In April 2018, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced an upcoming expansion of the Biometrics Program, which first began in 2013 and currently requires nationals of 30 countries to submit fingerprints and a photograph when applying for a temporary resident visa (TRV), work permit, or study permit. The expansion […]
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Former owner and operator of tech staffing company sentenced to prison for wire, visa fraud
30 Apr
by Foster LLP, on News
PHILADELPHIA – The former owner and operator of Virgo Inc. and Isync Solutions, Inc., was sentenced April 19 following convictions for wire and visa fraud. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBFTF), which […]
By Danielle Westermann King, HRE Daily On Tuesday, Judge John D. Bates of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia rules that the Department for Homeland Security had 90 days to submit tangible proof that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful. If the DHS is […]
By Sean Collins Walsh, American-Statesman In pushing for increased coordination between federal immigration agencies and local law enforcement, the Trump administration has contended that those types of partnerships are key to ridding the country of unauthorized immigrants who are violent criminals. But in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, […]