If 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 complete 7,595 matters. At this rate (about 1,000 per year) they are likely to become hopelessly backlogged in just a very short time.
Northern New England cases account for more than half of that excess (about 650 cases in FY 2009) if cases from Lowell, MA or Lawrence, MA were included on the Manchester docket (as they are just as accessible to Manchester as they are to Boston) that would likely solve the backlog problem.
click the title above to go to the EOIR Statistical Yearbook
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Thursday, December 3, 2009
USCIS Bedford - New Hampshire Immigration office construction update
So the new immigration office is progressing nicely...I will ask them when they hope to move in next week. It's too bad they aren't going to be within walking distance to our North Commercial Street office anymore - but a nice new building with sufficient parking is always good. I wonder if they would have room for an immigration judge in there somewhere?
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wiggiblawg Exclusive! Manchester USCIS and ICE moving!
Here is some immigration news content you can't yet get anywhere else. Google it! Bing it! I dare ya. USCIS Manchester is moving and so is ICE. It may still be a little while but USCIS is moving from 803 Canal Street in Manchester to a new building in Bedford, NH. Here is a map:
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The new address appears as though it will be near 182 Palomino Lane in Bedford. I will take a picture of the new building when I get a chance. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be moving to the Norris Cotton Federal Building in Manchester. This will probably happen a while down the road...but will undoubtedly happen. I hope the Immigration Court moves an Immigration Judge and a couple of Government trial attorneys into the building as well.
Anyway the Gold's Corner Plaza can go back to being an ordinary mini-mall without the high volume of visitors to US Immigration and the Department of Motor Vehicles (which has been gone a couple of years now if I remember correctly).
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The new address appears as though it will be near 182 Palomino Lane in Bedford. I will take a picture of the new building when I get a chance. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be moving to the Norris Cotton Federal Building in Manchester. This will probably happen a while down the road...but will undoubtedly happen. I hope the Immigration Court moves an Immigration Judge and a couple of Government trial attorneys into the building as well.
Anyway the Gold's Corner Plaza can go back to being an ordinary mini-mall without the high volume of visitors to US Immigration and the Department of Motor Vehicles (which has been gone a couple of years now if I remember correctly).
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Will there be an Immigration Court in New Hampshire?
Well, not anytime soon perhaps. But on an encouraging note -- Senator Shaheen's Office has contacted me and would like to explore my idea for a Northern New England Immigration Court. I think it would be a great thing for the immigrant community here in New Hampshire and in the rest of Northern New England.
Some people may not realize it, but I have checked the numbers by zip code and I believe we have a sufficient number of cases to justify a full-time judge, or possibly two if we draw cases from northern counties of Massachusetts. The court in Boston already has two judges that commute from New Hampshire and at least one government attorney who does so. Immigration & Customs Enforcement has already moved a large part of their operation out of downtown of Boston (to Burlington, MA) and USCIS has recently moved a good portion of their staff north to Lawrence, MA as well.
Anything that cuts the number of vehicles traveling into downtown Boston every morning is a good move in terms of reducing pollution and cutting fuel use and accident rates. I happen to believe that having a federal immigration court in Manchester will be good for business, especially for the airport, the restaurants and the hotels. Quite often a client with a case at the immigration court has family members come in from other parts of the country to help present the case, there are also expert witnesses and even interpreters that travel from other cities to assist in immigration cases.
Clients of mine that come from northern towns in New Hampshire and Maine have to get up in the middle of the night just to be able to make it to the Massachusetts border by the morning -- where they get to then fight rush hour traffic for another hour or two getting into the city. Sometimes for a scheduling hearing that might take all of ten minutes to complete. Having a court in Manchester would not eliminate their trek, but it sure would reduce it and reduce the level of stress for them in an already stressful situation. A number of my Vermont clients actually have had to go to Hartford, Connecticut for court. I have gone there a number of times -- and the drive there in the morning is not much different in hours than Boston. The drive back is a different story, however. I think we could improve on that trip for most Vermonters as well (perhaps with the exception of the Southernmost counties).
If any of our readers support establishing an immigration court in New Hampshire I hope you will contact Senator Shaheen and let her know. While you're at it you can contact Representative Carol Shea Porter who has written a letter of support in the past. I don't know where Senator Gregg and Representative Hodes stand with regard to the proposal -- but I think if they knew it would be good for New Hampshire they would support it. I think it would be good for Maine and Vermont as well. There aren't enough cases to support courts in all three states and therefore Manchester, New Hampshire is the most logical choice because of the central location, the airport, and the proximity to Interstates 89 and 93, Route 3 and Route 101 coming directly from Interstate 95. I thank Senator Shaheen's office for following up and I will keep my fingers crossed.
Some people may not realize it, but I have checked the numbers by zip code and I believe we have a sufficient number of cases to justify a full-time judge, or possibly two if we draw cases from northern counties of Massachusetts. The court in Boston already has two judges that commute from New Hampshire and at least one government attorney who does so. Immigration & Customs Enforcement has already moved a large part of their operation out of downtown of Boston (to Burlington, MA) and USCIS has recently moved a good portion of their staff north to Lawrence, MA as well.
Anything that cuts the number of vehicles traveling into downtown Boston every morning is a good move in terms of reducing pollution and cutting fuel use and accident rates. I happen to believe that having a federal immigration court in Manchester will be good for business, especially for the airport, the restaurants and the hotels. Quite often a client with a case at the immigration court has family members come in from other parts of the country to help present the case, there are also expert witnesses and even interpreters that travel from other cities to assist in immigration cases.
Clients of mine that come from northern towns in New Hampshire and Maine have to get up in the middle of the night just to be able to make it to the Massachusetts border by the morning -- where they get to then fight rush hour traffic for another hour or two getting into the city. Sometimes for a scheduling hearing that might take all of ten minutes to complete. Having a court in Manchester would not eliminate their trek, but it sure would reduce it and reduce the level of stress for them in an already stressful situation. A number of my Vermont clients actually have had to go to Hartford, Connecticut for court. I have gone there a number of times -- and the drive there in the morning is not much different in hours than Boston. The drive back is a different story, however. I think we could improve on that trip for most Vermonters as well (perhaps with the exception of the Southernmost counties).
If any of our readers support establishing an immigration court in New Hampshire I hope you will contact Senator Shaheen and let her know. While you're at it you can contact Representative Carol Shea Porter who has written a letter of support in the past. I don't know where Senator Gregg and Representative Hodes stand with regard to the proposal -- but I think if they knew it would be good for New Hampshire they would support it. I think it would be good for Maine and Vermont as well. There aren't enough cases to support courts in all three states and therefore Manchester, New Hampshire is the most logical choice because of the central location, the airport, and the proximity to Interstates 89 and 93, Route 3 and Route 101 coming directly from Interstate 95. I thank Senator Shaheen's office for following up and I will keep my fingers crossed.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Cultural Festivals in Manchester this Month
It is Agricultural Fair season again here in New Hampshire. But after you've ridden the Ferris wheel, eaten the fried dough and watched the tractor pulling competition -- you might want to check out something a little different.
Saturday August 15 will be the 10th Annual Latino Festival and Parade in Manchester.
http://www.latinosunidosnh.org/files/English/LatinoFestival.html
On the following Saturday August 22 it's time for the 9th Annual African/Caribbean Celebration.
http://ujimacollective.mysite.com/
both events will be held at Veterans Park in Downtown Manchester starting around 11:00 am.
Saturday August 15 will be the 10th Annual Latino Festival and Parade in Manchester.
http://www.latinosunidosnh.org/files/English/LatinoFestival.html
On the following Saturday August 22 it's time for the 9th Annual African/Caribbean Celebration.
http://ujimacollective.mysite.com/
both events will be held at Veterans Park in Downtown Manchester starting around 11:00 am.
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