040768016122010-03-03T14:54:00.002-05:002010-03-03T15:04:08.060-05:00ICE serves 180 audit notices to businesses in 5 statesICE serves 180 audit notices to businesses in 5 states
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 180 businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. The notices alert business owners that ICE will be inspecting their hiring records to determine whether or not they are complying with employment eligibility Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-52524211578107392632010-03-03T12:30:00.002-05:002010-03-03T17:01:05.551-05:00Another Reason to Open an Immigration Court in Manchester, NHIf driving hours just to end up in Boston traffic and paying $35.00 for parking weren't reasons enough to hope for a Northern New England immigration court in Manchester -- here's another reason from the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Boston Immigration court received 8,527 matters in FY 2009 but was only able to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-65745926751507005232010-03-03T11:48:00.001-05:002010-03-03T11:50:26.855-05:00The Associated Press: AZ may criminalize presence of illegal immigrantsThe Associated Press: AZ may criminalize presence of illegal immigrants
PHOENIX — Over the past several years, immigration hard-liners at the Arizona Legislature persuaded their colleagues to criminalize the presence of illegal border-crossers in the state and ban soft immigration policies in police agencies — only to be thwarted by vetoes from a Democratic governor.
This year, their prospects Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-48656782613629180692010-03-01T10:31:00.003-05:002010-03-01T10:44:30.488-05:00President Bachelet: Earthquake Unparalleled in Chilean History | News | EnglishPresident Bachelet: Earthquake Unparalleled in Chilean History News English
Another tremendous earthquake - this time in Chile! Although Chile has far greater internal resources (economically and politically) to deal with this catastrophe than Haiti did little more than a month ago... they will still need assistance from the international community to recover from what appears to be one of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965021961861226473.post-19482812511803304862010-02-25T17:33:00.001-05:002010-02-25T17:34:14.789-05:00USCIS - Revised Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Revised Filing LocationsUSCIS - Revised Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Revised Filing Locations
Revised Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Revised Filing Locations
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it has posted a revised Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0