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	<title>US Immigration News &#38; Commentary &#187; Immigration</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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></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>
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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>
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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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></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>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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[not change you can believe in]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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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