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Editor's Comments of the Day
The INS maintains an informative and well designed website at www.ins.usdoj.gov. The INS website
deserves commendation. The site puts a warm and friendly face on an agency whose staff is often
criticized as cold and unfeeling. The site is kept fresh through regular updates. The web designers
at the INS have made an effort to present the information in an easy-to-use format - the "How do I?"
and "FAQ" sections are particularly well designed. The mass of information (statutes,
regulations, field office contact information, fee information, press releases, etc.) presents a challenge to organize in an user-friendly format - a challenge the INS has largely met.
The efforts of the INS web designers and website managers, and the substantial expense in taxpayer
dollars for the high-tech necessary to power the INS website, has resulted in a site which performs
a valuable service to immigrants, employers, attorneys and others. Not surprisingly, the INS website
is heavily used and experiences what is quite probably the largest traffic of any immigration
website in the world. This heavy usage by internet-surfers is itself a compliment to the INS
webmaster and other website managers (please come forward and name yourselves for the
applause!). The INS has released its latest usage statistics at:
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/insmission/sitestats.htm.
A minor criticism of the otherwise splendid efforts of the INS's web team is that the web traffic
statistics reported by the INS do not use industry standard metrics. Three of the most commonly used
traffic metrics on the internet are monthly unique users (also sometimes called monthly unique
visitors), monthly page views, and monthly stickiness (i.e. the average user-session length for the
month). Instead, the INS reports the number of users per workday which, if defined as monthly users
divided by the number of workdays, is inaccurate as the same user may visit the site several
times during a month. If the INS were to use industry standard statistics (e.g. by using WebTrends,
the most widely used traffic measurement tool by websites in the US), policy makers and
budget overseers would have a greater understanding of the results obtained from the money
allocated to maintain the website. The INS's web team would also have an objective
basis for claiming to serve the public cost-effectively through its fine website.
Federal Register News of the Day
Final Rule on Detention of Aliens
The INS issues a final rule providing a uniform review process governing
the detention of criminal, inadmissible, and other aliens, excluding
Mariel Cubans, who have received a final administrative order of
removal, deportation, or exclusion but whose departure has not been
effected within the 90-day removal period.
Cases of the Day
Court Dismisses Case from Foreign Medical Student
In Khan v. ECFMG, No. 00-1701 (E.D.Pa. Nov. 30, 2000), the court dismissed Plaintiff's Complaint that the Educational Commission for Foreign School Graduates's ("ECFMG") rule that foreign medical graduates tank an English test every two years and the denial of his request for a permanent revalidation of his nonimmigrant status were a violation of his rights.
INS News of the Day
INS Internet Website Statistics The INS reports the number of monthly users
to its site in September 2000 as well as the cumulative number of users for FY 2000. See Editor's Comments.
BIA Issues Final Orders Suspending 10 Immigration Practitioners The Executive
Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") has served 10 attorneys with Final Orders of Discipline
formally suspending them from practice before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") and INS, and the
Board has issued a Final Order of Discipline to each suspended attorney.
EOIR
Suspends 10 Immigration Practitioners The Executive Office for
Immigration Review ("EOIR") has formally suspended 10 more attorneys from
practicing before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals
("BIA"), and the INS.
DOS News of the Day
IVIEMS
Team Earns Hammer Award In a ceremony at the
Department of State, the Hammer Award was presented to the
International Visitor Information Exchange Management System
(IVIEMS) Team of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of
International Visitors which brings participants to the US from all over the
world each year to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and
to experience the US firsthand.
ILW.COM Featured Article of the Day
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Carl P. Baldwin explains the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, signed into law by the President last October, and the new "T" visa.
Immigration News of the Day
Teachers Adding an H (for Hygiene) to the 3 R's According to the New York
Times [registration required] teachers in New York are giving extra lessons on hygiene
which have been prompted by the flood of immigrant children to city classrooms.
Immigrants Balance Santa With Their Own Traditions
The New York Times [registration required] reports on how immigrants have adapted the
Christmas holidays to accommodate their own cultures and traditions.
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