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Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") Program Rescinded By The Trump Administration9/5/2017 Earlier today, the Trump Administration announced its decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") program. The program will wind down by March 5, 2017 (six months from today), and according to the Administration "no current beneficiaries will be impacted before March 5, 2018." As for new DACA applications, "no new initial [DACA] requests or associated applications filed after today will be acted on."
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Scam/Fraud Warning: Scammers Impersonating DHS/ICE Officers To Rob Victims of Hurricane Harvey8/31/2017 Earlier today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that there are disturbing reports of people impersonating Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents. The importers knock on doors in the Houston area telling residents to evacuate -- presumably so that they can rob the empty homes. DHS wants to remind individuals that real HSI officials wear badges that are labeled "special agent," which members of the public can ask to see and verify. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) also wear badges labeled with ERO Officer. They also carry credentials with their name and organization. Members of the public who receive such visitors should ask to see these properly labeled badges, and their credentials.
In addition, DHS announced that these officers and special agents would be conducting hurricane relief operations with other local law enforcement agencies, and that during Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, ICE is not conducting immigration enforcement operations in the affected area. So your child has weathered high school. She has done it all; studied hard and built a good transcript, took all those dreaded standardized tests and AP exams, participated in athletics, played the violin, and has been accepted to her dream college. She is spending the summer relaxing, hanging out with friends, and maybe also holding down a job to earn some money before heading off to school. She is picking out what to get for her dorm room, and you are thrilled for her to be “on her own.” But maybe you are also a bit scared. This is still your child, after all, even if legally, after 18, your baby is considered an adult. Your child’s legal status as an adult presents some challenges for parents, because after 18, we cannot have access to their health information, for example, even in an emergency. HIPAA, the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects the privacy of a patient’s health care information. Doctors and medical facilities are potentially liable for unauthorized disclosure of that information, even if it is to a college student’s parents.
(Click "Read More" to continue reading). Attorney Aleksandr Y. Troyb (Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association) is honored to have been asked to participate as a keynote speaker at an event hosted by the Grace Farms Foundation in New Canaan, Connecticut. Attorney Troyb will discuss the current immigration laws and regulations affecting refugees and asylees in a panel discussion entitled "The Refugee Crisis & U.S. Response." The event will be held on May 19, 2017 at Grace Farms located at 365 Lukes Wood Road in New Canaan, CT. Attorney Troyb will be joined by Larry Yungk, Senior Resettlement Officer for The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Claudia Connor, President and CEO of the International Institute of Connecticut, Krishna Patel, Justice Initiatives Director and General Counsel for Grace Farms Foundation and Maha Karahamad, a recently resettled Syrian Refugee and a Coordinator on the Strategic Foundation Partnership Team for Save the Children in Connecticut.
Attorney Aleksandr Y. Troyb (Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association) is honored to have been asked to participate as a keynote speaker at an event hosted by the World Affairs Forum, American Immigration Lawyers Association, International Institute of Connecticut and Fairfield County Bar Association in Stamford, Connecticut. Attorney Troyb will discuss the current immigration laws and regulations affecting refugees and asylees in a panel discussion entitled "Refugees & America: Toward An Informed Public Discourse." The event will be held on April 27, 2017 at the Ferguson Library located at 1 Public Library Plaza, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. Attorney Troyb will be joined by Anne Richard, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Populations, Refugees and Migration, Claudia Connor, President and CEO, International Institute of Connecticut and Krishna Patel, Justice Initiatives Director and General Counsel, Grace Farms Foundation.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued a warning that its hotline telephone number has been used as part of a telephone spoofing scam targeting individuals throughout the country. The perpetrators of the scam represent themselves as employees with "U.S. Immigration" and can alter caller ID systems to make it appear that the call is coming from the DHS OIG Hotline telephone number (1-800-323-8603). The scammers demand to obtain or verify personally identifiable information from their victims through various tactics, including by telling individuals that they are the victims of identity theft. Many of the scammers reportedly have pronounced accents.
Individuals should not answer calls purporting to be from 1-800-323-8603, and should never provide personal information during calls purporting to be from the DHS OIG Hotline. (Click "Read More" to continue reading). Earlier today, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a reminder that the designations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will terminate effective May 21, 2017.
To provide sufficient time for an orderly transition, the Department of Homeland Security gave beneficiaries under these three designations 8 months advance notice of the expiration by publishing 3 notices in the Federal Register on Sept. 22, 2016 (one for each country). These notices urged individuals who did not have another immigration status to use the time before the terminations became effective in May to prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States or to apply for other immigration benefits for which they may be eligible. Individuals from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone who currently have TPS are encouraged to consult with an immigration attorney to learn more about their status and the impact this termination of TPS will have on their immigration status. (Click "Read More" to continue reading). On April 6, 2017, as part of a delegation from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Attorney Aleksandr Troyb is scheduled to meet with members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. to discuss various immigration issues of interest to individuals and employers. He encourages his clients to contact him to discuss any immigration issues they may want him to address with members of Congress.
On Friday, March 3, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017. At present, USCIS believes that this suspension may last up to 6 months.
While H-1B premium processing is suspended, petitioners will not be able to file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker which requests the H-1B nonimmigrant classification. (Click "Read More" to continue reading). Many U.S. employers annually circle April 1 on their yearly calendar. This day marks the first day of filing for a number of work visas. For a number of years (and most probably this year), that day also marked the day when all of the available visas are going to be exhausted. Due to the low number of available visas, and the large number of applications, the government resorts to a "lottery" to determine which applications are going to be adjudicated. Many employers will spend thousands of dollars to prepare an application in an attempt to hire a qualified foreign worker, only to discover that they "lost" the work visa lottery.
Click "Read More" to read an article that gives some perspective on the work visa "lottery." This article was written by Eleanor Pelta (AILA Past President) and is included with permission from AILA. |
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