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Articles

Presidential Papers Historical Series: White House Statement On The Termination Of The Emergency Program For Hungarian Refugees
President Eisenhower sent this message to Congress on December 31, 1957.

USCIS Employer Bulletin Information On Office Of Business Liaison
The Office of Business Liaison of the USCIS released an employer information bulletin about its business liaison office.

Musings On DV 2005
Mitch Berenson and Charlene Avis write "The 2005 Green Card Lottery Program ended on December 30, 2003, amidst a flurry of would-be applicants finding themselves extremely frustrated and disillusioned."

USCIS Employer Bulletin Information On I-9s
The Office of Business Liaison of the USCIS released an employer information bulletin about I-9s.

Staying Close To Home: Offshoring, Immigration And A High-Tech H Visa
Gary Endelman writes "So what does any or all of this have to do with immigration? Is there a link with offshoring?"

USCIS Employer Bulletin Information On I-9s (Part 2)
The Office of Business Liaison of the USCIS released an employer information bulletin on the I-9 process in a nutshell.

Why Become A Citizen?
Gregory Siskind provides 10 reasons why an alien should consider getting naturalized.

Sen. Leahy Speaks On Deportation Of Canadian-Syrian
During a debate in Congress, Sen. Leahy said, "This is the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian and Syrian citizen, who was deported from the US to Syria last year, who was held and interrogated for months by the Syrians at the Bush administration's request, and who claims to have suffered torture while in custody there."

How Korean Passport Law Affects Korean LPRs Temporarily Residing In Korea
Young H. Noh explains how korean passport law affects korean lawful permanent residents living in Korea temporarily.

USCIS Aguirre Testifies On Guest Worker Program
USCIS Aguirre testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration where he presented President Bush's recent proposal for a new temporary worker program.

How Do I E-File USCIS Forms?
Read a response from the USCIS on how to electronically file your completed USCIS forms.

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Letters to Editors

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Dear Editor:
I believe processing of immigrant benefits should be paid through a combination of user fees and general taxpayers funds, so I don’t agree with your editorial comment that all immigration benefit processing fees should be abolished and that they be substituted entirely with general taxpayer funds. However, it would be interesting to know how much of the user fees already being paid are diverted away from actual processing of the immigrant benefits would be used to improve service. This in fact did happen in the early years, but now fees are being higher yet service is much worse before the increased fees were imposed in the early 1990s. It would also be interesting to know the story behind having Adjudication Support Centers as a separate organization or located in a different site from district offices. Recently, I took a client mid-morning on a week day to our local ASC to request an earlier fingerprint appointment. Our local ASC office was and has always been more than accommodating so I don’t want to say bad things about the office. But my client was the only person there to get fingerprinted while 11 ASC employees were sitting around reading the paper, watching TV, chatting, etc. It would seem these employees getting paid from our $50 fingerprinting fee could also be given additional immigrant benefit processing tasks (e.g. Check on name check security clearances, etc.) but I guess the USCIS district offices have no jurisdiction over ASCs.

Jimmy Go

Immigrant Life

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