-----------------IMMIGRATION DAILY FROM ILW.COM------------------
November 16, 2009
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/digest/2009,1116.shtm
Items:
1. Comment: Social Networking At Work
2. Focus: US Tax Compliance For Immigrants And Employers: The
Lawyer's Complete Guide
3. Articles:
(a) Economic Progress Via Legalization: Lessons From The Last
Legalization Program by Rob Paral, Madura Wijewardena, and
Walter Ewing for the Immigration Policy Center
(b) Bloggings On Dysfunctional Government by Angelo A.
Paparelli
(c) Bloggings on Deportation And Removal by Matthew Kolken
4. News:
(a) DHS Secretary Napolitano On CIR
(b) CRS Report On Border Security
5. Classifieds:
(a) Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegal
(b) Help Wanted: Immigration Attorney
(c) Translation Services
(d) Website Services
(e) BIA Delivery Service
6. Headlines:
(a) Napolitano Urges Swift Action on Immigration Reform
(b) Nationalists Urge Perry To Stop Feds From Dumping Aliens
In Texas
(c) Identity, Immigrants, Military
(d) ICE Nabs 111,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens In One Year
7. ComingsNGoings:
(a) New Attorney
8. Letters From:
(a) Honza Prchal, Esq.
(b) Jim Roberts
(c) Lisa
(d) Chia-Li Sung
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1. COMMENT
Social Networking At Work
Law.com reports "How can employers prevent careless and possibly
liability-producing use of social media? Much of the answer
involves common sense." For the full story, see here.
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202435367912&pos=ataglance
We welcome readers to share their opinion and ideas with us by
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3. ARTICLES
(a) Economic Progress Via Legalization: Lessons From The Last
Legalization Program
Rob Paral, Madura Wijewardena, and Walter Ewing for the
Immigration Policy Center write "[u]nauthorized immigrants who
gained legal status in the 1980s through the legalization
provisions of the IRCA experienced clear improvement in their
socioeconomic situation.
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,1116-paral.pdf
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/
(b) Bloggings On Dysfunctional Government
Angelo A. Paparelli cautions "LPRs are best advised to take IJ
proceedings seriously."
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,1116-paparelli.shtm
http://blogs.ilw.com/angelopaparelli/
(c) Bloggings on Deportation And Removal
Matthew Kolken discusses a recent BIA decision covering the
standard for adjudicating motions for continuance.
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,1116-kolken.shtm
http://blogs.ilw.com/deportationandremoval/
To submit an Article for consideration, write to
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4. NEWS
(a) DHS Secretary Napolitano On CIR
During a speech at the Center for American Progress on November
13, 2009, DHS Secretary Napolitano said, "Let me be clear: when I
talk about "immigration reform," I'm referring to what I call the
"three-legged stool" that includes a commitment to serious and
effective enforcement, improved legal flows for families and
workers, and a firm but fair way to deal with those who are
already here."
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2009,1116-napolitano.shtm
(b) CRS Report On Border Security
The Congressional Research Service released an updated version of
its report outlining the roles and responsibilities of the four
main agencies within the DHS charged with securing our nation's
borders: the CBP, ICE, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the TSA.
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2009,1116-crs.pdf
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6. Headlines
(a) Napolitano Urges Swift Action on Immigration Reform
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressed confidence
Friday that Congress would introduce a comprehensive immigration
reform bill in early 2010 and that debate and passage of the
legislation could occur before the mid-term elections later that
year.
(b) Nationalists Urge Perry To Stop Feds From Dumping Aliens In
Texas
The Texas Nationalist Movement has challenged Texas Gov. Rick
Perry to "walk the walk" on nullification by interdicting federal
attempts to use Texas as a dumping-ground for apprehended illegal
aliens.
(c) Identity, Immigrants, Military
Immigrants, with and without citizenship, have been a sizable
part of the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War.
(d) ICE Nabs 111,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens In One Year
DHS along with ICE announced the Secure Communities initiative
nabbed more than 111,000 criminal illegal aliens since its
inception one year ago.
For links to the above stories see here:
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/digest/2009,1116.shtm#Headlines
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7. ComingsNGoings
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(a) New Attorney
International Immigration Services, PA (www.ezusimm.com) is
pleased to announce that Brandon Meyer has joined the firm as an
Attorney. He will manage our new San Diego, CA office and
specialize in E-1/2, L-1, O-1, EB-1, National Interest Waiver,
and EB-5 matters. He can be reached at brandon@ezusimm.com.
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8. LETTERS
Readers can share comments, email: mailto:editor@ilw.com (up to
300-words). Past correspondence is available in our archives
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/archives.shtm
(a) Dear Editor:
Thanks ID for publishing the study on intermarriage rates among
immigrant population in Germany. It's interesting and may be
creepy or hopefully spun, which is a good sign that the data are
honestly arrived at. The study implies that a large, distinct
immigrant pool from a single country (Turkey) doesn't seem to be
a good thing for assimilation (think Mexicans in the USA in
recent years) though Turks are separated internally, and often
violently, between Kurds and Turks. Increased diversity in
immigration flows is a good thing if one likes one's own culture
(in my case, I adopted it by choice) enough to wish for
assimilation. Germans are "better", meaning more American, about
this sort of thing than most Europeans and still get a bum rap,
so it was fun to read this for that reason as well. The ironic
publication date of November 11th made it more meaningful still.
As for today's note on Lou Dobb's departure being a hopeful sign
for the passage of CIR, I would point out that Al Franken had a
bigger audience with Bush in the White house and that Rush
Limbaugh traditionally does better with Democrats at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue. Dobb's abrupt departure may be a sign that
CIR seems dead to most people at CNN and those who watch cable
news. We may also be over-reading meaning into his abrupt leave-
taking. He's done this before. So has, pace MM, the Fort Hood
shooter, shown that he has fit poorly into the Army system. I
expect that had his commanding officer been a more typical Muslim
instead of a bureaucrat responding to an institutional aversion
to making waves and getting HR involved in a departmental review,
the shooter would have been turfed out of the service or perhaps
into the professional care of his colleagues before committing
murderous treason. The antidote to prejudice is not putting one's
head in the sand but rather honesty and treating people fairly.
Honza Prchal, Esq. Birmingham, AL
(b) Dear Editor:
Regarding 11/13/09 ID Comment and Letters, it is sad, revealing
and premature that ID and R. Algase would rejoice in Lou Dobbs
stepping "down" from his CNN post which was not due to a few
whining liberals, anti-Americans and special interests, but is a
step up to be an even greater advocate for millions of US without
the limitations the job entailed. What is "Orwellian" is the RA
letter's demonization and villification of needed, legitimate and
long overdue enforcement as well as comparing "soft on entry"
Janet N. of DHS to Sheriff Joe. The MM letter ignores that Major
Hasan had shouted the Islamic battle cry "Allah-O-Akbar (God is
great)" before opening fire, was wearing the shalwar-kameez, the
traditional attire worn by Afghan Arabs who wage jihad alongside
al-Qaeda and the Taliban and had angry confrontations with other
officers over his views that Muslims should "rise up and attack
Americans" and other evidences about this act of terrorism. The
letter of RA (11/12/09 ID) continues a Jihad for Diversity and
against "Northern Europeans" which differs from the U.N.'s
recently released annual index of human development, which ranks
182 countries by such factors as education, per-capita income,
and life expectancy.The top ten Nations were racially
homogenous where in 9 of these, the dominant race is white with
the 10th being Asian. Diversified U.S. didn't make the cut. To
find out why, read: "Muslims in 21st Century America: Racial
Religious Chasm" by Frosty Wooldridge and "The Two Faces of Major
Hasan" by Pat Buchanan as well as references in my ID letters of
Oct 30th and Nov 4th.
Jim Roberts
(c) Dear Editor:
Lou Dobbs departure from cnn is long awaiting good news (11/13/09
ID comment). Mr. Dobbs views were too dividing for this country,
his venom was very distasteful for the eyes and ears, and I
applaud cnn for getting rid of him, his views are very racial and
need some anger management class towards immigrant, and learn how
to deal with them, because this country is built on immigrants.
The next three are Hannity, glen beck and Bill Riley, because we
have no room in this country for racism and hatred. We came too
far and all these guys do is spit out venom.
Lisa
(d) Dear Editor:
Responding to ID's comment (11/13/09), it may be victory for ID,
but it is damage for the rest of us. This is another prime
example of how illegals and their supporters' steering the
country's policies towards what would benefit the illegals
instead of tax paying, law abiding citizens. How typical.
Chia-Li Sung
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