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	<title>US Immigration News &#38; Commentary</title>
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		<title>Obama administration looking to change waiver procedure</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2012/01/06/obama-administration-looking-to-change-waiver-procedure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2012/01/06/obama-administration-looking-to-change-waiver-procedure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10-year bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3-year bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehensive immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a common issue arising in the area of immigration law. A US citizen marries someone in the United States who is here unlawfully and because they entered without a visa they must return to their home country if they want to obtain a green card. In most instances that means that the foreign spouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remarkable movement in immigration related same-sex marriage issues.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/03/29/remarkable-movement-in-immigration-related-same-sex-marriage-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/03/29/remarkable-movement-in-immigration-related-same-sex-marriage-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the adjudications context: The USCIS has provided internal guidance that filings based on same-sex marriages are to be held in abeyance rather than rejected pending the outcome of the DOMA activity. What that means is that even if the I-485 isn&#8217;t adjudicated right away it&#8217;s possible to get employment authorization and proof of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOMA, Same-Sex Marriage, &amp; Immigration Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/03/03/doma-same-sex-marriage-immigration-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/03/03/doma-same-sex-marriage-immigration-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Obama administration decided that it will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. The Defense of Marriage Act states that federal policy is that marriage is between one man and one woman. Therefore, despite a general USCIS policy that states that marriages which are valid in the jurisdiction in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS hits H1B cap</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/01/29/uscis-hits-h1b-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2011/01/29/uscis-hits-h1b-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS has received enough H1B applications to fill both the Master&#8217;s cap and the regular cap. If you are on an H1B and have been counted against the cap in the past six years and have not left for a year then you can transfer employers. If you have not been counted against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent win: Successful 1447(b) action on delayed and then denied naturalization application</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/09/02/recent-win-successful-1447b-action-on-delayed-and-then-denied-naturalization-application/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/09/02/recent-win-successful-1447b-action-on-delayed-and-then-denied-naturalization-application/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1447(b)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USCIS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Permanent resident whose petitioning spouse passed away filed for citizenship. The USCIS challenged him about the validity of the original marriage and did not make a decision on the case. More than 120 days passed so we filed a 1447(b) action in federal court. The USCIS subsequently denied the naturalization application based on the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AZ #SB1070 stopped in its tracks</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/29/az-sb1070-stopped-in-its-tracks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/29/az-sb1070-stopped-in-its-tracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB1070]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you learn very early on, immigration law is federal, the states aren&#8217;t generally allowed to try to enforce it. Law after law enacted by states and local governments have been shot down when challenged in court. The most recent example is SB1070 in AZ. The provisions dealing with immigration enforcement were prevented from going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Immigration Q&amp;A for Members of Military</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/uscis-immigration-qa-for-members-of-military/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/uscis-immigration-qa-for-members-of-military/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers immigration services and resources specifically for members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families who are stationed in the United States and abroad. USCIS established a military assistance team to ensure that the military community receives quick and secure access to accurate information. Below is a list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Reminds Hondurans and Nicaraguans to Follow Late Re-Registration for TPS Guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/uscis-reminds-hondurans-and-nicaraguans-to-follow-late-re-registration-for-tps-guidance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/uscis-reminds-hondurans-and-nicaraguans-to-follow-late-re-registration-for-tps-guidance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go here]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Attorney General investigates breach of private</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/utah-attorney-general-investigates-breach-of-private/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/16/utah-attorney-general-investigates-breach-of-private/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[records to out &#8220;illegal immigrants&#8221; which included posting due dates of pregnant women. &#8220;Two employees with the Department of Workforce Services have been put on leave after an investigation revealed that they apparently accessed records on hundreds of Utah residents to compile a list of 1,300 names of people purportedly in the country illegally. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Initial TPS Registration Period for Haiti extended to Jan. 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/13/initial-tps-registration-period-for-haiti-extended-to-jan-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/13/initial-tps-registration-period-for-haiti-extended-to-jan-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Protected Status]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via the USCIS &#8220;WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced an extension to the registration period for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of Haiti. Initially, the 180-day registration period for nationals of Haiti was from Jan. 21 through July 20, 2010. This registration period is now being extended through Jan. 18, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Visa Bulletin Available</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/13/august-visa-bulletin-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/07/13/august-visa-bulletin-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa bulletin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visa Bulletin]]></description>
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		<title>H1B Cap Count FY2011: Only 13600 regular cap and 5800 Master&#8217;s cap cases filed.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/04/26/h1b-cap-count-fy2011-only-13600-regular-cap-and-5800-masters-cap-cases-filed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/04/26/h1b-cap-count-fy2011-only-13600-regular-cap-and-5800-masters-cap-cases-filed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About a month in to the FY2011 H1B season only about a 1/5 of available regular cap visas have been applied for. Master&#8217;s cap cases are going a bit faster with almost a 1/3 of the available visas being applied for. The USCIS H1B Numbers can be found here.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants have a right to know immigration consequences of criminal convictions.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/31/immigrants-have-a-right-to-know-immigration-consequences-of-criminal-convictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/31/immigrants-have-a-right-to-know-immigration-consequences-of-criminal-convictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In many instances immigrants charged with a crime are not warned of the immigration consequences of either a guilty plea or a finding of guilt. This can result in some devastating consequences when that immigrant takes a plea deal which on the surface seems harmless &#8211; a small theft offense rather than a larger one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2010 Visa Bulletin</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/15/april-2010-visa-bulletin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/15/april-2010-visa-bulletin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa bulletin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 2010 Visa Bulletin is posted. EB3 still way backed up. EB2 backed up for India and China.]]></description>
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		<title>H1B filings, LCA problems &amp; Timing</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/11/h1b-filings-lca-problems-timing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/11/h1b-filings-lca-problems-timing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The icert system isn&#8217;t great to say the least but to file for an H1B visa you must have an approved LCA. Many employers are not in the system and it can take up to or over a week to find that out, a week to fix it, and a week to get an LCA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right-Wingers Freak about National ID Card</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/11/right-wingers-freak-about-national-id-card/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/11/right-wingers-freak-about-national-id-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Undocumented immigration is a problem. It&#8217;s not a problem that people are migrating here. That&#8217;s normal. It&#8217;s a problem because it&#8217;s a sign that the system is not responding quickly enough to migrants and economic forces. Right-wingers think it&#8217;s a problem because the undocumented are terrorists, job stealers, drug pushers, welfare cheats, or some other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Verify info for employers and employees from the USCIS</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/07/e-verify-info-for-employers-and-employees-from-the-uscis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2010/03/07/e-verify-info-for-employers-and-employees-from-the-uscis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-verify]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See: Link]]></description>
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		<title>Lou Dobbs to quit CNN</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-to-quit-cnn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-to-quit-cnn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Dobbs, a man who regularly peddled xenophobic anti-immigrant smears based on lies and fictions and treated hate groups as legitimate sources is leaving CNN. Rumor is he&#8217;s heading to Fox. Or running for President. Who knows. However, what is clear is that CNN and immigrants will be better off now that he departed. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfortunate bigotry and xenophobia from CNBC business writer.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/11/03/unfortunate-bigotry-and-xenophobia-from-cnbc-business-writer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/11/03/unfortunate-bigotry-and-xenophobia-from-cnbc-business-writer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an article titled &#8220;Marathon&#8217;s Headline Win Is Empty&#8221; CNBC business writer, Darren Rovell, claims that the winner, Meb Keflezighi, a naturalized citizen who was born in Eritrea but has been in the US since he was 12 is a &#8220;ringer&#8221; so running fans shouldn&#8217;t be all that excited that an American won the NY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Widow Penalty being addressed by USCIS</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/09/10/widow-penalty-being-addressed-by-uscis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/09/10/widow-penalty-being-addressed-by-uscis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS has recently decided that individuals subject to the &#8220;widow penalty&#8221; (i.e. US citizen spouse dies before I-130 adjudicated and marriage is less than two years old) will be allowed to have their cases held in abeyance until a remedy is finalized. This means the individuals will be able to secure workcards &#8220;EADs&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H1B Update: H1B visas still available.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/22/h1b-update-h1b-visas-still-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/22/h1b-update-h1b-visas-still-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b cap]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced an updated number of filings for H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2010 program. USCIS has received approximately 44,000 H-1B petitions counting toward the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 cap. The agency continues to accept petitions subject to the general cap. Additionally, the agency has received approximately 20,000 petitions for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick note: Senator Durbin has reintroduced the Dream Act</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/09/quick-note-senator-durbin-has-reintroduced-the-dream-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/09/quick-note-senator-durbin-has-reintroduced-the-dream-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dream Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durbin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contact your local representative to show your support for the Dream Act so we can get it passed this year!]]></description>
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		<title>H1B cap not reached in first 5 business days after April 1.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/09/h1b-cap-not-reached-in-first-5-business-days-after-april-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/09/h1b-cap-not-reached-in-first-5-business-days-after-april-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/04/09/h1b-cap-not-reached-in-first-5-business-days-after-april-1/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a trend that tracks the economic realities of the moment the USCIS has announced that they have only received about 1/2 of the number of petitions that would count towards the cap. There will be no lottery for any petition unless it is filed on the day that the USCIS receives enough to meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff Arpaio being investigated for civil rights violations stemming from allegations of racial profiling</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/03/11/sheriff-arpaio-being-investigated-for-civil-rights-violations-stemming-from-allegations-of-racial-profiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/03/11/sheriff-arpaio-being-investigated-for-civil-rights-violations-stemming-from-allegations-of-racial-profiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice is investigating Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for parading immigrants in chains to his &#8220;tent city&#8221;, for racial profiling. The DOJ is investigating whether or not deputies are engaged in &#8220;patterns or practices of discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures.&#8221; (how could they not be if pretty much the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Press Release: Premium Processing for I-140 forms (reprinted in full)</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/24/uscis-press-release-premium-processing-for-i-140-forms-reprinted-in-full/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/24/uscis-press-release-premium-processing-for-i-140-forms-reprinted-in-full/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Office of Communications Fact Sheet Feb. 24, 2009 PREMIUM PROCESSING SERVICE FOR CERTAIN FORM I-140 PETITIONS BEGINS MARCH 2, 2009 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will expand Premium Processing Service for designated Forms I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker to include alien beneficiaries who have reached or are reaching their limitation of stay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizenship for non-residents through military service.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/22/citizenship-for-non-residents-through-military-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/22/citizenship-for-non-residents-through-military-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 11/25/2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates signed a memorandum allowing the Army, Navy, Air Force, to recruit non-citizens and non-residents. Titled “Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest” (MAVNI), the program allows some non-citizens who are legally present in the United States to join the military. Based on joining the military the individuals can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICE clearly racial profiling to fill quotas.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/18/ice-clearly-racial-profiling-to-fill-quotas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/18/ice-clearly-racial-profiling-to-fill-quotas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not change you can believe in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USDHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USICE]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A story in the Washington Post exposes the Immigration and Customs Enforcement National Fugitive Operations Program &#8211; a program that received over $600 million from congress &#8211; as a federally funded racial profiling operation. The program which, as it is named, is intended to be used to round up fugitives, is an abject failure by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Napolitano: All enforcement all the time.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/17/napilitano-all-enforcement-all-the-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/17/napilitano-all-enforcement-all-the-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[napolitano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newly appointed Secretary of the DHS, Janet Napolitano (on NPR), shows that there will be little change between the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration with regards to immigration policy. She&#8217;s for a border fence &#8211; in places where physically appropriate &#8211; but thinks the border needs to be more militarized (more boots on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Friedman: Expand immigration to keep the US afloat</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/12/tom-friedman-expand-immigration-to-keep-the-us-afloat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/12/tom-friedman-expand-immigration-to-keep-the-us-afloat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protectionism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Friedman has an op-ed that may seem counterintuitive to some. Referencing a statement by Shekhar Gupta of the Indian Express.. &#8220;All you need to do is grant visas to two million Indians, Chinese and Koreans. We will buy up all the subprime homes. We will work 18 hours a day to pay for them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second thoughts on local enforcement of federal immigration laws.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/12/second-thoughts-on-local-enforcement-of-federal-immigration-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/12/second-thoughts-on-local-enforcement-of-federal-immigration-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some state &#038; local governments are having second thoughts about trying to control immigration through the use of local laws as the cost has proven to be prohibitive and the measures a PR nightmare. An example of some of the thinking that should have been done beforehand: &#8220;Republican state Rep. Stephen Clark, author of one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant Detention as a Business Model</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/10/immigrant-detention-as-a-business-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/10/immigrant-detention-as-a-business-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It probably comes as little shock to anyone paying attention that the prison system in the US is big business. It&#8217;s quite profitable and growing every day. It even has it&#8217;s own lobbyists. It&#8217;s not just US citizens who are being used as cash cows, immigrants are being sucked into this business as well. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS responds to Ombudsman recommendations on slow EAD processing</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/09/uscis-responds-to-ombudsman-recommendations-on-slow-ead-processing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/09/uscis-responds-to-ombudsman-recommendations-on-slow-ead-processing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ombudsman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USCIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work card]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of my clients know the EAD process while your getting your green card through family or after your labor certification is approved can be quite slow. Though I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s not consistently slow as some of my clients receive their EAD cards rather quickly while some never do! The USCIS Ombudsman made some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancellation of Removal for Lawful Permanent Residents</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/01/cancellation-of-removal-for-lawful-permanent-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/02/01/cancellation-of-removal-for-lawful-permanent-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancellation of removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At its most basic a request for Cancellation of Removal is simply a plea not to be deported. However, as is always the case, Congress created a few hoops that have to be jumped through before the permanent resident is eligible. 
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		<title>Help! I was on an H1B and I got laid off!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/25/help-i-was-on-an-h1b-and-i-got-laid-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/25/help-i-was-on-an-h1b-and-i-got-laid-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h1b visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s pretty clear that the economy is bad with only a few holdouts are denying it at this point. So what to do when you are on an H1B visa and you get laid off? Well first of all don’t panic. You likely have a visa that lasts for years at this point so you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Certification: How to Immigrate to the United States Through Employment</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/25/labor-certification-how-to-immigrate-to-the-united-states-through-employment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/25/labor-certification-how-to-immigrate-to-the-united-states-through-employment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eb2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eb3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor certification]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief look at employment based immigration through the labor certification process.]]></description>
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		<title>The push for comprehensive immigration reform begins.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/11/the-push-for-comprehensive-immigration-reform-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/11/the-push-for-comprehensive-immigration-reform-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2009/01/11/the-push-for-comprehensive-immigration-reform-begins/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So does the push back. Religious and labor leaders called upon Congress and President-elect Obama to pass a comprehensive immigration package this year and said that the U.S. economy could not be restored without legalizing the nation&#8217;s undocumented immigrants. &#8220;Immigration reform is a necessity in order to fix the American economy,&#8221; John Wilhelm, president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New immigration site seeks to dispel anti-immigrant</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/11/18/new-immigration-site-seeks-to-dispel-anti-immigrant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/11/18/new-immigration-site-seeks-to-dispel-anti-immigrant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/11/18/new-immigration-site-seeks-to-dispel-anti-immigrant/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[myths and push for comprehensive immigration reform. See Immigration Impact for more.]]></description>
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		<title>Website offers free English lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/11/15/website-offers-free-english-lessons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/11/15/website-offers-free-english-lessons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Education launched a website geared to assisting immigrants improve their &#8220;basic reading, writing, speaking and life skills&#8221;. At this point the website appears to only be in English &#038; Spanish.]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Name Check: Slow &amp; Unreliable</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/06/09/fbi-name-check-slow-unreliable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2008/06/09/fbi-name-check-slow-unreliable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The DOJ Inspector General, Glenn Fine, issues a report that most immigration practitioners and intending immigrants and citizens are already aware of: the FBI name check system is terrible. Why? The report notes outdated equipment, limited supervision and training, and inadequate quality control measures, as well as increased demand after 9/11 as the reason. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit our new discussion board!</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/11/01/visit-our-new-discussion-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/11/01/visit-our-new-discussion-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve incorporated a new forum where questions and answers and stories can be posted. Feel free to visit and make your own post. See the link on the front page under the website translator. cheap propeciapropecia onlinebuy propecia onlinelasixbuy lasixlasix onlinepurchase lasixaccutanebuy accutaneaccutane onlinecheap accutanebuy accutane onlinediflucanbuy diflucandiflucan onlineviagrabuy viagrabuy viagra onlineviagra onlinediscount viagraorder viagracheap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Act Update</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/09/17/dream-act-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/09/17/dream-act-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Durbin (D &#8211; IL) is planning to attach the Dream Act to a defense authorization bill coming up for a vote this week. The Dream Act has broad support so contact your representative to make sure they are going to help the Dream Act along.]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) introduces bill to rollback immigration fee increase</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/08/02/representative-zoe-lofgren-d-san-jose-introduces-bill-to-rollback-immigration-fee-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/08/02/representative-zoe-lofgren-d-san-jose-introduces-bill-to-rollback-immigration-fee-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 30, 2007 Washington, D.C. â€“ Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today introduced a bill to void the recent increases in immigration fees by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The bill would void the new fee structure set to take effect today and reinstate the previous fee structure. The bill also states that USCIS [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/08/02/representative-zoe-lofgren-d-san-jose-introduces-bill-to-rollback-immigration-fee-increase/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>EB3 visa numbers for July available once again</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/07/18/eb3-visa-numbers-for-july-available-once-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/07/18/eb3-visa-numbers-for-july-available-once-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Likely due to the threat of a massive lawsuit the government has reversed course and said that despite earlier claims that no visas in the EB3 category were availableÂ  &#8211; even though the July visa bulletin indicated they were &#8211; they will now accept EB3 applications up to August 17. More here.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Insanely high USCIS filing fees to begin on July 30, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/29/insanely-high-uscis-filing-fees-to-begin-on-july-30-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/29/insanely-high-uscis-filing-fees-to-begin-on-july-30-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS has announced that despite objections they will increase fees 2 to 3 times their current rate for a claimed reduction in processing times of a mere 20 percent. Previously, an adult filing a marriage based adjustment of status had to pay $935.00 in filing fees. This included the visa petition, application for permanent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Summary of Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/17/summary-of-border-security-and-immigration-reform-act-of-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/17/summary-of-border-security-and-immigration-reform-act-of-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This information is from the internet so it may be of dubious reliability and I will correct it as needed but it&#8217;s better than nothing folks!) Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 Title I Title I requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to certify that the triggers are met before the Title IV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate immigration bill, including a new &#8220;Z&#8221; visa &amp; new &#8220;Y&#8221; visa, passes  in committee.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/17/senate-immigration-bill-including-a-new-z-visa-new-y-visa-passes-in-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/17/senate-immigration-bill-including-a-new-z-visa-new-y-visa-passes-in-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small group of senators, working with the White House, have come up with a 300+ page immigration &#8220;reform&#8221; bill that they say will tighten border security and will allow millions of undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. However, the bill may contain some unworkable and inhumane provisions and may not survive a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/05/17/senate-immigration-bill-including-a-new-z-visa-new-y-visa-passes-in-committee/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Giuliani flip-flops on immigration</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/24/giuliani-flip-flops-on-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/24/giuliani-flip-flops-on-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite evidence of damage to the GOP from the anti-immigrant stance many of its members took in the run-up to the 2006 election the presidential candidates are taking the irrational hardline nativist stance against immigration policy. As mayor of NYC Giuliani is reported to have been supportive of both documented and undocumented immigrants, however his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft attempting to get H1B visa cap increased or removed</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/04/microsoft-attempting-to-get-h1b-visa-cap-increased-or-removed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/04/microsoft-attempting-to-get-h1b-visa-cap-increased-or-removed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft corporation and other technology companies are trying to convince congress to raise or remove the H1B visa cap. They&#8217;ll likely have more luck getting congress to add some additional visas to the cap than they will have getting congress to eliminate the cap &#8211; at least in the short term. The damage being done [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>H1B visa cap reached</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/04/h1b-visa-cap-reached/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/04/04/h1b-visa-cap-reached/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS announced that 150000 H1B visa petitions were received on April 2nd. They will reject H1B visa petitions received after April 3rd (except for the cap exempt petitions) and the petitions received on April 2nd and April 3rd will be subject to a lottery drawing to determine which petitions will receive a visa number. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Behind closed doors White House &amp; GOP think up laughable immigration bill</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/30/behind-closed-doors-white-house-thinks-up-laughable-immigration-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/30/behind-closed-doors-white-house-thinks-up-laughable-immigration-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The White House, after multiple closed door sessions with GOP lawmakers, have come up with an immigration scheme doomed to failure from the start. After all the GOP brainstorming they decided to require that undocumented immigrants leave the US and apply for work visas that are good for three years at a cost (filing fees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP seeking some sort of immigration bill</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/15/gop-seeking-some-sort-of-immigration-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/15/gop-seeking-some-sort-of-immigration-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the GOP is trying to undo some of the damage that was done to the party when it allowed the xenophobes and nativists to take over for them last year costing them the Hispanic vote and perhaps damaging the party for years. GOP lawmakers are working behind closed doors to come up [...]]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/15/39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/15/39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dream Act 2007 to be introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/01/dream-act-2007-to-be-introduced-in-the-house-of-representatives-and-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/03/01/dream-act-2007-to-be-introduced-in-the-house-of-representatives-and-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bipartisan Dream Act will be reintroduced in the House and the Senate soon. The Dream Act provides that individuals who were brought to the US as undocumented children, have been in school, and have stayed out of trouble can apply for permanent residency.]]></description>
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		<title>Red Tape Causing Business Travelers to Avoid the US</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/02/07/red-tape-causing-business-travelers-to-avoid-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/02/07/red-tape-causing-business-travelers-to-avoid-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because of slow processing times business travelers have been changing or canceling plans to enter the US. Euromonitor International, a European market-research firm, found that business travelers to the US declined 10% between 2004 &#038; 2005 while business travelers to Europe rose 8% in the same period. In October 2006, the Association of Corporate Travel [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/02/07/red-tape-causing-business-travelers-to-avoid-the-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>State of the Union 2007: Bush pushes immigration reform</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/01/23/state-of-the-union-2007-bush-pushes-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2007/01/23/state-of-the-union-2007-bush-pushes-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In tonight&#8217;s State of the Union address President Bush again pushed for comprehensive immigration reform. With a Democratic Congress in Washington and with the spanking that the GOP received from Hispanic voters the time is ripe for some form of immigration reform. It is likely that the reform will only help some immigrants here while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FindLaw Weekly Newsletters &#8211; Immigration Law</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/12/29/findlaw-weekly-newsletters-immigration-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/12/29/findlaw-weekly-newsletters-immigration-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â  Â  Â  Â Â Â * Ticoalu v. Gonzales Â Â Â * Ochoa-Amaya v. Gonzales Â Â Â * Gonzales-Gonzales v. Weber Â  Â  U.S. 1st Circuit Court of AppealsÂ  Ticoalu v. Gonzales (12/28/06 &#8211; No. 05-1620) A decision denying Indonesian petitioner&#8217;s application for asylum and withholding of removal, and declining to grant his motion to remand is reversed in part as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple possession not an aggravated felony. SCOTUS.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/12/05/simple-possession-not-an-aggravated-felony-scotus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/12/05/simple-possession-not-an-aggravated-felony-scotus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Supreme Court of the United States decided that a state felony conviction for drug possession is not an aggravated felony unless it would be a felony under federal law. In this case the offense of possession would have only been a misdemeanor under federal law and was not akin to â€œtraffickingâ€ which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS loses tens of thousands of files</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/29/uscis-loses-tens-of-thousands-of-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/29/uscis-loses-tens-of-thousands-of-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS may not be the best organized government agency on the planet. There was a bit of a scandal about the intentional destruction of files that were backlogged if I recall correctly. Now it&#8217;s been discovered that they lost over 100000 files of naturalization applicants. I wonder how many non-natz cases they&#8217;ve lost. Considering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undocumented Immigrants use little healthcare resources</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/22/undocumented-immigrants-use-little-healthcare-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/22/undocumented-immigrants-use-little-healthcare-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study by the Rand corporation, undocumented immigrants use relatively little health care resources, in part because they are generally healthier than their American counterparts. See more here.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants may be taken, tortured, and detained forever.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/14/immigrants-may-be-taken-tortured-and-detained-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/14/immigrants-may-be-taken-tortured-and-detained-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utilizing the recently signed Military Commisions Act, the Bush administration is making the claim that immigrants can be taken from US soil and deprived of all rights. Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, was arrested in 2001 while studying in the US. He has been labeled an &#8220;enemy combatant&#8221; and is being detained. The label can&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Issues help Democrats with the House and the Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/10/immigration-issues-help-democrats-with-the-house-and-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/10/immigration-issues-help-democrats-with-the-house-and-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I said it in forums other than here; the GOP stance on immigration was going to hurt or doom their party for many years. I expected it to take a generation or so to catch up with them but it appears that it has already started. In the 2006, midterm elections the Latino vote went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants Rights Groups Take on New Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/04/immigrants-rights-groups-take-on-new-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/04/immigrants-rights-groups-take-on-new-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESCONDIDO, California (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to overturn an ordinance in the southern California city of Escondido that prevents landlords from renting homes to illegal immigrants. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union&#8217;s San Diego chapter led five other organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawful Permanent Residents &#8211; Green card holders. Maps of geographic distribution.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/03/lawful-permanent-residents-green-card-holders-maps-of-geographic-distribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/03/lawful-permanent-residents-green-card-holders-maps-of-geographic-distribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting maps showing the distribution of permanent residents and naturalized citizens in the US. here and here.]]></description>
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		<title>TN NAFTA &#8211; Location Location Location</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/02/tn-nafta-location-location-location/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/11/02/tn-nafta-location-location-location/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ease of entry for Canadians seeking TN status through a US employer is inconsistent at best. I&#8217;ve heard stories of a quick and pain free entry from my clients but I&#8217;ve also been involved in terrible battles just to get a clearly TN qualified person into the US to work in a clearly TN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increases in USCIS filing fees ($800 naturalization fee!) and burdensome procedures ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/29/increases-in-uscis-filing-fees-800-naturalization-fee-and-burdensome-procedures-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/29/increases-in-uscis-filing-fees-800-naturalization-fee-and-burdensome-procedures-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of citizenship may go up Immigrant advocacy groups are decrying an array of proposed federal measures, including application fee increases and online filing requirements, that they fear will sharply reduce the ability of some legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens. More here.]]></description>
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		<title>If the Democrats take back the House expect immigration relief. In fact, start preparing for it now.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/28/if-the-democrats-take-back-the-house-expect-immigration-relief-in-fact-start-preparing-for-it-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/28/if-the-democrats-take-back-the-house-expect-immigration-relief-in-fact-start-preparing-for-it-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The midterm elections are extraordinarily important this time around. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which being immigration reform, it is very important that the Democrats win the House this year. The Republican controlled House of Representatives has approached immigration with an eye on enforcement only. The more balanced and thoughtful Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Announces Filing Change for Form I-539 Application for Extension/Change of Nonimmigrant Status for the Purpose of Student Reinstatement</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/28/uscis-announces-filing-change-for-form-i-539-application-for-extensionchange-of-nonimmigrant-status-for-the-purpose-of-student-reinstatement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/28/uscis-announces-filing-change-for-form-i-539-application-for-extensionchange-of-nonimmigrant-status-for-the-purpose-of-student-reinstatement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning October 30, 2006, local USCIS offices will forward any new filings for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, for F-1 and M-1 student reinstatement, to the California Service Center or the Vermont Service Center, depending on where the student is engaged in academic or vocational study. More here]]></description>
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		<title>Increased immigration will help the US</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/27/increased-immigration-will-help-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/27/increased-immigration-will-help-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Bob Bernanke believes that immigration will assist in offsetting the imminent economic problems facing the United States due to the aging workforce. The current rate of immigration is insufficient to completely offset the problem and at least a three-fold increase in immigration is necessary if immigration alone were to be the solution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Didn&#8217;t need a passport to enter the US before? Now you will.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/25/didnt-need-a-passport-the-enter-the-us-before-now-you-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/25/didnt-need-a-passport-the-enter-the-us-before-now-you-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in January, all visitors to the US arriving by air will need a passport to enter. Vistors from countries previously exempt from the requirment, such as Canada, must comply as well. In January 2008, this requirement will be extend to all land and sea travel as well. Don&#8217;t forget your passport! More here.]]></description>
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		<title>Council on Foreign Relations article on immigration</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/24/council-on-foreign-relations-article-on-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/24/council-on-foreign-relations-article-on-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: The United States is far less divided on immigration than the current debate would suggest. An overwhelming majority of Americans want a combination of tougher enforcement and earned citizenship for the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country. Washington&#8217;s challenge is to translate this consensus into sound legislation that will start to repair the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrinking Naturalization Backlogs?</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/24/shrinking-naturalization-backlogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/24/shrinking-naturalization-backlogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Government pledged to reduce the backlogs on cases in the USCIS pipeline. Long waits and inconsistent processing times are par for the course when dealing with immigration cases. This is true for N-400 naturalization applications along with all of the other applications filed with the USCIS. They claim the backlog is being reduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power and weakness of a Writ of Mandamus</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-power-and-weakness-of-a-writ-of-mandamus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-power-and-weakness-of-a-writ-of-mandamus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though Congress has seen fit to take away jurisdiction (for just about everything) from the courts, they still have the power to compel federal agencies to act. A petition for a writ of mandamus, is the vehicle through which a person who desperately needs the USCIS or other federal agency to act, and who has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naturalization interview: a note on what to expect.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/08/16/naturalization-interview-a-note-on-what-to-expect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/08/16/naturalization-interview-a-note-on-what-to-expect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have a criminal conviction or an arrest the process is usually relatively straightforward. Your sit in the waiting area will likely be longer than the interview itself. Generally, at least in my experience, the interview has two parts. A review of the paperwork and the testing segment. The tests are clearly important and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of US citizenship.</title>
		<link>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-importance-of-us-citizenship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrandolphlaw.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-importance-of-us-citizenship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing I stress to my clients who have recently become lawful permanent residents it&#8217;s the importance of becoming a US Citizen if he or she intends to stay in the United States. The reason I make sure my clients are thinking about this issue even though they have just become permanent [...]]]></description>
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