Prepaid Funeral Plans
Paying in advance for a funeral services. In the wake of recent allegations of fraud and mismanagement in this multibillion-dollar industry, state and federal lawmakers are trying to crack down on abuses in so-called prepaid funeral plans.
 
USCIS Projected Naturalization Processing Times
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today that it continues to make steady progress in reducing the significant number of naturalization applications it received last year. USCIS now anticipates naturalization application processing will average 10-12 months nationally by the end of September 2008 – a substantial improvement from its estimated average processing time of 16-18 months first announced last year.
 
New Passport Card Is Acceptable For Employment Eligibility Verification
WASHINGTON U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is informing the public that the new U.S. Passport Card may be used in the Employment Eligibility Verification form (I-9) process.
 
What is TPS Temporary Protected Status
Immigration United StatesImmigration United States - What is Temporary Protected Status?  Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated countries.
 
Immigration Reform News Update
Immigration Reform News UpdateImmigration - A fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants risks coming unraveled after the Senate voted to place a five-year limit on a program meant to provide U.S. employers with 200,000 temporary foreign workers annually.
 
Trafficking in Persons
Trafficking in persons is also known as "human trafficking" is a form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals who are poor, frequently unemployed or underemployed, and who may lack access to social safety nets, predominantly women and children in certain countries. Victims are often lured with false promises of good jobs and better lives, and then forced to work under brutal and inhuman conditions.
 
About Immigration In The United States
About Immigration In The United StatesImmigration In the United States - Cities across the U.S. are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves against lawsuits and other challenges to ordinances enacted to keep out illegal immigrants.
 
More Illegal Immigrants Enter the United States
More Illegal Immigrants Enter the United StatesMore illegal immigrants are entering the United States than legal immigrants, a study found. The report, by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research group, also found that the number of immigrants coming to the United States legal and illegal grew rapidly starting in the mid-1990s, hit a peak at the end of the decade and then declined after 2001
 
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