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		<title>More Haitians Need to Come Forward and Apply for TPS</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/16/more-haitians-need-to-come-forward-and-apply-for-tps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported that according to officials from the U.S. Citizenship &#38; Immigration Services (USCIS), about 34,000 of the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 undocumented Haitians who were in the United States before the January 12, 2010 earthquake that ravaged that country have come forward and applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Immigrant advocate groups have said that Haitians have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vermont Dairy Farmer Shares His Experience After an Audit of His Hiring Records</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/15/a-vermont-dairy-farmer-shares-his-experience-after-an-audit-of-his-hiring-records/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/15/a-vermont-dairy-farmer-shares-his-experience-after-an-audit-of-his-hiring-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Sanctions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported recently that the hiring records of the Gervais Family Farms in Bakersfield, Vermont were inspected as part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s (USICE&#8217;s) enforcement efforts to inspect the employment records of 1,000 businesses across the United States.  The businesses that were inspected were either known or suspected to have hired undocumented immigrants.
The USICE imposes fines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Proceeds With Immigration Reform While Voicing Difficulties</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/12/president-proceeds-with-immigration-reform-while-voicing-difficulties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/12/president-proceeds-with-immigration-reform-while-voicing-difficulties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported today that President Obama commented yesterday in a meeting with immigrant activists that he would continue his efforts with immigration reform this year as long as he could garner a significant amount of Republican support.
However, insiders have said that an immigration reform bill cannot become a reality if the President used a legislative tactic known as reconciliation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant Activists Urge the President to Pass Immigration Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/11/immigrant-activists-urge-the-president-to-pass-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/11/immigrant-activists-urge-the-president-to-pass-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times reported today that immigrant rights activists and their supporters are having a rally on March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, DC to pressure Congress to pass an immigration reform bill and urged the President to end deportations.
Immigrant rights groups and their supporters who voted for the President feel that they have lost patience with him and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Man Arrested and Charged with Visa Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/10/california-man-arrested-and-charged-with-visa-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/10/california-man-arrested-and-charged-with-visa-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Immigration &#38; Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported this week that a man from California was arrested earlier this week and charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
He was the mastermind of an immigration fraud scheme that involved foreign students enrolled at schools in the Southern California area including several junior colleges and, three California State University campuses.
The USICE&#8217;s investigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H-1B Visa Season to Begin for FY 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/09/h-1b-visa-season-to-begin-for-fy-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/09/h-1b-visa-season-to-begin-for-fy-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that on April 1, 2010, applications for H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 will be accepted.  The USCIS will consider a case as accepted only when the USCIS&#8217; mail room takes possession of a properly filed petition with the correct filing fee.
The numerical limitation on H-1B petitions for FY 2011 remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Seeking Bipartisan Support for Immigration Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/08/president-seeking-bipartisan-support-for-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/08/president-seeking-bipartisan-support-for-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times reported late last week that President Obama has sought bipartisan support from Senators Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York and Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina despite a very uphill battle to convince lawmakers to come together and create legislation to overhaul our nation&#8217;s immigration laws.
The President is seeking to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owner of English Language School Charged with Immigration Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/05/owner-of-english-language-school-charged-with-immigration-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/05/owner-of-english-language-school-charged-with-immigration-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Immigration &#38; Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported that the owner and employee of the Florida Language Institute (FLI) were arrested and charged with immigration fraud.
Based on the USICE&#8217;s investigation, they discovered that the school sponsored non-immigrant foreign students and issued I-20 forms without requiring the students to maintain a full time course of study.  Maintaining a full time course of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USICE Inspecting the Hiring Records of 180 Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/04/usice-inspecting-the-hiring-records-of-180-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/04/usice-inspecting-the-hiring-records-of-180-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported earlier this week that it has just issued about 180 Notices of Inspection (NOI&#8217;s) to businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. The NOI&#8217;s informed the affected business owners that they have three (3) days to prepare for the USICE to inspect their hiring records to determine whether or not they have hired unauthorized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Arizona Close to Criminalizing the Presence of Undocumented Immigrants</title>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/03/state-of-arizona-close-to-criminalizing-the-presence-of-undocumented-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/03/state-of-arizona-close-to-criminalizing-the-presence-of-undocumented-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orlando Sentinel reported today that anti-immigrant lawmakers in the Arizona Legislature banded together and introduced legislation to criminalize the presence of undocumented immigrants in their state.
If the legislation becomes law, Arizona would be the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by means expanding the definition of  trespassing. The law would state and local law enforcement to determine the  immigration status [...]]]></description>
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