Revisiting Immigration – HSToday
In the closing moments of 2010, congressional Democrats made a last-minute attempt to pass an immigration reform bill that potentially would have provided a path to legalization for millions of young college students and military service members whose parents brought them into the United States illegally. They failed.
Introducing “E-Verify Self” Check – The Beacon The Official Blog of USCIS
Today I am proud to announce the launch of E-Verify Self Check. E-Verify is a smart, simple, and effective web-based tool that allows us to work with employers to help them maintain a legal workforce. E-Verify Self Check is an innovative, first of its kind service that will help protect workers and streamline the E-Verify process for businesses.
Senators Call On Administration to Stop Student Visa Fraud at ‘Sham’ Universities – Fox News
Several top U.S. senators are calling on the Obama administration to crack down on so-called “sham universities” which serve as a front for getting foreign nationals into the United States on student visas.
Secure Communities Program Uses Biometrics to Target Illegal Immigrants – Emergency Management
As of last week, any person arrested and fingerprinted in California will now undergo an automatic immigration check. California became the ninth state in which each county has activated Secure Communities, a fingerprint data-sharing program between local law enforcement offices and federal immigration enforcement agencies.
Problems remain in flight school security – The Boston Globe
Several months after federal officials arrested the immigrant owner of a Stow flight school and 33 of his students for being in the United States illegally, officials have not instituted new safeguards to prevent something similar from happening again.
E-Verify Adoption Gaining Steam – HSToday
The E-Verify program has gained steady adoption momentum among the nation’s employers, US Citizenship and Immigration Services Associate Director Theresa C. Bertucci told the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement last Thursday in a hearing titled “E-Verify: Preserving Jobs for American Workers”.
Mismanagement, cost and schedule problems plague immigration system upgrade – NextGov
A Homeland Security Department program that was supposed to automate the processing of immigration papers still has not launched, after the agency responsible failed to complete a required pilot test and then continued to spend four years and more than $6 million to build the system.
Homeland Security moves full-speed-ahead on Einstein cybersecurity tool – NextGov
The Homeland Security Department will finish by 2012 installing a somewhat controversial system, called Einstein 2, that monitors traffic on federal computer networks for potential intrusions, and will start the next phase of the application, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said during an address on the state of the agency.
U.S.-Mexico Border ‘More Secure Than Ever’ In 2010, Claims Secretary Of Homeland Security – LA Weekly Blog
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made a highly publicized trip to Los Angeles’ nearest border yesterday. She was quick and happy to tell the nation’s news outlets from San Ysidro that illegal immigration has dropped 17 percent in the last year.
The recent GAO report, “Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Improve E-Verify but Significant Challenges Remain,” paints a fairly optimistic picture of what the executive branch has done to improve E-Verify. Although the federal agencies responsible for E-Verify should be asked many tough questions, many of the issues identified in the report could actually be resolved by Congressional action, such as by comprehensively implementing Real ID.
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