New York, April 2005
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 The Minuteman Project, a "neighborhood watch" along our border ?
 TUCSON,
ARIZONA - Organizers of a project that uses civilian volunteers to watch for
illegal immigrants and smugglers along the Arizona-Mexico
border want to expand
their efforts to other border states this fall. Participants in the Minuteman
Project have been patrolling a stretch of the southeastern
Arizona border since
earlier this month, but they would like to organize patrols in other
high-traffic smuggling areas. Minuteman organizer Chris Simcox said the project
"ignited a national wave of support" with its goal of securing the
border
against illegal immigrants, smugglers and potential terrorists. He said an
expansion would take at least four months. The volunteers, some of whom are
armed, began spreading out earlier this month along a 23-mile stretch of desert
between the border communities of Naco and Douglas. They may alert authorities
when they see someone cross the border, but are not allowed to detain anyone.
Angela Kelley, deputy director of the pro-immigrant National Immigration Forum
in Washington, doubts that the Minuteman Project will result in lasting change.
"The Minutemen can urge their friends to come spend the warm summer months in
the desert, but I don't know that that's going to address our concerns about
changing our immigration policy," she said. Law enforcement officials have said
they fear the project will lead to vigilante violence, an accidental
confrontation between armed volunteers and authorities, or a dangerous encounter
with the violent smugglers who use the area. Minuteman spokesmen said their
patrols have resulted in 268 arrests of illegal immigrants since April 4. The
Border Patrol has acknowledged receiving 317 calls from Naco and Douglas,
resulting in 846 arrests, but the agency will not say whether any of those calls
came from project volunteers. Border agents have caught 2,373 people in the Naco
area this month. Arizona is considered the most vulnerable stretch of the
2,000-mile southern U.S. border. Of the 1.1 million
illegal immigrants caught by
the Border Patrol last year, more than half crossed the border through
Arizona.
Source: MSNBC
Photo: Associated Press |
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Diversity Immigrant Visa Program - Green Card Lottery
 2005
Green Card Lottery (DV-2007) Registration is already open
Every year the US government issues 50,000 permanent
Green
Cards through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program; the
Green Card Lottery.
Applicants are selected randomly by a computer generated drawing. If you are
selected, you and your family will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United
States. Registration for the 2005 Green Card Lottery is open until December 30th
2005.
Instructions for the 2005 Green Card Lottery are now available.
2004 Green Card Lottery (DV-2006) Results to be announced
Registration for the 2004 Green Card Lottery (DV-2006) ended on January 7th
2005. Applicants selected will be notified by mail directly by U.S. State
Department between May and July 2005. Persons not selected will NOT receive any
notification.
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TN NAFTA Work Visa for Canadian and Mexican Citizens
 TN
Visas are temporary work visas available only to citizens of Mexico and Canada.
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a citizen of a NAFTA
country may work in a professional occupation in another NAFTA country, as long
as the applicant meet certain requirements. The spouse and unmarried, minor
children of the principal applicant are entitled to the derivative status
(called TD visa), but they are unable to accept employment in the United
States.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Visas are only available to citizens of Mexico and Canada
- The profession is on the NAFTA list (professions listed on application package)
- The applicant has the specific criteria for that profession
- The prospective position requires someone in that professional capacity
- The applicant is going to work for a U.S. employer
[TN
Visa information]
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Green Card as a Special Immigrant Application Updates
 The
United States currently issues a number of
Green Cards to immigrants for special
circumstances. This is possible if the applicants situation correspond to the
pre-requisites. The
"Green Card as a Special Immigrant Information and Application Kit" has been
developed to help a person complete and file his or her own application for a
Green Card. The process of completing a request for a
Green Card can be both costly and confusing. This is a simple and
user-friendly, step-by-step guide to help you file your application as
efficiently and quickly as possible.
The documentation in this kit will consist of determining eligibility for
applying for a Green Card as a Special Immigrant, completing necessary applications,
gathering the required supporting documents, and filing the application.
The application process can be carried out in the United States or at any
U.S.
consulate abroad.
GREEN CARD AS A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT
APPLICATION KIT:
$49.95 |
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For additional information visit
www.usimmigrationsupport.org
The Green Card as a Special Immigrant application is a 2-step process:
- Step 1 - The Petition
- Step 2 - The Application
Green Card as a Special Immigrant Application Kit: [more
information]
- Green Card as a Special Immigrant overview
- Privileges and Limitations
- Eligibility and Requirements
- How to apply if you are already in the United States
- How to apply at a U.S. embassy or consulate
- How to fill out the application forms
- Application checklist
- List of all USCIS (formerly INS) offices nationwide
- List of United States embassies and consulates
- FREE Application forms
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President Bush Seeks Change in Plans at U.S. Borders
 WASHINGTON
DC - President Bush has ordered State Department and immigration officials to
look for a less burdensome way to secure the nation's borders than requiring
U.S. citizens to show passports when reentering the country from
Mexico or
Canada. Bush disclosed his action during a Thursday appearance before the
American Society of Newspapers Editors convention here. He suggested fingerprint
imaging as an alternative. Many Americans can reenter the country now by showing
only a driver's license. The president evidently was caught off-guard when
officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department
announced the more restrictive rules April 5, to be implemented by 2008.
"When I first read that in the newspaper," Bush told the journalists, "I said,
'What's going on here?' I thought there was a better way to expedite legal flow
of traffic and people." Congress ordered tougher reentry rules as a part of the
intelligence reform act, which Bush signed last December. The planned rules
would no longer allow Americans seeking reentry from Mexico or Canada to show
only a driver's license or other government-issued photo ID card. Instead, they
would need a passport or other specialized, secure document. Similarly,
Canadians who have been able to enter the United States with
driver's licenses
would need a passport. The proposals drew an outcry from the travel industry and
others, who said the tougher restrictions would inhibit travel.
Since he learned of the proposed rule changes, Bush said, "I've told [Secretary
of State] Condi [Rice] and the Homeland Security people about … seeing if
there's some flexibility in the law that will allow, for example, finger imaging
to serve as the so-called passport for daily traffic." If the passport
requirement were to stand, the president said, "it's going to disrupt honest
flow of traffic."
Source: Los Angeles Times
Photo: Associated Press |
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