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Q: My girlfriend and I live overseas and we want to take a trip to the US for a few days to visit family and friends. My girlfriend is Asian and I’m a United States citizen living and working abroad for years now. The problem is we want to make it “legal” while we’re in [...]

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Female immigrants find that U.S. citizenship has its price: An STD vaccination that critics say has a troubling record. Almost three summers ago — she won’t say exactly when — 24-year-old Catalina and a cousin finally crossed the border. She was happy enough, she says through an interpreter, back home in Mexico working at a [...]

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Today on the Boston Globe, Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff, writes about what most immigration advocates have been pondering, whether Obama will carry through on his promise for immigration reform. Boston Globe: Before a huge crowd in San Diego last summer, Barack Obama vowed to make fixing illegal immigration a top priority as president, and Latinos [...]

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As mentioned in an earlier post, an additional seven member countries have joined the US Visa Waiver Program. The eligible nationals are required to register through ESTA at least 72 hours prior to traveling.  In the coming weeks and months, a number of changes will be made to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). On Monday, [...]

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In November, 2008 the 9th Court of Appeals overturned a prior ruling for Orozco v. Mukasey and determined that individuals who enter the United States illegally may still be eligible to adjust their status and apply for a Green Card, under certain circumstances. Mr. Orozco entered the country in 1996 with someone else’s Green Card. [...]

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Due to the grim economic climate of the United States, officials say that an increasing number of immigrants are returning home to Latin America. Immigrants, both legal and illegal, reportedly have no choice but to return to their native countries due to the limited number of jobs in employment sectors that predominantly attract recent immigrants [...]

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An article from the New York Times reports that an obscure ballot initiative in Florida intended to end a legacy of bias against Asian-Americans was defeated Tuesday, apparently because voters incorrectly assumed it would prevent illegal immigrants from owning property.

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The Washington Post is reporting that USCIS has obtained the services of IBM to assist immigrants with obtaining their visas, application for citizenship and work permits.  Just a note here, while we applaud USCIS for taking the initiative to bring their archaic system of paper processing into the new age, but who will be paying [...]

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Once in a while you hear a story that inspires you to have faith in your government and people. The tenacity and effort these people have made to be a US Citizen to they can vote at an historical presidential election cannot be taken for granted.

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  Foreign nationals coming to the U.S. for business purposes and to invest in legitimate businesses are normally encouraged, especially when the global economy is sliding into a recession.

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