Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Senator Chuck Schumer to Lead New Effort at Immigration Reform

A major effort to swing at least five key Republican senators behind immigration reform will be the key task of Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who is leading the effort in the senate to create new legislation...
Schumer Stepping in to Fill Kennedy Role as the Immigration Champion

Sen. Chuck Schumer will be primarily responsible for writing a new comprehensive immigration reform bill for Senate consideration this year, a new role on an issue that's stalled twice in recent years...
Democrats Considering Health Care-Immigration Deal to Overcome Key Sticking Point

Lawmakers who want to extend health coverage to illegal immigrants will not block the passage of the final health care reform bill so long as the White House offers a substantive promise to start pushing comprehensive immigration legislation this year...
Millard County Deputy Shot, Killed; 2nd Person of Interest Sought

Police searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Millard County sheriff's deputy did not find the man in a Salt Lake City neighborhood Tuesday morning and now have added a second person of interest in the case...
Sen. Schumer's "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Ignores the Lessons of 9/11

A news article "Chicago immigration agency a front for terror plot..." in the Chicago Tribune addresses one of the major issues I have been hammering ever since I went public in the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001- vulnerabilities in the process by which applications for visas and immigration benefits are adjudicated, encouraging massive levels of fraud and consequently a huge threat to national security. In this case the focus is on an individual by the name of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the owner of First World Immigration Services that, according to federal prosecutors was involved in procuring visas for citizens of Pakistan by lying on their applications for visas. Fraud can be thought of as a lie placed on an application concerning a material fact that, had the truth been known, would have prevented the applicant from receiving the benefit he (she) applied for...

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Lawsuit Targets CBP

Immigration attorneys are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could have widespread implications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue involves U.S. citizens who say they were held for long hours at ports of entry in South Texas and denied entry into the country after they presented birth certificates registered by midwives...
Grandmother Led Big Green-Card Marriage Scam

Immigration attorneys are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could have widespread implications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue involves U.S. citizens who say they were held for long hours at ports of entry in South Texas and denied entry into the country after they presented birth certificates registered by midwives...