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  • Notice on Upcoming Public Hearing with the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities (12/23/2010)
    On Thursday, January 13, 2011, the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities will hold a public hearing at San Francisco City Hall, in San Francisco, CA, from 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. This hearing is free and open to the public. AILA Doc. No. 10122337.
    AILA Doc. No. 10122337.
  • New York Pardon Panel Procedure and Q&As(94 KB - 9/28/2010)
    New York State Pardon Panel information page on the procedure for seeking a pardon to relieve deportation consequences and Q&As on the Pardon Panel. All pardon requests must be submitted by 10/1/10. AILA Doc. No. 10092863.
    AILA Doc. No. 10092863.
  • Validity of Puerto Rico Birth Certificates Extended(75 KB - 9/24/2010)
    Puerto Rican government announcement that Governor Luis G. Fortuño extended the validity of birth certificates issued before 7/1/10 to American citizens born in Puerto Rico for 30 additional days, until 10/30/10. AILA Doc. No. 10092467.
    AILA Doc. No. 10092467.
  • Federal Reserve Board Q&As on TARP Funding(274 KB - 4/1/2009)
    Federal Reserve Board, in consultation with USCIS, addresses the circumstances in which employers are covered by the Employ American Workers Act. AILA Doc. No. 09040166.
    AILA Doc. No. 09040166.
  • ICE Union Casts “No Confidence” Vote in ICE Leadership(440 KB - 8/5/2010)
    A 6/25/10 press release from the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, a federal employee union representing 7,600 ICE employees, casting a unanimous “Vote of No Confidence” in ICE Director John Morton and ICE ODPP Assistant Director Phyllis Coven. AILA Doc. No. 10080563.
    AILA Doc. No. 10080563.
  • Government Launches New Federal Register 2.0 Website(63 KB - 7/27/2010)
    GPO and OFR launched Federal Register 2.0, a user-friendly online version of the Federal Register. The site features a layout that organizes content by topics similar to a newspaper Web site. AILA Doc. No. 10072766.
    AILA Doc. No. 10072766.
  • You Be the Judge: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts(234 KB - 4/30/2010)
    Law Day program by the Law Library of Congress on 05/03/10 on the rule of law in a multicultural society. AILA Doc. No. 10041974.
    AILA Doc. No. 10041974.
  • Puerto Rico Birth Certificate Law Information (5/6/2010)
    Under Law 191 of 2009, all Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before 07/01/10 will be invalidated so that new, more secure certificates can be issued. Until that date, all birth certificates will remain valid. The PRFAA website includes a FAQ and text of the law. AILA Doc. No. 10050667.
    AILA Doc. No. 10050667.
  • Immigration Equality and the AIDS Institute Issue FAQ on HIV Ban Repeal (4/12/2010)
    Immigration Equality and The AIDS Institute issued an informational brochure on the repeal of the HIV immigration and travel ban. The brochure includes frequently asked questions and answers for clients, attorneys and others. It is available in both English and Spanish. AILA Doc. No. 10041268.
    AILA Doc. No. 10041268.
  • AIC Applauds Ninth Circuit Decision in Kazarian(93 KB - 3/4/2010)
    The American Immigration Council Applauds the Ninth Circuits decision in Kazarian v. USCIS, holding that USCIS unlawfully imposed extra-regulatory requirements on a petition for a worker of "extraordinary ability." (EB-1). AILA Doc. No. 10030421.
    AILA Doc. No. 10030421.
  • MALDEF and ACLU Win Permanent Injunction of Third Farmers Branch Anti-Immigrant Ordinance (3/25/2010)
    The Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union succeeded in invalidating a Farmer Branch, TX ordinance. The district court ruled that the city did not have the authority to regulate the residence of noncitizens within its borders. AILA Doc. No. 10032562.
    AILA Doc. No. 10032562.
  • Business Working Group Issues Statement on Immigration Reform Framework(29 KB - 3/22/2010)
    The Business Working Group, an ad hoc coalition of coalitions from across economic sectors that employ immigrant workers, issued a press release on the outline for immigration reform presented by Senators Schumer and Graham. AILA Doc. No. 10032260.
    AILA Doc. No. 10032260.
  • BPRI Releases Video of Seminar on Immigration Reform: What's at Stake for the Northern Border (1/8/2010)
    On 11/12/09, AILA member and Border Policy Research Institute Visiting Fellow, Margaret Stock, Esq. and Edward Alden, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, presented at a BPRI seminar on "Immigration Reform: What's at Stake for the Northern Border.” This link the seminar recording is in video format (wmv). AILA Doc. No. 10010763.
    AILA Doc. No. 10010763.
  • Alexander Aleinikoff Named U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees(84 KB - 12/3/2009)
    On 12/2/09, Alexander Aleinikoff, dean of the Georgetown University Law Center and previously a senior INS official, was named as the new United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees. Aleinikoff is expected to take up his post on 02/01/10. AILA Doc. No. 09120330.
    AILA Doc. No. 09120330.
  • FAQ on New Law to End the Widow Penalty by Surviving Spouses Against Deportation (10/30/2009)
    On 10/29/09, Surviving Spouses Against Deportation (SSAD) issued a FAQ on the new law that contains a provision to end the widow penalty. Brent Renison, pro bono counsel for SSAD, is an AILA member. AILA Doc. No. 09103065.
    AILA Doc. No. 09103065.
  • ABA Statement on ABA vs. Federal Trade Commission Ruling (10/29/2009)
    The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a statement on the federal district court ruling in ABA v. Federal Trade Commission. According to the ABA statement, the "court recognized that the FTC's interpretation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act over-reaches and its application to lawyers is unreasonable." AILA Doc. No. 09102972.
    AILA Doc. No. 09102972.
  • NAE Approves Resolution Supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform(263 KB - 10/9/2009)
    On 10/8/09, the Board of Directors of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) approved a resolution calling for action on immigration reform. AILA Doc. No. 09100965.
    AILA Doc. No. 09100965.
  • NIBF Partnership to Help Low-Income Immigrant Families in North Carolina(198 KB - 9/1/2009)
    On September 1, 2009, the National Immigrant Bond Fund launched a partnership with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice to provide legal and bond assistance to low-income immigrants. Many immigrants detained in North Carolina are placed in removal proceedings through their contact with local law enforcement under 287(g) agreements with ICE. AILA Doc. No. 09090166.
    AILA Doc. No. 09090166.
  • Immigration Works: Future Flow: What Employers Need in a Bill(128 KB - 8/3/2009)
    On May 19, 2009, Immigration Works issued a Talking Point and Fact Sheet which explains the need for comprehensive immigration reform and additional employment based visas. AILA Doc. No. 09080374.
    AILA Doc. No. 09080374.
  • Secretary of Commerce Includes Visa Reform as Priority in Fostering Economic Growth(70 KB - 7/23/2009)
    On 7/22/09 Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke delivered a speech at the Washington International Trade Association in which he highlighted priorities that will help U.S. companies increase exports and set the country on a path to sustainable long-term economic growth. One of the five enumerated priorities was pursuing visa reform. AILA Doc. No. 09072370.
    AILA Doc. No. 09072370.
  • AILF Applauds Attorney General Holder’s Withdrawal of Bush Administration’s No-Right-To-Counsel Decision (6/3/2009)
    AILF applauds Attorney General Eric Holder’s withdrawal of Matter of Compean, a decision regarding claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. AILA Doc. No. 09060363.
    AILA Doc. No. 09060363.
  • Brookings Hosts Forum on Immigration and the Courts (3/2/2009)
    This document is a transcript from a forum on Immigration and the Courts, held at the Brookings Institution on 2/20/09. Panelists were Second Circuit Court Judge Robert Katzman, BIA Chairman Juan Osuna and Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University. AILA Doc. No. 09030265.
    AILA Doc. No. 09030265.
  • NILC Fact Sheet on Basic Pilot/E-Verify (2/11/2009)
    In a February 2009 fact sheet on the Basic Pilot/E-Verify program, the National Immigration Law Center explains why mandatory employer participation will hurt workers, businesses, and the struggling U.S. economy. AILA Doc. No. 09021161.
    AILA Doc. No. 09021161.
  • Cardozo Makes Available ICE Memos on Fugitive Operations Arrests (2/4/2009)
    On 2/4/09, the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University made public several ICE memos obtained through a FOIA lawsuit, which sought records pertaining to the ICE sweeping campaign of home raids. AILA Doc. No. 09020462.
    AILA Doc. No. 09020462.
  • AILF Responds to Attorney General's Decision in Matter of Compean, et al.(28 KB - 1/8/2009)
    AILF condems the Attorney General's decision in Matter of Compean-Bangaly & J-E-C, which declared that henceforth, immigrants, asylum seekers, and all others in removal proceedings do not have any right under statute or the Constitution to representation by a lawyer before they can be ordered deported. AILA Doc. No. 09010832.
    AILA Doc. No. 09010832.