Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
ICE announcement that the owner and a top executive of a metal casting company in Ventura County were arrested on federal criminal charges for knowingly hiring undocumented immigrants. The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to six months in prison.
USCIS reminds Salvadorians, who are eligible to re-register for TPS but who have not filed their applications, to follow the late re-registration guidance. A Spanish version of the notice follows the English version.
ICE announcement that 28 individuals from the New Orleans area with ties to the MS-13 and Latin Kings transnational street gangs are facing criminal charges or deportation as a result of Operation Community Shield.
CA4 affirmed conviction for false claim of citizenship, finding that a former TPS beneficiary’s misrepresentation of his immigration status on the I-9 employment eligibility form as a citizen was material (U.S. v. Garcia-Ochoa, 06/15/10).
A former employee of the Armenian consulate in Los Angeles pleaded guilty to selling “letters of refusal,” for as much as $37,000. The letters are issued by embassies and consulates and state that a country will not issue a travel document for a particular individual.
DOS Travel Warning informed U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about security concerns in Mexico. DOS states that the security situation poses serious risks to U.S. citizens.
Department of State (DOS) annual report of immigrant visa applications in the family-sponsored and employment-based preferences registered at the National Visa Center (NVC).
Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for December 2010. Section E addresses retrogression of Philippines family cut-off dates. Section F addresses visa availability in coming months.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) press release announcing that Coast Guard personnel helped CBP agents intercept a boat traveling off the San Diego coast. Border Patrol agents placed the 23 foreign nationals found on board under arrest for entering the U.S. illegally.
DOL’s proposed rule on the prevailing wage methodology for the H-2B program.
DOJ press release announcing a settlement agreement with Hoover Inc. Hoover Inc. was accused of engaging in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination by imposing unnecessary and discriminatory hurdles in the I-9 process upon lawful permanent residents.
Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) reversed the CO’s denial, finding that the employer’s audit response clearly contained a screenshot of the State Workforce Authority (SWA) job posting, which the CO apparently misconstrued as documentation of the employer’s website.
Use of the word “ongoing” in response to questions I-15 and I-19 instead of a specific date did not violate the timing requirements for recruitment using a website posting and employee referral program under 20 CFR §656.17(e)(1)(ii). (Matter of Cinetic Dyag, 10/27/10)
ICE comment request on revision of the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).
The USCIS Liaison Committee is seeking examples of recent EB-1-1 RFEs where the newly-revised RFE template based on the agency’s interpretation of Kazarian was used.