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AILA InfoNet reports: "USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced
degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 8/27/10, approximately 34,900 H-1B
cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 13,000 H-1B petitions
for aliens with advanced degrees."  Source: AILA InfoNet

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AILA InfoNet reports that as of 7/23/10, approximately 26,000 H-1B
cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 11,300 H-1B petitions
for aliens with advanced degrees.

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Providence Rhode Island immigration lawyers have learned through the AILA InfoNet that an ICE detainee died by committing suicide while in custody.  The man was from El Salvador.  Source: AILA InfoNet, 7/21/2010.

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USCIS has extended TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for citizens of El Salvador because it determined that that country is still not ready to handle the re-entry of its people following devastating earthquakes there.

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The USCIS has extended the date for Haitians to file for TPS (Temporary Protected Status) through January 18, 2011.  Haitians who meet the criteria for TPS are urged to apply within the time-frame.

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Last week, as the Providence Journal reports, the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs attempted to deport Luis Mendonca.  The Cape Verdean national has already been charged with the assault of a police officer and also has two pending shoplifting convictions in Rhode Island.  After a hearing in Read More

The Providence Journal reports that on Tuesday, Senator Marc A. Cote attempted to bring a bill
to the floor that would require all Rhode
Island firms with more than three employees to verify
the immigration status and work eligibility of their new employees through an
electronic, federal E-Verify system.  Cote felt so strongly... Read More

Provided by George J. West Immigration Lawyer in ProvidencePROVIDENCE — A tough, Arizona-style immigration bill introduced by state Rep. Peter Palumbo touched off a raucous demonstration Thursday inside the House chamber at the State House. The bill, like the one that became law in Arizona last month, aims to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants, by giving the police broader authority... Read More

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In a May 8 article "The Providence Journal" reports that a new head has been appointed to run the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central
Falls.  The article also notes that in December 2008, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement removed 153 immigrant detainees held at Wyatt
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The NY Times rep orted
that on Monday, Governor David A. Paterson of New York, announced that
the state would create a “pardon panel” of five members which would
review cases in which legal immigrants, faced with deportation,... Read More