Daily Archives: February 22, 2018
The Tier 2 (General) visa scheme is a points-based system for skilled employees who do not qualify as an intra company transferee. After the Tier 2 (General) quota first overdrew in December 2017, the quota was once again oversubscribed in January 2018. Under the Tier 2 scheme, the government allocates […]
DALLAS — A Dallas attorney pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas. Special agents with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated this case. Bilal Ahmed Khaleeq, 47, will […]
WASHINGTON — A Dominican national pleaded guilty Feb. 16 for his role in a scheme to sell the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents to individuals illegally residing in the United States. This guilty plea was announced by the following agency heads: Acting Assistant Attorney General […]
President Trump delayed the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program until March 5, 2018, to allow for Congress to act on a solution. According to a report from the Center for American Progress, an estimated 91% of the close to 800,000 DACA recipients are employed in […]