by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee While awaiting his deportation proceedings, Yefri Sorto-Hernandez made a drawing of the operation that shows how immigration agents stopped him as his school bus pulled up. Eighteen-year-old Yefri Sorto-Hernandez was waiting at a school bus stop at 6:20 a.m. when an unmarked white Ford pulled up. […]
Author: Foster
By Richard Wolf WASHINGTON — President Obama’s last-ditch effort to offer more than 4 million undocumented immigrants protection from deportation reaches a short-handed Supreme Court on Monday, but the eight justices may not have the final word. A tie vote would hand a victory to Texas and 25 other states that have successfully blocked the program […]
MONTPELIER – The dream of spectacular economic development in the depressed Northeast Kingdom using money from foreign investors came crashing down Thursday amidst federal fraud allegations. Gov. Peter Shumlin gathered with several of his top officials at the Statehouse to announce state and federal accusations of fraud against Bill Stenger […]
May 2016 Visa Bulletin Shows Little or No Advancement for Most Categories
15 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) recently published Monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2016 reports little or no advancement to the “final action cutoff date” for applicants in most employment-based categories experiencing a backlog. The largest progression in the “final action cutoff date” was by over three (3) months for […]