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You Are Sponsoring a Foreign National Employee for Permanent Residency, Can You Clawback Some of the Fees?
Companies usually hire a foreign national who requires visa sponsorship because they cannot find a U.S. worker with those skill sets, which is frequently in the STEM fields. However, visa sponsorship comes with significant costs to the employer. Employers may be able to recover a portion of the immigration sponsorship fees by implementing what are called “clawback” provisions into their…
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U.S. Procedures for Resettlement of Ukrainians
U.S. Procedures for Resettlement of Ukrainians
“On April 21, 2022, President Biden announced Uniting for Ukraine, a new streamlined process to provide Ukrainian citizens who have fled Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression opportunities to come to the United States. This represents a key step toward fulfilling the President’s commitment to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” “Uniting for Ukraine builds on the robust…
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"The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a dozen new subpoenas targeting a who’s who of witnesses cited in Robert S. Mueller III’s report as Democrats sought to elevate their showdown with [t]rump over episodes of possible obstruction of justice documented by the special counsel.
"The panel also approved a separate group of subpoenas seeking information about the [t]rump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the border. And House Democratic leaders set Tuesday for a full House vote to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress over their refusal to relinquish documents related to the administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
"Among the prominent figures to be subpoenaed by the Democrats are Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general; Rod J. Rosenstein, his deputy who appointed Mr. Mueller, the special counsel; John F. Kelly, the former White House chief of staff; Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser; and Corey Lewandowski, a former [t]rump campaign manager. Democrats also authorized a subpoena for David J. Pecker, who as head of American Media helped [t]rump during the 2016 presidential campaign buy the silence of a pornographic film actress and a former Playboy model, both of whom claimed to have had sexual relationships with him.
..."In addition to Mr. Sessions and Mr. Rosenstein, the Mueller-related subpoenas target Michael T. Flynn, [t]rump’s former national security adviser; Jody Hunt, Mr. Sessions’s chief of staff; Rob Porter, a former top White House aide; and Rick A. Dearborn, another former White House official. Mr. Flynn has already been subpoenaed by the House Intelligence Committee.
"The immigration-related subpoenas are part of a Judiciary Committee investigation of the [t]rump administration’s divisive policies at the border. They specifically authorize the committee to demand testimony and documents from current and former administration officials about its so-called zero tolerance policy at the border, the practice of separating migrant families and the standards of detention of migrants.
..."Mr. Nadler said on Thursday that he was pursuing a compulsory process because the Justice Department had failed to meaningfully comply with voluntary requests for the same information; the Homeland Security and Health and Human Services departments, he added, had largely complied with similar requests."
It's interesting that it is primarily the Department of Justice that has gone rogue, but not surprising. Without a rogue DOJ, others would be required to comply or face consequences from an authentic Justice Department. Understanding this shows how this administration's rot of lawlessness is really just taking hold.
We need stronger provisions of accountability for the DOJ, given its power and its linchpin role. The platitudes uttered by nominees for Attorney General are insufficient when they are Republicons comfortable with being forsworn once in office.
The DOJ is the pivotal nexus of whether we have a democracy...or not.
These are core imperatives for the U.S. DOJ:
-Faithfully enforce the laws of United States, and ensure that enforcement actions are based on the mandates of the law and not partisan interest;
-Reject efforts to pressure state officials, U.S. Attorneys, and other agencies to adopt anti-voter policies or advance a partisan political agenda; [and]
- Uphold the mission of the Department of Justice, including its core mission to protect civil rights and the right of every eligible citizen to vote free from interference and discrimination.
Republicons have consistently proven they are partisan above all; their Republicon agendas both conflict with and take precedence over these fundamental imperatives.
With trump as Corruption in Chief, and a rogue DOJ, and the amped-up conservative-partisan duplicity injected into the federal judiciary from bottom to top, we now must wait to see whether these congressional subpoenas will be effective.
Subpoenas, whether issued by Congress or the courts, derive from the powers created by the Constitution. These fresh subpoenas cover a wide array of people and issues.
If Barr as trump's AG will not acknowledge these subpoenas because he wants to be trump's kingmaker -- the man behind the all-powerful "president's" throne, we will find that out definitively as a result of what happens with these subpoenas.
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Interesting how Trumpian nationalism doesn’t apply to immigrants who served the US in uniform. I wonder why that could be.
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“No Comment”: Emails Show the VA Took No Action to Spare Veterans From a Harsh Trump Immigration Policy
The VA’s approach differs sharply from the Pentagon’s, which won an exemption for active-duty members of the military.
by Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf andDara Lind | Published Aug. 19, 1:29 p.m. EDT | ProPublica | Posted August 20, 2019 9:38 AM ET|
Top officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs declined to step in to try to exempt veterans and their families from a new immigration rule that would make it far easier to deny green cards to low-income immigrants, according to documents obtained by ProPublica under a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Department of Defense, on the other hand, worked throughout 2018 to minimize the new policy’s impact on military families.
As a result, the regulation, which goes into effect in October, applies just as strictly to veterans and their families as it does to the broader public, while active-duty members of the military and reserve forces face a relaxed version of the rule.
Under the so-called public charge regulation, which became final last week, immigrants seeking permanent legal status in the U.S. will be subject to a complex new test to determine if they will rely on public benefits. Among the factors that immigration officers will consider are whether the applicant has frequently used public benefits in the past, their household income, education level and credit scores.
Active-duty military members can accept public benefits without jeopardizing their future immigration status; veterans and their families, however, cannot.
The rule, which could reshape the face of legal immigration to the U.S., is one of the highest-profile changes to the immigration system undertaken by the administration of President Donald Trump. An initial proposed version of the rule received over 266,000 public comments, the vast majority in opposition. Three lawsuits challenging the policy were quickly filed: one by a coalition of 13 states and filed in Washington state, one by San Francisco and Santa Clara County in California, and one by a coalition of nonprofit groups in California.
Because the new rule creates a complex and subjective test, it’s impossible to predict precisely how many veterans and their families who otherwise qualify for green cards will now be rejected. (The Department of Homeland Security told reporters last Monday that it hasn’t analyzed how many people would most likely be denied green cards under the new rule.)
However, documents tracking the regulation’s development show that the DOD was concerned enough that the rule would harm military families that it worked with DHS to limit the regulation, ultimately securing the benefits exemption for active-duty military members.
The reasons for the VA’s inaction are unclear. The agency referred all questions to the White House, which did not respond to a request for comment. During the six months officials had to weigh in on the new regulation, the VA lacked permanent leaders in several top positions while juggling several major initiatives, which fell behind scheduleor failed.
“They should be the foremost government agency that’s fighting for protections for veterans,” said Jeremy Butler, chief executive officer of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “If they have a ‘No Comment,’ that says to me that it wasn’t given the time and attention and research necessary to understand how it would affect the veteran community.”
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who sits on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said in a statement to ProPublica, “It’s despicable that the Trump Administration is punishing veterans who sacrificed for our country simply for using the support services they’ve earned.”
He added, “Instead of tearing down military families, the President should be working to support those who’ve done so much for our country.”
In practice, the exemption the DOD won for active-duty military members is a narrow one. While the frequent use of public benefits is a “heavily weighted negative factor” in determining whether to block an immigrant under the new rule, members of the military and their families are still subject to the other factors weighed by immigration officers when applying for green cards.
But narrow as it is, no such exemption exists for veterans and their families, so using public benefits — as well as other factors like having meager savings — will count against them if they or their families apply for green cards.
“If they care about the active-duty people, I don’t know why they don’t care about military veterans who aren’t doing very well,” said Margaret Stock, an immigration attorney with many military clients. Stock helped create a special program called Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, or MAVNI, which created a pathway for military enlistment for refugees, undocumented young people, foreign students and others who lack green cards.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the DHS agency that is implementing the rule, declined to comment, citing pending litigation.
The new policy is a signature effort of the Trump administration and builds on a long-standing law that bars immigration by people deemed to be “public charges.” But the law does not define the term. In 1999, the Clinton administration narrowly defined it to mean someone who “primarily” depends on the government for subsistence, either through cash welfare or long-term care funded by the government.
The new regulation lowers the bar to be considered a “public charge” by redefining it as an immigrant who receives certain types of public benefits for more than 12 months in a three-year period. If an immigrant receives two benefits in a single month, that would count as two months.
The public charge test applies to people entering the country or those trying to become lawful permanent residents, commonly known as green card holders. It does not apply to those who already have green cards and are seeking citizenship.
Noncitizens have long served in the U.S. military, often contributing specific needed skills such as sought-after foreign language fluency. Census data shows that about 100,000 noncitizen veterans live in the U.S., according to a ProPublica analysis of data provided by the University of Minnesota’s IPUMS, which collects and distributes census data. Most of them already have permanent status, Stock said.
It’s not clear exactly how many veterans do not have green cards or have spouses who don’t. Since 2008, about 10,000 people have joined the military through the MAVNI program, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan immigration research group. But the program is currently not accepting applications.
In practice, the public charge rule is more likely to affect veterans’ families — such as spouses who are undocumented or on temporary visas — rather than veterans themselves. Under federal law, undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders are generally not eligible for public benefits.
“A lot of veterans end up marrying women or men that don’t have green cards; that happens very often,” said Hector Barajas, who leads an advocacy group called Deported Veterans Support House. “There is a population of people that will be affected.”
The White House began seeking agency comments on March 29, 2018. An official at the Office of Management and Budget emailed officials from 19 agencies, including the VA, attaching a draft of the regulation and asking for comments. The email was sent one day after the VA secretary at the time, David Shulkin, was fired by Trump in a tweet. One week after the White House’s email, a VA official in the secretary’s office responded: “VA submits a ‘No Comment’ response.”
The White House again asked for agencies’ comment in July and September 2018, and each time, a VA official sent the same response.
The White House’s Sept. 4, 2018, email stated that the newest draft included “exemptions for service-members.” In an initial proposed version of the regulation released to the public later that month, DHS made clear that it decided on the exemption “following consultation with DOD.”
The emails obtained by ProPublica do not include military officials’ communications with the White House or DHS. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Jessica Maxwell, said, “DOD was consulted in these conversations,” but she declined to provide further details.
But because the VA declined to provide such “consultation,” an exception for veterans wasn’t considered in the initial proposed regulation in 2018.
Only after members of the public raised the issue during the regulation’s comment period did DHS consider, and ultimately refuse, a veterans’ exemption in the final regulation, which was released last week.
In its justification for the new policy, DHS said veterans aren’t afforded the same exemption as active-duty service members because they have access to special VA benefits, which the new policy doesn’t count against them. Furthermore, the department said, while active-duty service members often need to use benefits to supplement low military salaries, veterans are free to take higher-paying jobs.
But not every veteran receives veterans’ benefits, and the benefits — which include health care for conditions related to military service, education stipends and home-buying assistance — are not a substitute for benefits that make up the broader social safety net like food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers. Critics of DHS’ decision say many veteran families occasionally need to use public benefits or fall into poverty.
A VA spokesman declined to say if the agency has any concerns about the new policy’s impact on veterans.
The emails obtained by ProPublica also show that as the White House scrambled to finish the regulation and release it to the public last year, it discouraged federal agencies from arguing against the major thrust of the policy.
“Please do not worry about non-substantive line edits,” a White House official, whose name is redacted, wrote in bolded type. “Please recognize, also, that the decision of whether to propose expanding the definition of public charge, broadly, has been made at a very high level and will not be changing.”
Hannah Fresques contributed to this report.
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How choosing a good US immigration lawyer in UK can solve many of your problems?
Immigration is one such important process in the lives of people when they make their best attempt to come over all the immigration related issues carefully and prudently. There are millions of people in UK who want to work and live happily in US and for them immigration presents a new group of challenges they need to pass through to pursue their dream. Though immigration is not such a major concern that they cannot manage on their own, but they need to be knowledgeable enough to understand each & every element of the immigration law.
Keeping in mind the far-stretched prominence placed on being granted permanent resident status (green card)or U.S. citizenship, it is quite amazing how many people attempt to realize their immigration objectives without getting the help of an experienced attorney who concentrates in immigration law. It is also true that some don’t face bigger issues, but there are many who fail. And this let-down may lead to their eventual nightmare – being deported.
A person that is presently living in the United States must submit his application for immigration benefits with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). However, do not believe that the entire procedure just requires the submission of an easy form. Primarily, the documents are not always easy to decode. Most of the forms are comprised of complex questions that demand the applicant to comprehend terms and language that carry a particular meaning related only to immigration law. This meaning may vary from what many people expect it to be. Therefore, a person may divest themselves of lawfully residing in the United States just because they did not understand the question they were being asked. Considering these points, it is necessary to seek the help of US immigration lawyers in UK who can help you decode the complexity and set the ground for an easy immigration to US.
It is highly necessary to understand that an applicant must carefully review their eligibility for the asked benefit before filing any application to the USCIS. This assessment requires a though check of various things, including dates of entries and exits from the U.S., type of visa (if any) held at entry to the U.S., the immigration status and history of the applicant and their family members, etc. The inability to make this assessment before filing the application may lead to something much worse than a rejection –it may lead to being deported, perhaps within a matter of hours.
After eligibility has been established, the applicant must make a well-documented request for an immigration benefit. The deposit of adequate documentary evidence, ranging from a birth or marriage certificate to complex medical records, is necessary since it is the applicant who takes the onus of proving that they are eligible for the said benefit. As it is the applicant who needs to prove acceptability, they should make everything possible so as to maximize their likelihood of being granted the demanded benefit by providing proof that is systematic and convincing.
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Is speaking English really a requirement for U.S. citizenship?
Is speaking English really a requirement for U.S. citizenship? The question of whether immigrants to the U.S. must learn English came to the forefront of the debate this week.
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The top lawyer at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tony Pham, was tapped on Tuesday to succeed Matthew Albence as the leader of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency responsible for immigration detention, deportations and operations against transnational crime. “As a seasoned leader with DHS, Tony will ensure ICE continues to safeguard our country’s borders from crime and illegal immigration,” an agency spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday. Pham will depart his previous post as ICE’s principal legal advisor and become the senior official performing the duties of the director, the same position held by Albence, who announced his departure late last month. After being tapped to lead ICE in the spring of 2019, at the peak of a surge in border crossings by Central American families and children, Albence was never nominated to be the permanent, Senate-confirmed director of the agency. Pham, a Vietnamese immigrant who resettled in the U.S. as a refugee with his family after the fall of Saigon in 1975, will lead an agency that has become a focal point of the nation’s polarizing debate on immigration. During his first month in office, President Trump gave ICE the power to detain and deport any immigrant in the U.S. who lacked legal status, scrapping Obama-era policies that limited who could be arrested and tasked the agency with focusing on those with criminal convictions. While it has scaled back arrests and dramatically reduced its detainee population during the coronavirus pandemic, ICE continues to be a key agency in President Trump’s efforts to crack down on unauthorized immigration. The continued expansion of ICE’s detention system and amped up enforcement during the Trump administration, including high-profile sweeps at Mississippi poultry plants last summer, have made the agency a frequent target of criticism from Democratic lawmakers, some of whom have called for the agency’s abolishment. Tony Pham ICE ICE’s enforcement and removal operations office oversees the largest immigration detention system in the world and the agents responsible for apprehending, detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants, border-crossers, asylum-seekers who lack legal status and green card holders convicted of certain crimes. Its other office, Homeland Security Investigations, conducts investigations into international criminal activity, like drug smuggling and human trafficking. According to his biography, Pham and his family became U.S. citizens in 1985, ten years after entering the U.S. as refugees. After graduating from law school, Pham worked as a prosecutor in Virginia for eight years before serving as an attorney for local government offices in Richmond. Prior to joining ICE during the Trump administration, he was the superintendent of the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. Pham will join various other DHS high-ranking officials serving on an acting basis. The current top officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — the other immigration components at the department — have not been nominated to be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate as the permanent leaders of their agencies. The highest-ranking officials at DHS, Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli, are also serving in an acting capacity. A federal watchdog recently found their appointments to be invalid — a conclusion rejected by the department. Earlier Tuesday, Mr. Trump announced he would nominate Wolf to be the permanent secretary of the department. https://ift.tt/2EDqs0d The post Tony Pham, former refugee, prosecutor and jail supervisor, tapped to lead ICE appeared first on Shri Times News. from WordPress https://ift.tt/3lhN4V2
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Immigration Law News from North of the Border: Canadian immigration law updates, August 2020
by David H. Nachman, Esq., Michael Phulwani, Esq., and Ludka Zimovcak, Esq.
The Government of Canada and The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) continues to make tremendous efforts to address various “how about” concerns and questions in the Immigration process and procedures. We discuss below few recent updates.
Travel restrictions across the U.S. and Canada border : On August 14, 2020, the border restrictions on non-essential travel by land ports between the two countries is extended until September 21, 2020. As we are now clear, non-essential travel includes travel for tourism or recreational purposes and an essential travel includes travel for work, study, critical infrastructure support, economic services, immediate medical care and safety and security reasons.
Canadian crossing the border daily to attend the school in the U.S.: A mandatory quarantine plan does not prevent a Canadian from cross-border travel on routine basis. Although it does require to initiate a new 14-day quarantine period each time you return to Canada, effectively putting you in on-going quarantine plan for the duration of the school year. You and/ or the accompanying parent/s should have a suitable quarantine plan in place prior to the start of the school year and commencement of daily commutes across the border. You should only leave your home to cross the border to attend the class or for medically necessary appointments.
Asylum claimants on front lines of pandemic will be able to apply for permanent residency : The Government recently announced that the asylum claimants across the country who are working on the front lines providing direct care to patients in health-care institutions will be able to apply for permanent residency. Such asylum claimants must have claimed asylum before March 13, 2020, were issued work permit after they made a claim for asylum, have worked in health care sector and health institutions, have worked in designated occupation for no less then 120 hours between March 13, 2020 and August 14, 2020 and demonstrate six months of experience in the designated occupation before being granted permanent residence in addition to the existing admissibility requirements.
Exemption to mandatory quarantine : An Order in Council determined an exemption to class of persons who will provide an essential service while in Canada. These class of people include – (1) person in trade or transportation sector who are important for the movement of goods or people and cross border while performing their duties or for the purpose of performing their duties; (2) Persons who must cross the border regularly to go to their normal place of employment including critical infrastructure workers; (3) Technicians or specialists specifies by government, manufacturer or company, who enter Canada as required for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, installing or inspecting equipment necessary to support critical infrastructure, are required to provide their services within 14 days of their entry to Canada and have reasonable rationale for the immediacy of work and the inability to plan for a 14 day quarantine.
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The NPZ Law Group is US and Canadian immigration law office located in NJ, NY (with affiliated offices in Canada and India). The immigration attorneys and immigration specialist staff at the NPZ!continue to monitor emerging developments in US and Canadian immigration law as the COVID-19 pandemic emergency continues to change the way immigration law will be practiced in the 21st-century.
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6 Modern Countries With Shockingly Backwards Views
Racism and prejudice are as American as apple pie and mass shootings. We like to think that some of those foreign countries we incessantly make fun of might be more refined neighbourhoods. What could possibly be wrong with a nation that yields its citizens universal healthcare and paid parental leave? Well, if you happen to belong to one of the minority groups those countries have arbitrarily chosen to hate, you’re about to find out. 6 In Japan, Some Common Professions Are Goal As Subhuman Garbage collectors are criminally underappreciated everywhere, but Japan takes it to the next position. Sure, you might have a few strong messages if your bin goes skipped, but Japanese sanitation laborers are ostracized simply for subsisting. They — along with other “unclean” works, like butchers and morticians — are categorized as burakumin . Shintoism and Buddhism consider them spiritually tainted, which left them at the bottom of the social totem pole for centuries. They’re sometimes called hinin ( literally “nonhuman” ), and the period for the lowest burakumin , eta , is translated into “abundance of filth.” A 19th-century legal document declares that any eta who committed a crime could be killed freely by samurai, because “an eta is worth one-seventh of an ordinary person.” You ever had someone whip out a calculator and calculate your worth mathematically? It’s hurtful.( We had some harsh math teachers .) Utagawa Kuniyoshi At least the school board took our surface on that “expulsion via samurai” debacle. div > Read Next 6 Things Hollywood Always Gets Wrong About Being A Teenager Despite many attempted alleviates, sexism against burakumin and their descendants persists. Burakumin are shunned by civilization and often forced to live in their own communities, which are inundated with hate forward. Indices of burakumin communities and calls originated circulating in the ‘7 0s and were soon proscribed, but some of those schedules have lived to this day, and people use them to screen everything from possible employees to future in-laws. Hinder in mind, they’re not just checking to see if ( breath ) their daughter is wedding a garbage man. Anyone who has ever been relevant to one is off-limits. That’s about 50 percent of the Japanese population. It’s like an part person of Emily Gilmores. Things are coming a bit better. One high-profile buraku activist does beings are contacting “the organizations activities” about discrimination more, and hate discussion constitutions are starting to be enforced. But to this day, if a buraku is asked what they do for a living, it’s common to lie — not out of pity, but to protect their own children. Nesnad/ Wikimedia Commons Which may have gotten much easier, since one industry is very open to burakumin : the Yakuza. Hug your local sanitation worker. 5 In Germany, Racist Stereotypes of Asians Are( Literally) Reinforced After gale up with some serious egg on its front thanks to that entire Holocaust thing, Germany became a quite progressive place. Today, culture and education is influenced by various categories of all-inclusive programs suited to its multicultural citizenship, about 20 percent of whom are foreign-born. One radical that isn’t quite so well-represented? East Asians. It’s hard to get an accurate count, since about half of Germany’s two million “Asian” citizens are from the Countries of the middle east( which is indeed part of Asia, but still ), but there are at most one million Asian-Germans in a country of 82 million people. Having apparently figured “what they can’t look won’t hurt ’em, ” Germany has become very cool with “re making fun of” Asians. In happening, they give out apportions for it. Exclusively, for this, an ad for a Wagner concert by Japanese conductor Kent Nagano. Scholz& Friends Berlin All the pomp and culture of the concert as reimagined by a morning zoo DJ. div > Yes, that’s Richard Wagner himself reimagined as your least-favorite uncle. This ad would provoke a tsunami of pique in the U.S ., but Germans predominantly didn’t maintenance. The one group of beings that did, a Berlin advertising organization called the Art Directors Club, awarded the ad a gold prize that time. Their spokesman said the ad “[ is] attractiveness and odd and presents openness and multiculturalism, ” and announced it “an excellent posting that goes beyond cultures to constitute a great work and that extremely strikingly and succinctly demonstrates Asian culture.” We’re gonna hazard a guess that the Art Directors Club doesn’t include a lot of Asians. 4 All Jews Are Welcome In Israel( Except Ethiopians ) div> In 1977, Israel decided to bring over 56,000 Jews from Ethiopia, and then gave them like a trendy domesticated that turned out to be more labour than they’d negotiated for. Thirty-five years after they were forced into ghettos and isolated from mainstream Israeli life, numerous canvas experienced Ethiopian Jews were dead last-place on the roster of desirable employees — 75 percent of non-immigrant Israelis wouldn’t allow their children to marry one, and fewer than 50 percentage reinforced mixed classrooms. Oh, and in 2016, Israel’s top police official said that it’s natural for police to be more suspicious of Ethiopian Jews ,~ ATAGEND as their “community is statistically involved in atrocity more than others.” Sound familiar? div > In 1996, it was discovered that all the blood Ethiopian Jews bequeathed to Magen David Adom( Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross) was calmly destroyed ,~ ATAGEND for fear of HIV infection. Blood donation has been a hot-button issue for Ethiopian Jews ever since. They were only granted permission to donate blood without restrictions in 2017 . It gets worse. A 2012 film revealed that Ethiopian Jewish gals were forced to make contraceptives if they wanted to keep their healthcare. Some didn’t even know what they were being given. As a reaction, Ethiopian immigrants’ birth rate fell by half in one decade. You’d think that, as a beings, Israelis would be a little less pleasant with the relevant recommendations of eugenics. Benny Voodoo/ Wikimedia Commons Proving once again the almost infinite dominance of humans to not read a damn thing from their experiences. 3 In The UK, Poles Are Viewed As Job-Taking “Vermin” We’ve all heard foolish gags about the Polish for reasonableness we never quite understood, but they’re deadly serious in the UK. A 2014 examine reported that 81 percentage of UK Poles digested physical or oral insult, or knew somebody who had. In 2013, 585 beings were arrested for hate crimes against the Polish. This outburst of antagonism seems to stem from Poland’s entrance into the EU in 2004, after which Poles began immigrating to the UK en masse — though not quite as massively as the tabloids would have you believe. The Sun formerly claimed that an entire Polish metropolitan up and moved to the UK. The metropoli indicted, likely on the grounds that anyone who’s ever been to a city council session knows how hard it is to get an part township to do anything, much less physically uproot. This paranoia about foreign workers infiltrating the country and making everyone’s positions is at least in part what contributed significantly to Brexit. After the vote, laminated placards that speak “Leave the EU/ No more Polish vermin” were found in Cambridgeshire. div > Laminated, “theyre saying”! That means they were super serious . Kathleen Gaynor Youve gotta be genuinely committed to jingoistic hatred to take that shit to a print shop. 2 South Korea Has A Gravely Shambled Up View Of People With Dark Skin Until lately, racism was an tacit way of life in South Korea. Biracial prototypes were called “mongrels, ” the 200,000 children of “marriage migrants” were often treated as second-class citizens, and a scandalou number of businesses can still legally refuse to serve natives. In South Korean media, black people face the same various kinds of stereotypes you’d expect from a Civil-War-era KKK pamphlet. We kid you not TAGEND Via Jezebel American culture exports arent always something to take pride in. div > We’re not plucking obscure content from the ‘7 0s. This was on state-run Tv as of 2017 TAGEND MBC Yeolum Entertainment SBS Entertainment So to recap, thats a shot at black people, Native Americans, and Polynesians in a single outfit. Like a Swiss horde knife of racism. section > Anti-discrimination monies designed to ease the abundant casual racism have recently been introduced, and the person lastly aimed obligatory HIV-screening policy for foreign-born works in 2017. The UN likewise requested that the person stop using prejudiced words like “pure” and “mixed” blood back in 2007. So, you are familiar, that’s something. 1 Concentration Camps Still Exist … For The Roma In Italy The Roma have traditionally not been well-liked by, well, anybody. But they’ve been frighteningly suppressed in Europe, and lately. The Czech Republic forcibly fumigated Roma until 2007, France evicted over 10,000 Roma from their agreements in 2013, Swedish police were found to have a secret register of 4,000( predominantly Roma) refers the same year, and Denmark cleared out 25 Roma tents in 2 months, after making them illegal in 2017. It seems like an unnecessarily large-scale fuss over the working group that doesn’t even crack 2 percent of the European population. div > But that’s all good-for-nothing compared to Italy. In 2008, Silvio Berlusconi’s government declared that the fact that there is Roma colonizations( one one-quarter of a percent of the population) constituted a state of emergency, and henceforth required that all Roma be fingerprinted and ejected from their settlements into “nomad camps.” What do you think the likelihoods are that those tents were in breathtaking Tuscan villas? Surprise: They were filthy, vermin-infested shanties, lacking in even the most basic services. This was -AOK with the person or persons of Italy, 86 percentage of whom have an unfavorable view of Roma ,~ ATAGEND as well as with the courts, who affirmed discrimination against Roma acceptable “because they are thieves.” Again, this seems like a number of countries that should be a bit more attentive of xenophobia-based roundups, but hey, as long as the civilizes run on time. Kent Nagano is really fairly the conductor, give it a listen . i > b> Support Cracked’s journalism with a trip to our Contribution Page. Please and thank you . i > b> For more, check out 5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago and 5 Shockingly Progressive Program From Insane Dictatorships . i > b> It would be a shame if you didn’t follow us on Facebook . i > b> Read more: http :// www.cracked.com/ article_2 5483 _6-modern-countries-with-shockingly-backwards-views. html http://dailybuzznetwork.com/index.php/2018/06/08/6-modern-countries-with-shockingly-backwards-views/
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February Often Brings Divorce Filings
There are a lot of contributing factors in the decision a person in Salt Lake City makes to file for divorce. You should always consult with a divorce lawyer before you take any action. When a couple comes to that conclusion, there are even more decisions that must be made. These divorce issues include financial support, division of assets and property, custody of children and perhaps the reclaiming of one’s former name. Mediation can often help settle these matters in a peaceful, non-emotional manner so that each spouse can move forward in their life.
According to a recent study, many couples in Salt Lake City and around the country may be currently preparing to file for divorce. February appears to be the time that couples frequently take legal action to end their union — beginning right after Valentine’s Day. For some spouses, the romantic holiday appears to be the last straw or they may have discovered that their spouse has been cheating on them.
However, other factors also appear to influence the choice of couples to start divorce proceedings in the last half of the month. These factors may include the colder weather and the filing of taxes — always a stressful period of time for couples as they examine their current financial situation. Many people may realize on the most romantic day of the year that they simply don’t want to be together anymore.
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For whatever reason, couples who are splitting may want to meet with an attorney who can help them understand what their rights are in terms of money and custody. Many attorneys offer divorce mediation services, which can help a separating couple keep things civil and make decisions that are fair for each party.
DEALING WITH POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION ISSUES DURING MEDIATION
Many currently living in Salt Lake and throughout the rest of the United States are immigrants who share the dream of obtaining permanent residency or even U.S. citizenship. One way that immigration officials have identified that immigrants could potentially be obtaining legal residency status is marrying to obtain a green card. According to information compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and shared by ABC News, over 227,000 immigrants obtained green cards via marriage in 2009.
Those granted conditional residency through marriage typically have to re-apply to have their residency restrictions removed after two years. If one has already divorced by then, he or she will have to include with their petition sufficient evidence supporting the validity of the marriage. If he or she had already achieved permanent residency prior to the divorce, potential issues could still arise if and when he or she seeks citizenship. Again, documentation must be provided to prove the marriage was valid. If not, one could realistically face the possibility of deportation.
Immigrant spouses may want to consider divorce mediation as the time to obtain such proof from their former spouses. Obtaining copies of joint financial records, credit card statements, and even gift receipts may be a good idea, as well as of the original marriage license and copies of the birth certificates of any children a couple may have had together.
Free Consultation with Divorce Lawyer
If you have a question about divorce law or if you need to start or defend against a divorce case in Utah call Ascent Law at (801) 676-5506. We will help you.
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February Often Brings Divorce Filings
There are a lot of contributing factors in the decision a person in Salt Lake City makes to file for divorce. You should always consult with a divorce lawyer before you take any action. When a couple comes to that conclusion, there are even more decisions that must be made. These divorce issues include financial support, division of assets and property, custody of children and perhaps the reclaiming of one’s former name. Mediation can often help settle these matters in a peaceful, non-emotional manner so that each spouse can move forward in their life.
According to a recent study, many couples in Salt Lake City and around the country may be currently preparing to file for divorce. February appears to be the time that couples frequently take legal action to end their union — beginning right after Valentine’s Day. For some spouses, the romantic holiday appears to be the last straw or they may have discovered that their spouse has been cheating on them.
However, other factors also appear to influence the choice of couples to start divorce proceedings in the last half of the month. These factors may include the colder weather and the filing of taxes — always a stressful period of time for couples as they examine their current financial situation. Many people may realize on the most romantic day of the year that they simply don’t want to be together anymore.
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For whatever reason, couples who are splitting may want to meet with an attorney who can help them understand what their rights are in terms of money and custody. Many attorneys offer divorce mediation services, which can help a separating couple keep things civil and make decisions that are fair for each party.
DEALING WITH POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION ISSUES DURING MEDIATION
Many currently living in Salt Lake and throughout the rest of the United States are immigrants who share the dream of obtaining permanent residency or even U.S. citizenship. One way that immigration officials have identified that immigrants could potentially be obtaining legal residency status is marrying to obtain a green card. According to information compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and shared by ABC News, over 227,000 immigrants obtained green cards via marriage in 2009.
Those granted conditional residency through marriage typically have to re-apply to have their residency restrictions removed after two years. If one has already divorced by then, he or she will have to include with their petition sufficient evidence supporting the validity of the marriage. If he or she had already achieved permanent residency prior to the divorce, potential issues could still arise if and when he or she seeks citizenship. Again, documentation must be provided to prove the marriage was valid. If not, one could realistically face the possibility of deportation.
Immigrant spouses may want to consider divorce mediation as the time to obtain such proof from their former spouses. Obtaining copies of joint financial records, credit card statements, and even gift receipts may be a good idea, as well as of the original marriage license and copies of the birth certificates of any children a couple may have had together.
Free Consultation with Divorce Lawyer
If you have a question about divorce law or if you need to start or defend against a divorce case in Utah call Ascent Law at (801) 676-5506. We will help you.
Ascent Law LLC8833 S. Redwood Road, Suite CWest Jordan, Utah 84088 United StatesTelephone: (801) 676-5506
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Source: http://www.ascentlawfirm.com/february-often-brings-divorce-filings/
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February Often Brings Divorce Filings
There are a lot of contributing factors in the decision a person in Salt Lake City makes to file for divorce. You should always consult with a divorce lawyer before you take any action. When a couple comes to that conclusion, there are even more decisions that must be made. These divorce issues include financial support, division of assets and property, custody of children and perhaps the reclaiming of one’s former name. Mediation can often help settle these matters in a peaceful, non-emotional manner so that each spouse can move forward in their life.
According to a recent study, many couples in Salt Lake City and around the country may be currently preparing to file for divorce. February appears to be the time that couples frequently take legal action to end their union — beginning right after Valentine’s Day. For some spouses, the romantic holiday appears to be the last straw or they may have discovered that their spouse has been cheating on them.
However, other factors also appear to influence the choice of couples to start divorce proceedings in the last half of the month. These factors may include the colder weather and the filing of taxes — always a stressful period of time for couples as they examine their current financial situation. Many people may realize on the most romantic day of the year that they simply don’t want to be together anymore.
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For whatever reason, couples who are splitting may want to meet with an attorney who can help them understand what their rights are in terms of money and custody. Many attorneys offer divorce mediation services, which can help a separating couple keep things civil and make decisions that are fair for each party.
DEALING WITH POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION ISSUES DURING MEDIATION
Many currently living in Salt Lake and throughout the rest of the United States are immigrants who share the dream of obtaining permanent residency or even U.S. citizenship. One way that immigration officials have identified that immigrants could potentially be obtaining legal residency status is marrying to obtain a green card. According to information compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and shared by ABC News, over 227,000 immigrants obtained green cards via marriage in 2009.
Those granted conditional residency through marriage typically have to re-apply to have their residency restrictions removed after two years. If one has already divorced by then, he or she will have to include with their petition sufficient evidence supporting the validity of the marriage. If he or she had already achieved permanent residency prior to the divorce, potential issues could still arise if and when he or she seeks citizenship. Again, documentation must be provided to prove the marriage was valid. If not, one could realistically face the possibility of deportation.
Immigrant spouses may want to consider divorce mediation as the time to obtain such proof from their former spouses. Obtaining copies of joint financial records, credit card statements, and even gift receipts may be a good idea, as well as of the original marriage license and copies of the birth certificates of any children a couple may have had together.
Free Consultation with Divorce Lawyer
If you have a question about divorce law or if you need to start or defend against a divorce case in Utah call Ascent Law at (801) 676-5506. We will help you.
Ascent Law LLC8833 S. Redwood Road, Suite CWest Jordan, Utah 84088 United StatesTelephone: (801) 676-5506
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4.9 stars – based on 67 reviews
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How choosing a good US immigration lawyer in UK can solve many of your problems?
Immigration is one such important process in the lives of people when they make their best attempt to come over all the immigration related issues carefully and prudently. There are millions of people in UK who want to work and live happily in US and for them immigration presents a new group of challenges they need to pass through to pursue their dream. Though immigration is not such a major concern that they cannot manage on their own, but they need to be knowledgeable enough to understand each & every element of the immigration law.
Keeping in mind the far-stretched prominence placed on being granted permanent resident status (green card)or U.S. citizenship, it is quite amazing how many people attempt to realize their immigration objectives without getting the help of an experienced attorney who concentrates in immigration law. It is also true that some don’t face bigger issues, but there are many who fail. And this let-down may lead to their eventual nightmare – being deported.
A person that is presently living in the United States must submit his application for immigration benefits with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). However, do not believe that the entire procedure just requires the submission of an easy form. Primarily, the documents are not always easy to decode. Most of the forms are comprised of complex questions that demand the applicant to comprehend terms and language that carry a particular meaning related only to immigration law. This meaning may vary from what many people expect it to be. Therefore, a person may divest themselves of lawfully residing in the United States just because they did not understand the question they were being asked. Considering these points, it is necessary to seek the help of US immigration lawyers in UK who can help you decode the complexity and set the ground for an easy immigration to US.
It is highly necessary to understand that an applicant must carefully review their eligibility for the asked benefit before filing any application to the USCIS. This assessment requires a though check of various things, including dates of entries and exits from the U.S., type of visa (if any) held at entry to the U.S., the immigration status and history of the applicant and their family members, etc. The inability to make this assessment before filing the application may lead to something much worse than a rejection –it may lead to being deported, perhaps within a matter of hours.
After eligibility has been established, the applicant must make a well-documented request for an immigration benefit. The deposit of adequate documentary evidence, ranging from a birth or marriage certificate to complex medical records, is necessary since it is the applicant who takes the onus of proving that they are eligible for the said benefit. As it is the applicant who needs to prove acceptability, they should make everything possible so as to maximize their likelihood of being granted the demanded benefit by providing proof that is systematic and convincing.
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Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press A winter storm brings the first significant snowfall in Halifax on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. The Weather Network is predicting a very snowy and stormy winter for Atlantic Canada in its 2019 winter forecast. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press (DARREN CALABRESE / THE CANADIAN PRESS) “November has provided Atlantic Canada with a preview of the long and stormy winter that is anticipated across the region,” the Weather Network said in its 2019 winter forecast. Predictions are that while much of the region will experience near normal temperatures, there will be above-average snowfall amounts. “In terms of precipitation, you’re really one of the only places other than extreme northwestern Canada that is looking at above seasonal snowfall too,” notes the forecast for Atlantic Canada. Article Continued Below “So not just a long winter, but a stormy one with many nor’easters tracking into the area staying just a little bit farther southeast offshore bringing predominantly snow for you. And if you’re looking for an early spring, probably not going to happen.” The network said Atlantic Canada is expected to experience an active storm track from the Gulf of Mexico up the U.S. east coast into Atlantic Canada. “While many of these storms will track offshore and keep snow as the dominant precipitation type across the region, some of these storms will track further north,” notes the Atlantic Canada winter forecast. “This will bring very mild temperatures and rain at times, especially to southern areas where temperatures are forecast to balance out to near normal for the season. The winter pattern will also likely linger into early spring.” (THE WEATHER NETWORK) The Weather Network’s winter forecast for Canada explained that there’s a developing El Nino which typically signals a milder winter. While that’s expected for Western Canada, not so for the East Coast. “From the Great Lakes to Atlantic Canada we are seeing a preview of what will become the dominant pattern for winter. This is quite different from what we saw the last time that we had an El Nino three years ago (2015-2016),” the network’s 2019 winter forecast predicted. “However, this year’s version of El Nino will be much weaker and a number of other factors in the global pattern will contribute to a longer and colder winter for this region.” Article Continued Below Winter officially arrives in Nova Scotia at 6:23 p.m. on Dec. 21. Yvette d’Entremont is a Halifax-based reporter focusing on health. 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The Weather Network is predicting a very snowy and stormy winter for Atlantic Canada in its 2019 winter forecast. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press (DARREN CALABRESE / THE CANADIAN PRESS) “November has provided Atlantic Canada with a preview of the long and stormy winter that is anticipated across the region,” the Weather Network said in its 2019 winter forecast. Predictions are that while much of the region will experience near normal temperatures, there will be above-average snowfall amounts. “In terms of precipitation, you’re really one of the only places other than extreme northwestern Canada that is looking at above seasonal snowfall too,” notes the forecast for Atlantic Canada. Article Continued Below “So not just a long winter, but a stormy one with many nor’easters tracking into the area staying just a little bit farther southeast offshore bringing predominantly snow for you. And if you’re looking for an early spring, probably not going to happen.” The network said Atlantic Canada is expected to experience an active storm track from the Gulf of Mexico up the U.S. east coast into Atlantic Canada. “While many of these storms will track offshore and keep snow as the dominant precipitation type across the region, some of these storms will track further north,” notes the Atlantic Canada winter forecast. “This will bring very mild temperatures and rain at times, especially to southern areas where temperatures are forecast to balance out to near normal for the season. The winter pattern will also likely linger into early spring.” (THE WEATHER NETWORK) The Weather Network’s winter forecast for Canada explained that there’s a developing El Nino which typically signals a milder winter. 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February Often Brings Divorce Filings
There are a lot of contributing factors in the decision a person in Salt Lake City makes to file for divorce. You should always consult with a divorce lawyer before you take any action. When a couple comes to that conclusion, there are even more decisions that must be made. These divorce issues include financial support, division of assets and property, custody of children and perhaps the reclaiming of one’s former name. Mediation can often help settle these matters in a peaceful, non-emotional manner so that each spouse can move forward in their life.
According to a recent study, many couples in Salt Lake City and around the country may be currently preparing to file for divorce. February appears to be the time that couples frequently take legal action to end their union — beginning right after Valentine’s Day. For some spouses, the romantic holiday appears to be the last straw or they may have discovered that their spouse has been cheating on them.
However, other factors also appear to influence the choice of couples to start divorce proceedings in the last half of the month. These factors may include the colder weather and the filing of taxes — always a stressful period of time for couples as they examine their current financial situation. Many people may realize on the most romantic day of the year that they simply don’t want to be together anymore.
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For whatever reason, couples who are splitting may want to meet with an attorney who can help them understand what their rights are in terms of money and custody. Many attorneys offer divorce mediation services, which can help a separating couple keep things civil and make decisions that are fair for each party.
DEALING WITH POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION ISSUES DURING MEDIATION
Many currently living in Salt Lake and throughout the rest of the United States are immigrants who share the dream of obtaining permanent residency or even U.S. citizenship. One way that immigration officials have identified that immigrants could potentially be obtaining legal residency status is marrying to obtain a green card. According to information compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and shared by ABC News, over 227,000 immigrants obtained green cards via marriage in 2009.
Those granted conditional residency through marriage typically have to re-apply to have their residency restrictions removed after two years. If one has already divorced by then, he or she will have to include with their petition sufficient evidence supporting the validity of the marriage. If he or she had already achieved permanent residency prior to the divorce, potential issues could still arise if and when he or she seeks citizenship. Again, documentation must be provided to prove the marriage was valid. If not, one could realistically face the possibility of deportation.
Immigrant spouses may want to consider divorce mediation as the time to obtain such proof from their former spouses. Obtaining copies of joint financial records, credit card statements, and even gift receipts may be a good idea, as well as of the original marriage license and copies of the birth certificates of any children a couple may have had together.
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If you have a question about divorce law or if you need to start or defend against a divorce case in Utah call Ascent Law at (801) 676-5506. We will help you.
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