For those of you who are not aware, AILA is the abbreviation for the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association.

We will be reporting the next few days on some of the highlights and pertinent information from the NV AILA Conference.

…How about the return of Premium Processing (expedite service) for I-140’s:  EB-1for outstanding professors and researchers ONLY; EB-2 (does not include National Interest Waivers) and EB-3.  No exact date was offered, but it was stated that this would be implemented toward the end of the summer 2009.  Please remember to discuss this thoroughly with an expert attorney in immigration law to determine if this is a viable option for you.

The New York Times reports that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has granted a two-year reprieve to widows and widowers of US Citizens whose applications for permanent residency were denied due to the death of their spouses. “While Ms. Napolitano’s order does not change or abolish the law, as its opponents have sought, it suspends action, including deportation proceedings, in cases involving widows and widowers who reside in the United States and were married for fewer than two years before their spouses died.”

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Immigrants, labor unions, business, religious groups, and civil rights organizations continued full steam ahead today at the national immigration Campaign Summit in Washington, D.C., to push Congress for comprehensive immigration reform. According to Summit organizers, the newly re-energized groups managed to send more than 100,000 faxes calling for comprehensive reform to Congress in the last 48 hours-in addition to a full day of lobby visits on Capitol Hill.

This week several organizations will launch a campaign to Reform Immigratin FOR America in cities across the country – from LA to Miami. Today a large coalition of allies from business to community groups, will officially kick off this campaign in Washington, DC.  We link to the Notice from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA):

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6764009/AILA

The company used false information for H-2B work visas and charged workers fees ranging from $400 to $3,000 and allegedly threatened workers with a $5,000 fee if they returned to their home country, the Attorney’s Office said.

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USCIS through its International Division recently opened up an adjudications office in Anaheim, CA for paper-based applicaton processing received from its international offices referred to as the International Adjudication Support Branch (IASB).  The branch office will provide USCIS with greater flexibility in handling to seasonal and periodic fluctuations in the worklod of the international office throughout the year.

Initially the office will focus on processing I-601 non-health related waivers of inadmissibility for USCIS’ office in Ciudad Juarez.  We link to Q&A

Politico reports that President Obama has invited members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to discuss immigration reform at the White House on June 8th.  An unnamed administration official stated, “The meeting will be an opportunity to launch a policy conversation that we hope will be able to start a debate that will take place in Congress later in the year.”

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AILA has recently published an excellent Powerpoint on why the system is broken.

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