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Bender's Immigration Bulletin
Bender's Immigration Bulletin
Bender's Immigration Bulletin -- Immigration Law News
E-Verify measure killed in Colo. "Senate committee yesterday killed legislation that would have required all Colorado businesses to use a federal database to verify the legal residential status of new hires." Denver Daily News, Mar. 4, 2010. E-Verify: 'E' is for error "We believe that fixing our broken immigration system requires legalizing the 11 million undocumented immigrants already living here, and also managing the future flow of illegal immigrants. That meanscreating ways for foreign workers to come to the U.S., such as temporary visas, while cracking down on illegal employment. E-Verify is, in theory at least, one of the best ways to do so, but the Westat report suggests that its rapid expansion is not yet justified." Los Angeles Times Editorial, Mar. 8, 2010. Feds prosecute U visa holders, judge "confused and frustrated" "A local federal judge calls it the most "bizarre, Alice-in-Wonderland" scenario he ever has encountered in the world of government prosecutions. The U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Tennessee is prosecuting nine illegal immigrants for the routine crime of using fake Social Security numbers to gain employment. Deportation is the routine punishment. But those same immigrants hold rare "U" visas, which give them immunity from being deported for at least four years, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The immigrants were given "U" visas after an investigation revealed their employer severely exploited their illegal-worker status." Chattanooga Times Free Press, Mar. 9, 2010. FIRM News Conference on Immigration Reform "Community leaders from around the nation held a news conference to express their objections to the immigration enforcement policies of the Obama administration. They talked about what they see as increased deportations and detentions taking place and its effects on families and communities. This event was hosted by the coalition called the Fair Immigration Reform Movement."C-SPAN, Mar. 8, 2010. Fourth Circuit on TPS for kids "Petitioners, who were minor children, contend that the BIA erred in affirming the ruling of an Immigration Judge (the "IJ") that they were ineligible for TPS because they could not satisfy the eligibility requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(c)(1)(A). As explained below, we reject their contentions and deny review." Ramos Cervantes v. Holder, Mar. 8, 2010. Goodwin: Show me the pudding “I don’t buy that at all,” Goodwin said of the statement. “I think it’s propaganda in the part of ICE. It’s just a PR move announcing that they’re going to do things differently, but the proof is in the pudding: Until I see action on the ground with actual changes, I won’t believe it. Have I seen any actual changes? No.” San Antonio Current, Mar. 6, 2010. ICE bars journalist from immigration court "I asked them for a legal reason for my being denied access to the courts that morning. None was offered. Instead, Asst. Warden Stansel said, "This investigation is for your safety." I said I thought it was great that they were doing an investigation but I didn't understand why this would prevent my access that day. What if I waived my safety concerns? He repeated that he had been ordered by his warden who had been ordered by someone else not to allow me in." Jacqueline Stevens, Mar. 9, 2010. Idaho says "no" to E-Verify "Lawmakers voted down a bill Monday that would have required employers to screen workers using a federal background check system amid concerns it would add another burden to business owners." AP, Mar. 9, 2010. Immigrant rights group slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bill "Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009." WaPo, Mar. 9, 2010. Iraqi Refugees and Special Immigrant Visa Holders Face Challenges Resettling in the United States and Obtaining U.S. Government Employment GAO Report, March 2010. Judge Pregerson respectfully dissents "Najmabadi has lived in this country for twenty-three years as an entrepreneur, a small business owner, and a law-abiding member of her community. Because I believe that Najmabadi should be granted the chance to reopen her case to provide evidence regarding the persecution of individuals returned from the West to Iran, including “torture, flogging, executions, beheadings, and lashes,” I respectfully dissent." Najmabadi v. Holder, Mar. 9, 2010. Kidnapped, smuggled and worse "The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately. He had sneaked the girl across the Mexican border nearly a month earlier and now was holding her for ransom somewhere near Los Angeles." LA Times, Mar. 9, 2010. Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation "Foreigners in the U.S. on student visas allegedly hired Eamonn Daniel Higgins to attend classes, write papers and take exams for them, authorities say." LA Times, Mar. 9, 2010. Meeting Notes: USCIS Collaboration Session on UPL Jan. 12, 2010. New York Attorney General Cuomo Gets Restitution For The Victims Of UPL "Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has successfully carried out a crusade against the fraud and deception of "immigration consultants" who take advantage of unknowing and vulnerable immigrants." Deborah Notkin, Mar. 7, 2010.

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