The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported last week that it has issued additional guidance for businesses who received funding under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in connection with their application to petition potential employees for an H-1B visa.
Recipients of TARP funding are automatically deemed an H-1B dependent employer. As such, those businesses are required [...]
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USCIS Issues Additional Guidance for TARP Funding Recipients
Super Bowl Sunday is Coming, Counterfeiters Beware
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported today that its agents out of their Miami District Office have seized over 1,600 items of fake Super Bowl items such as hats, shirts, tickets, along with other counterfeit souveniers having a value of over $150,000.
The seizures were part of USICE’s investigation into Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations in the South Florida area of knock off items that [...]
Immigration Reform Needs a Bigger Push
The Los Angeles Times reported today that Congressman Luis Gutierrez criticized President Obama and his administration for not doing more to seek legislation that would legalize the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Despite his criticism, he also mentioned that he lacks the necessary votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to actually pass the bill that he sponsored.
As [...]
U.S. Citizen in Immigration Custody for 7 Months Sues Government
The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that Army veteran Rennison Castillo sued the Federal government because officials from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) kept him in their custody despite his requests for officials to verify his claim as a U.S. citizen.
Ultimately, attorneys from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project managed to present evidence to confirm Mr. Castillo’s citizenship. Once the evidence [...]
Official Census Count to Begin Soon, Undocumented Immigrants Fearful of the Head Count
The Washington Times reported today that the U.S. Census Bureau is having trouble in gaining the trust of immigrants, particularly, undocumented immigrants that census data collected from them will not be used against them to identify, apprehend, and deport.
During the last census count in 2000, the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) was asked by the Census Bureau to temporarily suspended large-scale immigration [...]
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