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		<title>Client Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hired The Pappas Group to handle the paperwork for my wife to get her green card. They worked fast and kept us informed throughout the process. They know what they are doing and are very friendly and caring. Jason T. &#8211; Orlando, FL The immigration service was trying to deport me for a crime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Wants Immigration Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Immigration Policy Center reports that Utah is trying to pass its own guestworker program: Utah&#8217;s Immigration Solution Not a National Model Legislation Fails To Live Up To State&#8217;s Best Intentions Washington D.C. &#8211; Late Friday night, the Utah Legislature passed three immigration-related bills that await Governor Herbert&#8217;s signature or veto. Utah&#8217;s policy discussions were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/utah-wants-immigration-reform/</link>
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		<title>ICE Should Stop Deportations of Haitians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Lawyers&#8217; Guild has answered ICE&#8217;s request for feedback on it&#8217;s policy to resume deporations of Haitian nationals: On Monday, March 7, 2011 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requested feedback on its policy to resume deportations/removals to Haiti. The deadline for comments is March 11 to email your comments to ICE. The National Immigration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/ice-should-stop-deportations-of-haitians/</link>
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		<title>Immigration Detainees Entitled to Release On Bond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday in Diouf v. Napolitano the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  issued an opinion confirming that an individual facing prolonged immigration detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(6) is entitled to release on bond unless the government establishes that he is a flight risk or a danger to the community. In other words, the burden [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/immigration-detainees-entitled-to-release-on-bond/</link>
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		<title>Immigration Enforcement Increases, Expect More Deportations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been stepping on immigration enforcement activities. Here&#8217;s a recent article from the Associated Press: Federal authorities say a six-day sweep of South Florida has netted 19 illegal immigrants with criminal records. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the operation that ended Thursday also caught four fugitives with final orders of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/immigration-enforcement-increases-expect-more-deportations/</link>
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		<title>ICE Enforcement Priorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Morton, head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pictured at right, has issued a memorandum the enforcement priorities and procedures of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) as they relate to the apprehension, detention, and removal of non-U.S. citizens.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/ice-enforcement-priorities/</link>
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		<title>ICE Detainee Commits Suicide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since Feb. 14 passed away on Feb. 23 at the Lock Haven Hospital in Lock Haven, Pa., of an apparent suicide. On Feb. 11, Qi Gen Guo, was encountered by ICE after his arrest by Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). On Feb. 14, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/03/ice-detainee-commits-suicide/</link>
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		<title>Marriage &#8211; The Most Common Way to Get a Green Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the USCIS&#8217;s intensified scrutiny of marriage petitions marriage continues to be the avenue most frequently used by foreign nations to gain U.S. permanent residence. If you are married to a United States’ Citizen or Permanent Resident you may qualify for an immigrant visa based on marriage. Marriages Where Immigrant is Outside the United States Generally, a foreign resident [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/02/marriage-the-most-common-way-to-get-a-green-card/</link>
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		<title>Asylum: The One Year Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To reduce the number of fraudulent asylum applications Congress passed a law in 1996 that provided that applicants must petition the U.S. Government for asylum within 1 year of their arrival in the U.S. Exceptions to the One Year Rule There are two exceptions to the 1 year rule: Existence of changed circumstances in your home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/01/the-one-year-rule/</link>
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		<title>How to Prepare a Winning Marriage Application</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marriage to an American citizen is the most common method foreign nationals use to obtain permanent residence or green card status in the United States. It is also the method that is most often abused. Because of the high incidence of fraud, USCIS officials carefully scrutinize all marriage applications (and their related adjustment of status applications) to ensure that the marriage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2011/01/how-to-prepare-a-winning-marriage-application/</link>
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