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Archive for August 19, 2008

MAGED ROST CONGRATULATES KRISTINA ROST, NAMED “UP & COMING LAWYER” BY MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY

I am pleased to announce that Maged Rost founding partner, Kristina Rost, has been named as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Up & Coming Lawyers” in the August 18, 2008 edition of the publication. Congratulations Kristina!

USCIS REMINDS CUSTOMERS TO USE CORRECT EDITION OF FORM I-765

According to a USCIS Press Release:  “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds its customers to use the correct version of the Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765) dated 05/27/08. The edition date appears in the lower right hand corner of the form as “Form I-765 (Rev. 05/27/08) N”.”

YET ANOTHER DETAINEE DIES IN U.S. ICE CUSTODY

According to an article on newamericamedia.com:  “On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, while Bush was preparing to express his “deep concerns” over China’s human rights record, Chinese immigrant Hiu Lui Ng was dying in the custody of our great nation’s own U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. For months, according to the New York Times, 33-year-old Mr. Ng had complained of excruciating back pain. Officials accused him of faking it.”

HARTFORD, CT MAYOR SIGNS IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE

According to a article on courant.com:  “Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez has signed a new ordinance that bars police from asking people about their immigration status.”

Another city, another immigration policy.  As I have written in the past, the concept of community policing is an important one.  If an undocumented alien is a victim or witness to a serious crime, it is in the best interest of all concerned that they come forward and report the incident to local police. 

We need a uniform Federal system that works and immigration laws that make sense.  Until then, states and even municpalities will continue to enact their own laws and ordinances that will leave the country’s immigration rules looking like a jigsaw puzzle with pro and anti immigration “rules” that vary depending on what side of the Street one is walking. 

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