Letters of the Week: Apr 9 - Apr 13

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[T V Krishnamurthy]

Hi Bruce

I read your interesting article. I would like to add one more item to your list - a souvener bought from Edison museum in Florida. My daughter bought this when she visited the museun to bring it home. She could not take it to Philadelphia as hand baggage. She did not want to pack it as it could break.

[Joe Whalen]

USCIS is looking for attorneys to primarily support EB-5.

Job Title:Experienced Attorney
Department:Department Of Homeland Security
Agency:Citizenship and Immigration Services
Job Announcement Number:CIS-626255-COU

Open Period: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 to Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security, is seeking to fill multiple positions with experienced attorneys possessing at least three years of demonstrated experience in corporate, financial and/or securities law to focus on investment-based immigration issues for the Adjudications Law Division (ALD) in Laguna Niguel, CA or Washington, DC.

Salary Information:
(HQ) Washington, DC (GS-13) $89,033 to (GS-15) $155,500
(CSC) Laguna Niguel, CA (GS-13) 91,141 to (GS-15) $155,500

http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/313996100

[Joe Whalen]

FYI: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-08907.pdf

A Notice was just filed with the Federal Register entitled: CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA
It states, in part:

"Because the situation with respect to Somalia continues
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States, the national
emergency declared on April 12, 2010, and the measures adopted
on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in
effect beyond April 12, 2012. Therefore, in accordance with
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13536."

NOTE: Current Somalia TPS is set to expire on September 17, 2012.

[Joseph Whalen]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-08674.pdf

Executive Order of April 3rd authorizes $26 million in refugee and migration aid to Sudanese nationals escaping turmoil. The money will be available for as:
".... contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State ...."