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Editor's Comments
Going To Philly?
For those of our readers who will attend the AILA Conference in
Philadelphia, and are not sure of the benefits of signing up for our phone
seminar series on USCIS Service Center issues, please consider the
following:
- No firm can afford to send every team member to Philly, the hotel/airfare costs would be just too much. For every person from a law firm who makes it to Philly, there will likely be at least one other person at the law firm who would benefit from the information about USCIS Service Center issues in our phone seminar series. ILW.COM phone seminars are a resource for the entire law office - attorneys and paralegals alike. And the cost, when divided among people surrounding a speaker phone is very modest as compared to making a trip out-of-town.
- With hundreds of attendees in each room at Philly, getting your questions answered may be quite difficult (the time allotted for Q&A at the Philly sessions is quite limited). By contrast, fully 30% of the time in our phone seminars is devoted to questions from the audience. There is a 99% chance that your question to the eminent practitioners and USCIS representatives on the panel will be addressed. Follow-up Q&As by email are also a feature of our seminar series.
- The sheer number of simultaneous sessions for several days in a row, as happens at AILA annual conferences, makes for a deluge of information that is hard to keep up with. Plus, no one can be at two sessions at the same time, so some interesting sessions may have to be skipped. Our seminar on USCIS benefits processing at Service Centers is broken up into three manageable sessions of 90 minutes each over three months. Unlike the Philly conference, ILW.COM's phone seminar series is not a one-time event - the series is an engagement of the listeners with the panels for May, June and July.
None of the above is to imply that firms should not take advantage of the
opportunity to attend the Philly Conference. However, the benefits of
attending the ILW.COM phone seminar series nicely complement the benefits
of travelling to Philly.
The confirmed speakers for "Grant Me This Much: Obtaining Immigration
Benefits From The USCIS Regional Service Centers" include:
- Immigration Practitioners: Angelo A. Paparelli, Jonathan C. Adams, Adam Green, Kehrela M. Hodkinson, Edward R. Litwin, Mary L. Mucha and Merrilee Snell
- USCIS: Donald Neufeld, Director of the California Service Center, Brett Gregg and Ernie Leslie, both from the CSC, and Tracy Renaud, the E-Filing point person at USCIS HQ (many other USCIS have been invited)
The deadline to register is Tuesday, May 25th. For more info, including
detailed curriculum, speaker bios, and registration information, see: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/may2004.shtm. (Fax version: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/may2004.pdf.)
ILW.COM Focus
Frustration At USCIS Service Centers
Many of today's frustrations in immigration law practice are with issues
connected with USCIS Service Center benefits processing. ILW.COM's new
seminar series "Grant Me This Much: Obtaining Immigration Benefits From The
USCIS Regional Service Centers" will provide immigration attorneys with the
tools necessary to alleviate at least some of these frustrations. The
speakers are a mix of government officials and distinguished immigration
practioners.
The deadline to register is Tuesday, May 25th. For more info, including
detailed curriculum, speaker bios,
and registration information, see: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/may2004.shtm. (Fax version:
http://www.ilw.com/seminars/may2004.pdf.)
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Asylum Resource Series: Mauritania
USCIS Asylum Resource Information Center offers asylum information on Mauritania.
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Immigration Law News
GAO On Visa Operations At US Posts In Canada
The Government Accounting Office issued a report addressed to Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives on visa operations at US posts in Canada.
EOIR Says 48% Of IJ Cases, 72% Of BIA Cases In FY 2003 Were Represented
The Office of Planning and Analysis of the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the Department of Justice released its FY 2003 Statistical Yearbook which included many interesting statistics: 48% of aliens whose cases were completed in immigration courts during FY 2003 were represented and 72% of completed BIA cases were for represented aliens. Another interesting statistic, possibly of great concern to Circuit Courts, was that cases received by the BIA increased 20% in FY 2003.
11th Circuit Uses Higher Standard Of Government Acquiescence In Asylum Case
Law.com reports "A Florida man [is] to be deported because he can't show Peruvian government culpable in threats."
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Classifieds
Immigration Law Conference
Immigration Law Conference, New York, May 25-26 - Earn up to 9 CLE Credits
- Rep. Nadler confirms as lunchtime speaker - The Center for Migration Studies, in association with the Fordham School of
Law will present the 27th Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration
and Refugee Policy – "Navigating Through the Immigration Labyrinth in
Post-9/11 America" on May 25-26, 2004 in New York City. The conference will
consist of presentations + Q&A sessions on a wide-range of immigration
topics. Immigration professionals, government officials, HR professionals,
and non-profit reps should not miss the chance to hear noted experts in the
field speak. Speakers will include Stephen Fischel, Fujie Ohata, Michael Aytes, Lynden
Melmed, Patty Cogswell, Harry Sheinfeld, Frank Sharry, Fran Berger, Naomi
Schorr, Lory Rosenberg, Thomas Mosely, Lucas Guttentag, Cyrus Mehta, Noemi
Masliah, Robert Gottfried, Deborah Anker, Michael Patrick, Don Kerwin,
Gemma Solimene, Mark Von Sternberg, Jennifer Gordon, Howard Gordon, Austin
Fragomen, Randel Johnson and others. Rep. Jerrold Nadler has now confirmed as lunch speaker on Tuesday May, 25.
Participants will have the rare opportunity to interact with key
policymakers at this unique international event. Topics will include the
transition to the DHS, including the impact of both policy and process, as
well as an overview of business, family, and asylum issues facing the
immigration law and policy community. In accordance with the requirements
of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board, the CMS-Fordham
conference will offer up to nine non-transitional credit hours which can be
credited toward the professional practice requirement. Discounted rates
are available for students, nonprofits and government employees. For more
info, including detailed curriculum, speaker line-up, and registration
information, visit: http://www.cmsny.org/27th-annual.htm.
See http://www.cmsny.org/images/CMS-Program.pdf for the conference program. To register, go to http://www.cmsny.org/images/register-form.pdf.
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