The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that they have accepted about 13,600 H-1B visa applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 in the 25 days that the application period has been open. In our last post on April 9, 2010, we reported that the USCIS has accepted about 13,500 applications.  It seems that the number of [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that the chances of having an immigration reform bill in Congress before mid-term elections scheduled for November of this year is rapidly decreasing.  The President and his administration are unable to decide the best way to address this politically delicate issue that the President himself promised to tackle during his first year in office. The problem the President is having [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that earlier this month Mackenson Luberice and James Dorinville, survivors of the January 12th earthquake that ravaged their native Haiti and were brought to the U.S. as part of a rescue mission, were released from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) custody. In the days following the earthquake, the U.S. government announced a stop on all deportations to Haiti until [...]

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcment (USICE) reported today that agents arrested the owners and employees yesterday of 5 Arizona commercial shuttle transportation companies based on a year long investigation to identify and apprehend perpetrators of human smuggling.  Over 800 agents and officers from various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies carried out the arrests. The arrests were the result of the USICE’s heightened internal enforcement [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to call on eligible Haitians to submit their applications for Temporary Protected Status  (TPS). As a reminder to eligible Haitians, applications must be submitted before July 20, 2010. The USCIS reported that as of April 9, 2010 about 44,500 applications have been received, but about 5,000 of them have been returned to the applicants [...]

The New York Times reported today that the State of Arizona’s House of Representatives approved a measure yesterday that would crackdown on illegal immigration in their state.  The Arizona Senate approved the measure back in February and the bill will be sent to the Governor for signature. If signed into law, Arizona would be the first state to criminalize an immigrant’s failure to have and present a valid immigration document. State [...]

The New York Times reported this past weekend that Senate majority leader, Harry Reid told demonstrators at an immigration reform rally in Las Vegas that he will take the immigration reform fight to Congress when they return this week from a recess. The rally in Las Vegas was among the largest of the demonstrations that took place this past Saturday.  Rallies also took place [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that it will continue to accept H-1B visa applications the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) cap. So far, the USCIS received about 13,500 H-1B applications towards the  65,000 quota mandated by Congress. Meaning a little over 1/5 of the quota has already been reached in the nine (9) days the application period has [...]

The Washington Times reported today that while the President and Senators Schumer and Graham push to have an immigration reform bill passed this year, they claim that an important component to pass the bill is missing, that is another Republican to co-sponsor the bill. Congressional insiders known to key Senators Like Jon Kyl, and Harry Reid agree that this time around, [...]