Mar 24 - Get News Fast

-----------------IMMIGRATION DAILY FROM ILW.COM------------------

March 24, 2010

http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/digest/2010,0324.shtm

Items:
1.  Comment: Get News Fast
2.  Focus: Immigration Practice By Robert C. Divine
3.  Articles:
    (a) Bloggings On Immigration Law And Policy by Greg Siskind
    (b) Important Changes In Widely Used I-485 Adjustment Of
    Status To Permanent Residence Form And Procedure by Alan Lee,
    Esq.
    (c) The Morality Of Capitalism by E. Barry Asmus and Donald
    B. Billings for the Foundation For Economic Education
4.  News:
    (a) USCIS On New Filing Instructions For Form I-131
5.  Classifieds:
    (a) Help Wanted: Immigration Attorneys
    (b) Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegal
    (c) Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegals
    (d) Forensic Psychology Services
    (e) Case Management Technology
    (f) J-1 Visa Program
6.  Tweets:
    (a)
7.  ComingsNGoings:
    (a) Immigration Event - Cambridge, MA
8.  Letters From:
    (a) Comments on this issue

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1.  COMMENT

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2.  FOCUS

Immigration Practice By Robert C. Divine

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3.  ARTICLES

(a) Bloggings On Immigration Law And Policy

Greg Siskind writes " Albert Einstein is probably the most
successful immigrant in the sciences we have ever welcomed to our
shores. But you never know who will one day give him a run at the
title."
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0324-siskind.shtm
http://www.visalaw.com/

(b) Important Changes In Widely Used I-485 Adjustment Of Status
To Permanent Residence Form And Procedure

Alan Lee, Esq. writes "The I-485 adjustment of status form is
undergoing changes which must be noted because of its widespread
use and because failure to adhere to the new procedures could
cause filings to be rejected that in some cases could cause
applicants to fall out of legal status."
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0324-lee.shtm
http://www.alanleelaw.com/english/profile.html

(c) The Morality Of Capitalism

E. Barry Asmus and Donald B. Billings for the Foundation For
Economic Education write "In the past, defenders of competitive
capitalism have been just as guilty as anyone for perpetuating
this wrong-headed view."
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0324-asmus.shtm
http://fee.org/

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4.  NEWS

(a) USCIS On New Filing Instructions For Form I-131

USCIS announced revised filing instructions and addresses for
applicants filing an Application for Travel Document (Form
I-131).
http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0324-131.shtm
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5.  CLASSIFIEDS

(a) Help Wanted: Immigration Attorneys
Washington, DC -  The Office of the Chief Counsel seeks
experienced attorneys with 3+ years experience in immigration law
for the Adjudications Law Division (ALD). Attorneys will serve as
advisors to the Chief of the ALD, the Chief Counsel, and to USCIS
and other Departmental components on issues relating to U.S.
immigration laws.  For more info, key in Job Announcement Number:
COU-CIS-2010-0004 at http://www.usajobs.com/
Submit resume, cover letter + (2) writing samples to Claudia
Salem, Acting Chief of the Adjudications Law Division:
mailto:ALD.ALD@dhs.gov. This job is being filled by an
alternative hiring process and is not in competitive civil
service. Must be received by 5pm EST, Monday, April 2, 2010.
Position is at the GS-13/14/15 levels.

(b) Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegal
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seeks immigration legal assistant who will report to immigration
section manager and supports immigration attorneys. Prepare H-1B,
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Bachelor's degree and minimum of 4 to 8 years business
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and ownership of projects; ability to prioritize workload
effectively; flexibility to work overtime when necessary. Please
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(c) Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegals
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paralegals to manage large business immigration accounts. Must
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(d) Forensic Psychology Services
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The Forensic Psychology Group provides nationwide expert witness
services in all areas of immigration law. It is led by Stephen
Reich, PhD, JD, and Grace P. Lee, PhD, JD, who are both clinical
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6.  Tweets

(a) CLE Seminar 'Removal For Experts': Categorical Analysis and
Charging Concerns: Old Law and New Twists. Register at
http://ow.ly/1pnhi

ArizonaDailyStar: Racist vigilantes, so-called "minutemen", are
no more. http://ow.ly/1qlhC Hooray for USA n her #immigrants!

Traitorous vigilantes, pretenders to proud title of "minutemen",
dissolve. Antis lose! Long live USA n her immigrants!
http://ow.ly/1ql7A

Racists in uniform terrorize immigrants in Georgia
http://ow.ly/1qkZN Dont just jail the racists, deport them to
Antarctica!

#Obama orders #ICE thugs to terrorize hard working immigrants
http://ow.ly/1qkE1 STOP THE RAIDS NOW! Else, Obama is 1-term
prez.

Ruben Navarette: "Obama has been asleep at the switch" on
#immigration http://ow.ly/1qkgF Sadly, Sen. #Menendez traitor to
immigrants.

Antis decry police state http://ow.ly/1qk7F Msg2antis: stop your
racism or face the ICE thugs YOU created - they WILL deport u!

Antis are zero-sum anti-capitalists http://ow.ly/1qjDn On top of
which, they support breaking families in the Hitlerian tradition.
Racists!

Politico story: #Immigrants key to economy's revival
http://ow.ly/1qj77

Any immigrant who gets a Ph.D. from an American university should
get a green card stapled to his or her diploma!
http://ow.ly/1qj5B

Israeli woman whose husband was killed in Mumbai terroristattacks
has trouble visiting her 8 kids in BK due 2 immigration
http://ow.ly/1qizX

Supreme Court to review #immigration law that favors children of
US mothers, over US father http://ow.ly/1qiwy

RT @ErwindeLeon: Tough Bill Advances in AZ on Illegal Immigrants:
http://ow.ly/1qeIr Allows arrest for trespassing into AZ.
#immigration

Courage needed to reform #immigration: The longer [Congress]
waits, the more complicated things get http://ow.ly/1pYiW #m4a
#ri4a

Former Homeland Security official convicted in #immigration case.
All Americans need #CIR now! http://ow.ly/1pY45

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(a) Immigration Event - Cambridge, MA
The Transnational Studies Initiative: Conversations Across
Borders is pleased to invite you to attend 'Migrant Advocacy and
the Securitization of Migration in Australia, Spain and the
United States', 4:30-6:00 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010, Center
for Government and International Studies, Room S153, 1730
Cambridge St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
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8.  LETTERS

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Comments

[ILW.COM Legal Editor]

I am trying to listen to the radio program linked from the article posted in today's issue, located here: http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0325-roach.shtm
The link to the radio program at the bottom of the article points to an MP3 file, which is apparently not in its expected spot, which is here:
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0322-roach.mp3
If this is a fixable problem, I'd love to be able to listen to the program!

Editor's note: Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The Article is now available with the mp3. http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0325-roach.shtm

[Roger Algase, Attorney at Law]

With regard to Honza Prchal's post concerning my comment about the danger of violence of immigration reform passes, all of us, of course, hope that his comment will be accurate and that my comment's concern will turn out to be misplaced. However, Mr. Prchal's comment overlooks the fact that there have been numerous reports of hate crimes against minority immigrants during the past several years, even though they may not be specifically related to the 9/11 attacks (in which, according to a CNN report at the time, over 500 victims were immigrants, not US citizens. Many of them were from Latin America).

But anyone who reads a random selection of comments on almost any given day in response to any news story dealing with immigration on the website even of a supposedly liberal paper like the Washington Post is likely to come across literally hundreds of comments containing every imaginable threat against Hispanic and other minority immigrants.

A typical one is to state that the writer would like to make sure that there is a grave available to bury anyone coming over the Mexican border. True, these comments may deal with people coming illegally, but I am not clear exactly about how burying them relates to law enforcement as we know it.

Many of the comments do not even bother to hide behind the fig leaf of opposing illegal immigration. A large number of the ones I have seen are filled with racial epithets against all Latinos and a variety of threats against politicians who support amnesty, which by its very definition, would involve a legal process. I have also read dozens of comments on the website saying that all immigration should be stopped immediately. This, of course, would affect millions of people applying for legal status.

My point is that there is a lot of anti-immigrant hate out there. One does not have to have been among those at the Tea Party convention who were cheering at Tom Tancredo's vicious racial attacks against Latino US citizens (who were his main target, since he was talking about voting rights) in order to be infected by the virus of prejudice. If immigration reform progresses, we will without any doubt see a lot more of it. All of us hope that this will not result in any violence, but based on what is happening now with the arguably much less contentious and emotional issue of health care reform, no one can be sure.

[Honza Prchal]

In re "But even the wave of anti-black hatred that was unleashed by the Brown v Board of Education decision was nothing compared to what will happen if real immigration reform passes." in Mr. Algase's comment, please, get a grip. After 9-11 exactly one attempted murder occurred in 'retaliation', and the fools killed a Sikh. The violence that occurred as the one-party states in the South first integrated their formerly lilly white institutions and then their equally Democrat parties would be difficult to recreate.

As for my Republican party's alleged hysteria over health reform, I sit in no corporate board rooms and I am an American because I fled the Canadian model. The big business wing of our party cares less about health reform (unless it is in the business of healthcare or pre-paid medical care) than small businessmen, the retired and those who work at smaller companies do - just look at who lined up against it first and which lobbies wanted buy in from the beginning. I've been to some tea party events and the members tend to be highly educated and staid, boring even, family people. To find real kooks among them, one has to look a lot harder than one does to find Marxists or dangerously unhygeinic body art at a more typical protest rally.

That said, I expect that immigration reform will be a mess, with, unfortunately, most of my party opposing whatever comes down the pike if it actually gets to meaningful votes this year.

[ILW.COM Legal Editor]

Editor's note: Due to a technical glitch, a link to today's issue is unavailable. Please post your comments here and we will transfer them to the correct link once the bug has been fixed. Thank you.

[Roger Algase, Attorney at Law]

The hatred, violence, racist and homophobic insults and death threats that have been directed against Democratic members of Congress who voted for health care reform are only a dress rehearsal for what is in store for any politician who supports real immigration reform. By reform I mean more visas for skilled workers, an end to the current "below the radar" attempts by top USCIS and other DHS officials to destroy the H-1B and other legal visa programs by issuing memos whose objectivity and respect for established precedent remind one of John Yoo's memos on torture, and, above all legalization.

There is at least some reason to believe that the Republican hysteria over the passage of health care was manufactured in the board rooms and lobbyists' offices of the big health insurers who are furious that they were unable to buy all of the Democrats in Congress, even as they had bought all of the Republicans.

But when it comes to hatred of Mexicans and other darker skinned immigrants, we are dealing with genuine and widespread popular rage, not the artificial K Street astro-turf variety, of a kind that I have not seen since 1954, when I was a high school student and the Supreme Court came out with the school desegregation decision.

But even the wave of anti-black hatred that was unleashed by the Brown v Board of Education decision was nothing compared to what will happen if real immigration reform passes. This is no doubt why so many USCIS, ICE, CBP and DOL officials are so reluctant to apply existing immigration laws fairly or rationally, lest they be criticized from being too pro-immigrant by the rapidly growing number of bigots and xenophobes in our midst. This is why it is hard to be optimistic about the prospects for genuine immigration reform.

[Richard Herman, Esq.]

Immigration Daily readers may find this short video on immigrant entrepreneurs and the New Economy inspiring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9APKoGSmok