Immigration

5 Vt. dairy farms targeted over workers

WASHINGTON: Five Vermont dairy farmers are being asked to provide records proving their workers are legal, federal immigration officials said.

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Temporary acceptance of LCAs for H-1B filings

In August and September 2009, the ombudsman for US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received complaints concerning H-1B cases with incorrectly denied labor condition applications (LCA/ETA-9035) filed with the US Department of Labor (DOL). ...

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Mass. immigrant report seeks integration

BOSTON: A new report calling for more English classes for Massachusetts immigrants and allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition will help the state integrate its immigrant population, Gov. Deval Patrick said. ...

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Churches hope to influence Congress on immigration

FORT WORTH: Congregants at two North Texas churches will participate in a holiday postcard campaign aimed at pressuring lawmakers to change immigration laws....

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Green card seekers won't have to get HPV vaccine

DALLAS: Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards. ...

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NV gambling board to share in seized assets

LAS VEGAS: Nevada gambling regulators will get a share of money seized from a high-ranking Japanese organized crime figure. ...

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New immigration measure in 3 Ga. counties

ATLANTA: Law enforcement agencies in three Georgia counties are set to receive new technology to identify and deport illegal immigrants who are considered dangerous criminals. ...

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Immigration reform: Know the players

WASHINGTON, DC: When people talk in the abstract about undocumented immigrants - or, as some call them disdainfully, "illegals" - they don't think about the fact that these "invisible people" are in fact present every minute of every day. The food we bring to our mouths has been picked or processed by their hands. ...

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DHS rescinds 'no-match' rules

Effective November 6, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is rescinding the final rules it promulgated in 2007 and 2008 relating to procedures that employers may take to acquire a safe harbor from receipt of "no-match" letters, which the Social Security Administration (SSA) sends to employers when the combination of an employee name and social security number does not match SSA records. ...

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The other side of immigration horizons

As a foreign national in the United States, the average H-1B guy is no stranger to the underlying agony that almost runs parallel to every thought process when he even attempts to think of a long term plan....

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