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	<description>Attorney Farhad Sethna - Tel (330) 384-8000 or (877) 7US-VISA - www.Immigration-America.com</description>
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		<title>What if my NTA was never issued?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an actual question I received via e-mail:
&#8220;Is there an expiry date allowing relief if there has never been issued an NTA? My example is where, after a statement at a port of entry was given and a temporary green card with a one year validity was issued, an NTA was never received and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/67</link>
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		<title>Appeals Court holds that employer not responsible for visa fees and expenses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the convoluted world of H-1B non-agricultural temporary worker processing, this case stood out as a good example of the seamier side of hiring foreign workers.  In Castellanos-Contreras, et al v. Decatur Hotels, LLC, Fifth Circuit case #07-30942 (July 21, 2009), the court ruled on a complaint filed by Castellanos-Contreras and two others that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/156</link>
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		<title>DHS and DOL step up audits of H-1B and Labor Cert Sponsors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Fueled by the $500.00 per case “H-1B Fraud Fee” paid by employers for every new H-1B application for a new employee, the DHS has instituted significant additional review programs of H-1B employer sponsors.  According to the DHS, over 600 employers nationwide are being audited.  The Office of Fraud Detention and National Security estimated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/151</link>
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		<title>Obama Administration Policy: Enforcement before Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking recently, Janet Napolitano, President Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security indicated that without question the administration’s policy was going to be that of expanding immigration enforcement, especially against businesses.  This comes on the heels of another declaration that H-1B visa sponsors are being audited in much larger numbers, thanks to the additional $500.00 H-1B [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/150</link>
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		<title>USCIS Softens Policy on Battered Spouse Asylum Cases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 20, 2009
In the past, the USCIS had previously not objected to asylum grants for battered spouses who feared being returned to their home countries because of the harm they suffered at the hands of their spouse and the failure of the government and police to protect them from such abuse.
However, the prior US Attorney [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/146</link>
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		<title>Immigrants Don’t Take Away U.S. Jobs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Common myth explored]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/131</link>
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		<title>Immigration Reform A Reality?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where are we headed with the Immigration Reform and what impact would the reform have]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/136</link>
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		<title>Immigration Court Hearings Are Not A Joke!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gravity of Immigration Court Hearings explained]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/126</link>
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		<title>Finding A Honest Immigration Lawyer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Too often you read in the newspapers or the Yellow Pages of attorneys who may have stolen their client’s money or treated their clients poorly.  Immigration Law is especially susceptible to these problems because as an immigration attorney, most of my immigration clients are people who are unfamiliar with the American Legal System, speak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/123</link>
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		<title>E-verify has new teeth &#8211; Big Brother is Watching!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[E-verify is a draconian system which has finally revealed its ugly side:  employer sanctions and employee arrests]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/117</link>
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