Nelson A. Castillo Immigration authorities on Monday hinted that decisions on immigration cases involving same-sex couples would be postponed. But today, a spokesman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) told reporters that after a legal review by Department of Homeland Security attorneys, it was concluded that the law prohibiting gay and lesbian couples from ... Read more
What happened to Emily Ruiz - a U.S. citizen - is a real shame. The 4-year-old girl was on a flight from Guatemala to New York, which due to inclement weather, was diverted to Washington, D.C. Upon landing, the grandfather was denied entry by customs agents because he had on his ... Read more
Salvadoran immigrants covered by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) continue to not receive Employment Authorization Documents from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), putting them in a precarious situation. In some cases harming them, preventing them from applying for or remaining in their jobs, or having ... Read more
Constantine Peter Kallas, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prosecutor, was sentenced Monday to 17 years and six months in prison for receiving half a million dollars in bribes from undocumented immigrants, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The former ICE official faced a total of 36 counts of ... Read more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this morning announced that starting today, users will have access to the E-Verify self-verification service. This service will allow people in the United States to verify whether their status allows them to work legally before ... Read more
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced that it has made revisions to its vehicle impoundment protocols during sobriety checkpoint operations. Now, individuals identified by police as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) who do not have a driver's license will be given the opportunity to stop their vehicles and ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that it sent approximately 4,500 provisional Employment Authorization Documents to Salvadorans under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) while their applications for TPS re-registration are being processed and a final decision is being made. Beneficiaries should receive the provisional documents ... Read more
Scammers posing as U.S. government representatives are sending fraudulent emails and letters to applicants for the Diversity Visa program, known as the "visa lottery". These emails and letters tell people that they are winners of a diversity visa, but they are a scam intended to trick them into buying a ... Read more
Effective March 15, 2011 all address changes (Form AR-11) and permanent resident address changes (AR-11 SR) must be mailed to a new location. This is the new address: DHS/USCIS Harrisonburg File Storage Facility Attn: AR-11 1344 Pleasants Drive Harrisonburg, VA 22801 If you mail one of these forms to the site ... Read more
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced further delays for family-based visas. The March 2011 Visa Bulletin indicates that due to high demand in the second preference family visa category (F-2A) for spouses and children under the age of 21 of permanent residents, the visas will be moved back one year for the first year of ... Read more
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