Haiti Designated TPS!
Great news from DHS – Secretary Napolitano has designated Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Here’s a link to the press release at the DHS web site.
DHS Halts Removals to Haiti
Good move on DHS’s part — they’ve suspended any removals to Haiti due to this week’s massive earthquake. I’m wondering if they’ll be designated TPS. An earthquake of this magnitude isn’t something a country can easily bounce back from.
Washington Times: Pro-Immigration Groups Ready This Time
The Washington Times has a piece here describing the steps pro-immigrant groups have taken to better position themselves as immigration reforms heats up again.
Baltimore Sun: Local Faith Leaders Call for Immigration Reform
The Baltimore Sun has a short piece here. As usual, there are a lot of colorful comments following the article.
New Jersey Tuition Bill
This is really too bad. The New Jersey Senate killed off a bill allowing undocumented immigrants in-state tuition. Most of those affected have probably lived the greater part of their lives in the US and likely know no other home. But for the administrative issues of immigration status, they would qualify for in-state tuition. It’s hard to appreciate the policy perspective here. If these kids are allowed to go to college despite not having an immigration status that permits it, it seems the state is simply exploiting their immigration status to increase revenue. That is, there really are only two honest choices here: (1) strictly uphold immigration laws by denying the kids admission to college due to their immigration status; or (2) ignore immigration issues and admit them as in-state. New Jersey wants to have it both ways.
Anyway, you can read about it here at CNN.
February 2010 Visa Bulletin
It’s here.
Here’s the family table:
| Fam-ily | All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPP-INES |
| 1st | 01JUN04 | 01JUN04 | 01JUN04 | 08SEP92 | 01JAN94 |
| 2A | 01MAR06 | 01MAR06 | 01MAR06 | 01MAR04 | 01MAR06 |
| 2B | 01JAN02 | 01JAN02 | 01JAN02 | 08JUN92 | 15JUL98 |
| 3rd | 22MAY01 | 22MAY01 | 22MAY01 | 22SEP92 | 01JAN92 |
| 4th | 15NOV99 | 15NOV99 | 15NOV99 | 01DEC95 | 01JUL87 |
And here’s the employment table:
| All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIP-PINES | |
| Employ-ment -Based | |||||
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 22MAY05 | 22JAN05 | C | C |
| 3rd | 22SEP02 | 22SEP02 | 22JUN01 | 01JUL02 | 22SEP02 |
| Other Workers | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 |
| 4th | C | C | C | C | C |
| Certain Religious Workers | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th | C | C | C | C | C |
| Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Pilot Programs | C | C | C | C | C |
New York Times: Immigration Detention Deaths
Here’s the link. This country has a very serious problem with immigration detention to say the least.
Somali’s “Back Door” Into US
MSNBC has an interesting article here on the dangerous and circuitous path Solamis take seeking asylum in the US.
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