January 5, 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective January 1, 2012, it has changed the filing locations for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. ... [read more]

Pacific Steel Casting Company, based in Berkeley, California, has fired about a third of its workers after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted an I-9 work authorization audit in February 2011 and identified about 200 employees allegedly working without legal status. ... [read more]

Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Assistant Attorney General, sent a letter on December 15, 2011, to the Maricopa County Attorney, Bill Montgomery, accusing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) in Arizona of engaging in a "pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing." ... [read more]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Ombudsman's Office requests that those submitting case inquiries complete Form DHS 7001, Case Problem Submission Worksheet, for all cases, including those related to applications for an employment authorization document (EAD). ... [read more]

OIG report on New Delhi embassy. The Department of State's Office of Inspector General has published a report on the embassy in New Delhi, India, and constituent posts. ... [read more]