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ICE’s top 5 news stories for the week ending Jan. 14, 2011

Jan. 13, 2011 – Secure Communities leads to removal of more than 460 convicted criminal aliens from Sacramento County in first year This past year, the Secure Communities program helped U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers remove more than 460 convicted criminal aliens from Sacramento County. Nearly half of those individuals were violent criminal…

Interview of Attorney Shah Peerally on Sitarre TV

New Countries Eligible to Participate in H-2A and H-2B Programs

Jan. 14, 2011 WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, has identified 53 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs for the coming year. The H-2A program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals…

Retrogression of Family Petitions continues….

“RETROGRESSION OF FAMILY CUT-OFF DATES – Continued heavy applicant demand for numbers in the Family Fourth preference category has required the retrogression of the Worldwide, China-mainland born, Dominican Republic, and India cut-off date for the month of February. It has also been necessary to retrogress the Dominican Republic F2B category for the month of February….

DOS final rule: Visas: Waiver for Ineligible Nonimmigrants

“This rule incorporates a revision to the Immigration and Nationality Act made in section 5503(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relative to the grounds of inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for which consular officers or the Secretary of State may recommend that the Secretary of Homeland Security…

USCIS Issues Final Rule for CNMI-Only Investor Program

Rule provides status for eligible long-term investors WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a final rule in the Federal Register that creates a nonimmigrant investor visa classification in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The “E-2 CNMI Investor Visa” allows foreign long-term investors to reside in the CNMI through December 2014….