• A Note from the Editors: Premium Processing for a Fee
• The ABCs of Immigration - Naturalization - Residency Requirements Part II by Greg Siskind and Amy Ballentine
• Immigration Policy Reports: Chinese-Americans Continue to Excel from AILF
• The Plight of H-1Bs During an Economic Downturn by Cyrus D. Mehta
• Adjustment of Status Under LIFE Legalization Provisions - Part 1 by Alexander Nisengolts
• Alaska Court Rules Immigrants Qualify for Special State Benefits by Greg Siskind and Amy Ballentine
• INS Monthly Statistical Report for April 2001

A Note from the Editors:

With a minimal release of details in advance, including waiting until the day the service was inaugurated to release the I-907 form, INS has implemented premium processing for a fee. As an Associated Press item on the CBS site notes many immigration groups complain that the INS is giving the rich and famous special treatment. According to the INS Interim Rule published in the Federal Register the premium processing service will benefit everyone who files a petition with the INS because the fees will be deposited into the examinations fee account and used to hire additional adjudicators, contact representatives and support personnel. Making government services available on a preferential basis to those who can pay more is antithetical to the founding principle of the nation that all men are created equal. Even worse, this practice is being institutionalized at a point that for some will be their first step towards citizenship. If they can afford it.

The ABCs of Immigration - Naturalization - Residency Requirements Part II
Greg Siskind and Amy Ballentine continue their examination of the residency requirements for naturalization.

Immigration Policy Reports: Chinese-Americans Continue to Excel
According to an immigration policy report from the American Immigration Law Foundation, Chinese-Americans have made significant gains in the 20th Century, especially in the arena of politics.

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