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Congressional Report Discusses Role of the Military to Secure U.S. Borders
Dallas immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz offers informed commentary about Congressional Report. Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) July 22, 2010 – - The Secretary of the Department of Homeland...
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Recent Unauthorized Immigration Drops Sharply
While recent unauthorized immigration has been undergoing a sharp decline, the mainstream media is paying scant attention. Dallas immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of the firm Rabinowitz &...
View ArticleImmigration Officers May Use Social Networks to Investigate Fraud
As the U.S. government turns to social networking sites to track users, immigration attorney Rabinowitz advises discretion. Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 5, 2010 – Social networking websites...
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SnICE Releases Secure Communities Data Showing the Program to be Ineffective
Released data shows the SnICE program to be ineffective in removing dangerous criminal aliens; program remains open to abuse, according to Dallas immigration lawyer, Rabinowitz. Dallas, TX (Law Firm...
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Annual Immigrant Visa Report Shows Long Waiting Lists According to Dallas...
The National Visa Center released its annual report of immigrant visa applicants in the family-sponsored and employment-based preferences in early November, 2010. Dallas immigration attorney Stewart...
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Lawyer Applauds Ninth Circuit Decision to Allow Immigrants Access to Files
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 19, 2011 – In a landmark court case for immigrants, the Ninth Circuit recently found that an alien in removal proceedings has the right to review a copy of his...
View ArticlePriority Dates For Family of Immigrants Slip To Reprehensible Length Says...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) February 4, 2011 – The U.S. Department of State released the Visa Bulletin for January of 2011, bringing bad news for foreign nationals who are trying to immigrate to the...
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Recent GAO Report Addresses H1B Visa Program
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) February 17, 2011 – The United States Government Accountability Office recently completed a comprehensive study of the H-1B visa program. Congress asked the GAO to...
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Texas Governor Employs Arizona Style Anti Immigrant Stance
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) February 28, 2011 – One of the safest large cities in the United States may go under the spotlight as the governor of a budget-stricken state goes on the offensive...
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GAO Issues Report on Northern Border and Focuses on Greater Interagency...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) April 5, 2011 – A new Government Accountability Office report found that U.S. agencies and Canadian agencies are not routinely sharing intelligence nor routinely engaging...
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USCIS Releases Data on Naturalization for 2010
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 23, 2011 – The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services recently released its annual report regarding naturalization in the U.S. for the 2010 year. Dallas...
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Secretary Clinton comments on 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 27, 2011 – In April, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the 35th annual report to Congress on the state of human rights around the world. The...
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San Francisco Sheriff Wants Out of Secure Communities Program
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 15, 2011 – San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey has announced that he will release illegal immigrants who are believed to have committed low-level crimes instead...
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Two Former INS General Counsel Discuss Executive Branch Immigration Authority
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 20, 2011 – Despite being one of the most-discussed issues in contemporary politics, immigration reform has been at a relative standstill at the federal level for...
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DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 24, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) an 18-month extension, allowing...
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Department of State Voids Results of 2012 Diversity Lottery Citing Computer...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 30, 2011 – Tens of thousands of immigrants who were selected as eligible to apply for an immigrant visa and ultimately qualify to immigrate to the U.S. may now not...
View ArticleObama Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote Business Investments...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 17, 2011 – The Obama administration issued an executive order in June that aims to entice overseas investors to invest or expand in the U.S. The administration...
View ArticleUSCIS Proposes Significant Changes to EB 5 Program Processing
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 25, 2011 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed major changes to the rules to its EB-5 visa program, which provides green cards to foreign...
View ArticleUSCIS Advises on New Immigration Benefits Electronic System
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 13, 2011 – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has released information about its upcoming electronic, account-based system that foreign...
View ArticleElectronic I-9 Software Vendor Dispute Puts Certain Employers in a Bind
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 20, 2011 – The Department of Homeland Security’s enhanced worksite enforcement efforts and its electronic I-9 regulations have raised several issues since their...
View ArticleRight to Counsel Compromised When Aliens are Arrested Without Warrant
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 22, 2011 – When an alien is arrested without a warrant, immigration officers are not required to advise the person arrested of the right to counsel or the right...
View ArticleICE Ends Secure Communities Agreements with All Participating States
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 26, 2011 – In August 2011 the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) abruptly terminated its Memorandum of Agreement with participating states,...
View ArticleUSCIS Uses Undocumented Employees as Informants in an I-9 Enforcement Action
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) October 17, 2011 – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation has resulted in a five count indictment of current and former managers of a Houston restaurant...
View ArticleUSCIS Begins First Phase of Improvements to EB-5 Processing
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) October 28, 2011 – Entities that are seeking approval as Regional Centers under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program can communicate directly with the U.S....
View ArticleWhite House Jobs Council Proposes More Visas for Skilled Immigrants
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 25, 2011 – A recent White House Jobs Council Interim Report issued in October, 2011 calls for more skilled immigrants as a key component to economic recovery in...
View ArticleUSCIS to Implement Entrepreneurs in Residence Program
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 2, 2011 – A new United States Citizenship and Immigration Service program places entrepreneurs and industry experts together with key USCIS personnel and in a...
View ArticleNew American Enterprise Institute Study Shows Positive Effects on U.S....
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 6, 2012 – A recent study of the role immigration plays in the American job market revealed that incremental changes to the country’s immigration policy could have...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Can Help the USCIS Attract Foreign Talent
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 23, 2012 – As part of its Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is recruiting business experts for a new...
View ArticleThe Administration Acts to Ease the Path for Some Highly Skilled Immigrants
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) February 28, 2012 – The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) recently announced several new proposals to improve U.S. immigration processing for high...
View ArticleCongressional Report Tackles the Issue of Undocumented Aliens and Their...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) March 2, 2012 – Foreign nationals who reside in the United States without legal status are barred from receiving most federal benefits, yet the popular perception is that...
View ArticleOrganized Crime Members Convicted in Scheme to Recruit Alien Sex Workers
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) March 27, 2012 – Two members of a New York organized crime family pleaded guilty in February 2012 to racketeering and conspiracy charges arising out of their involvement...
View ArticleDepartment of Homeland Security Reports on Naturalizations During 2011
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 22, 2012 – A new report on the naturalization of U.S. citizens has been released by the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), an agency of the Department of...
View ArticleCongressional Report Discusses Current U.S. Policy on Legal Immigration
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 28, 2012 – A recent report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides an instructive analysis of the current state of U.S. immigration policy. The report,...
View ArticleCongressional Report Addresses Dream Act Proposed Legislation
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 31, 2012 – The Congressional Research Service has released a report analyzing the progress of the “Dream Act” proposed legislation, intended to address the status of...
View ArticleAdministration to Grant Deferred Action Status to DREAM Act Beneficiaries
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) July 6, 2012 – In an unprecedented move, in June, 2012, President Obama announced that his Administration would grant deferred action status for qualifying children of...
View ArticleUSCIS Proposes Changes to Form I-9 – Dallas Immigration Lawyer
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) July 24, 2012 – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed several changes to the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form. This is the form...
View ArticleUSCIS Touts the Benefits of ELIS
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 09, 2012 – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced an electronic filing system in May 2012. The system, called USCIS ELIS, allows...
View ArticleUSCIS Ombudsman Issues its 2011 Annual Report
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 16, 2012 – The Ombudsman's Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released its 2011 Annual Report. The independent Ombudsman's Office...
View ArticleICE Testifies on Steps Taken to Avoid U.S. Flight Schools Unknowingly...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 30, 2012 – A government investigation revealed that a Boston flight school had been training up to 25 undocumented immigrants, even as security officials testified...
View ArticleFairness for Highly-Skilled Immigrants Act Hits a Snag
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 5, 2012 – Legislation that would keep highly-skilled immigrant workers in the United States was passed overwhelmingly by the house last November, but political...
View ArticleUSCIS Begins Accepting DACA Filings
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 20, 2012 – On August 15, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting requests for the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
View ArticleCBP Plans to Eliminate Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Record for Arriving...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 27, 2012 – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that it will eliminate the I-94 form, the Arrival-Departure Record issued to foreign...
View ArticleIRS Tightens ITIN Requirements
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) October 15, 2012 – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced changes to its procedures for obtaining Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). ITINs are...
View ArticleDACA Application Numbers Stall
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) October 22, 2012 – A smaller number of people than expected have applied for a new program to allow certain undocumented immigrants to live and work in the U.S. Of 1.7...
View ArticleUSCIS to Charge New Immigrant Green Card Fee Starting February 1, 2013
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 20, 2012 – There will be a new fee required for green cards as of early next year. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, has advised...
View ArticleICE Discusses the MAVNI Program
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 24, 2012 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun a pilot program known as Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI). MAVNI...
View ArticleGroup Sues Arizona Over Policy to Deny Drivers Licenses to Deferred Action...
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 4, 2013 – An Arizona policy to deny state driver's licenses to some people is garnering protest. A coalition of civil rights groups filed suit on November 29,...
View ArticleAdministration Takes Additional Steps to Attract Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 11, 2013 – A new online resource center is available for immigrant entrepreneurs. A team at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) tasked with...
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DHS Proposes Rule to Increase USCIS Filing Fees
Dallas immigration lawyers - Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz, P.C. Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 27, 2016 – Most immigration filing fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
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New Regulations Affecting Highly Skilled Workers: An Overview
Dallas immigration lawyers - Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz, P.C. Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) January 9, 2017 – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a long-awaited final rule that...
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