Month: October 2007

According to an article on estripes.com: “The answers were different each time Lt. Brian White and his wife, Anna, asked immigration specialists questions about the process for her to become a U.S. Citizen.”

For details, please see the links to the USCIS News Release and Questions and Answers.

A couple of interesting immigration-related articles.

According to the Associated Press:  “Federal authorities rounded up more than 1,300 illegal immigrants in Southern California during the past two weeks in what officials said Wednesday was the largest sweep of its kind.”

In a separate article, the Associated Press reports:  “An immigration official indicted on bribery and fraud charges is accused of taking money and gifts in exchange for freeing numerous illegal immigrants, including one who later killed a college student, federal officials said Wednesday.”

For years CNN has had (and continues to have) Lou Dobbs presenting what I believe are his distorted views on immigration. However, now CNN has a show hosted by Rick Sanchez called “Out in the Open”. I highly recommend his show as he often devotes the full hour to the issues surrounding immigration and fairly presents ALL points of view.  The show airs weekdays at 8 PM.

Please read the instructions carefully before applying.  Applications must be filed online.

According to a Press Release issued by the National Immigration Law Center, a federal judge extended the TRO for an additional 10 days.

According to a USCIS Update released yesterday, the agency “has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of Fiscal Year 2008 (FY2008). USCIS is hereby notifying the public that September 27, 2007 is the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to April 1, 2008. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS determines that it has received enough cap-subject petitions to reach the limit of 33,000 H-2B workers for the first six months of FY2008.”

I recommend this very insightful commentary about Immigration and the GOP that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Online.

According to a DOL Press Release on EarthTimes.org, the US DOL eliminated the foreign labor certification backlog.  The agency predicted that this would be accomplished by the end of September…quite impressive!

US companies that are unable to fulfill their labor needs with US workers and are unable to hire foreign-born workers due to highly restrictive immigration laws are outsourcing work to foreign countries. Programming and call center positions are frequently shipped abroad. An article on allheadlinenews.com states that in order to better serve Spanish-speaking US customers, the number of call-center jobs in Latin America is rapidly growing.

Congress should work towards fixing this broken system so that we can stop repeatedly shooting ourselves in the foot with antiquated immigration laws that no longer work for anyone. If our highways had speed limits of 25 miles per hour, 99% of us would probably be “illegal drivers”. Laws need to make sense. Sensible laws should be the first step towards solving the immigration crisis.