Bender’s Immigration Bulletin - Daily Edition

"A daily mix of 'inside news' for immigration practitioners and academics and 'outside news' for laypeople interested in immigration law and policy."

Author: Daniel M. Kowalski is a solo practitioner in Austin, Texas.

Blawg Related Categories: Immigration Law • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Bender’s Immigration Bulletin - Daily Edition

Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
"âThese employers are now starting to realize that nobody is in a better position than they are to make the case that they do need the workers and they do want to be on the…
Feds want employers to voluntarily check Social Security numbers
"[T]he U.S. Government Accountability Office says that while E-Verify may help employers detect fraudulent documents, it cannot fully address the use of genuine documents by someone other than their rightful owner. E-Verify is also vulnerable…
Mesa, AZ gets new "crimmigration" policy
"Police Chief George GascÃ³n laid out publicly, for the first time, details of a policy about which council members were briefed privately in recent days. The document will kick in after a four-month training period.…
The Immigration Equation
"Like any form of economic change, immigration causes distress and disruption to some. But America has always thrived on dynamic transformations that produce winners as well as losers. Such transformations stimulate growth. Other societies (like…
2 Supervisors Are Arrested After Sweep at Meat Plant
"Two supervisors at a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa where hundreds of illegal immigrants were rounded up in May were arrested Thursday on criminal immigration charges. Federal prosecutors said they had also issued an arrest…
Celebrity Passport Records Popular
"Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six…
CIS Ombudsman's 2008 Annual Report to Congress
"On Monday, June 30, 2008, the Citizenship and Immigrations Services Ombudsman, Michael T. Dougherty released the 2008 Annual Report to Congress (PDF, 114 pages - 8.88 MB). The Section 508 compliant report will be available…
French couple charged with immigration fraud in L.A.
"A French couple has been charged with defrauding French residents out of thousands of dollars by making false promises of providing them jobs and work permits in the United States, authorities said. Deborah Sion, 25,…
H-2B Cap Count, FY 2009, 1st Half
17,305 as of July 1, 2008. USCIS website.
Matter of EAC, INC., Applicant, Interim Decision #3614, 24 I&N Dec. 556 (BIA 2008) [Recognition]
Matter of EAC, INC., Applicant, Interim Decision #3614, 24 I&N Dec. 556 (BIA 2008), July 3, 2008: (1) The process of recognition is designed to evaluate the qualifications of only those nonprofit organizations that provide…