[November 15, 2007]

¨ù                 that Ag Jobs is still  under consideration in Congress for the benefit of consumers and growers?

¨ù                 that Ag Jobs will supply U.S. farms with the workers they need to provide U.S. households with access to safe homegrown food?

¨ù                 that the San Pedro Immigration Court in California area has suspended hearings due to the closure of the DHS San Pedro Detention Center facility?

¨ù                 that all the court¡¯s operation will be moved to Los Angeles?

¨ù                 that all detainees in San Pedro were transferred to Texas, Arizona, Washington State and San Diego?

¨ù                 that Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule that will authorize short term, non-immigrant visas and temporary admission for foreign nationals who are inadmissible solely because they are HIV positive (not a law yet).

¨ù                 that registration for DV-2009 Diversity Visa Lottery will end on December 2, 2007?

¨ù                 that an immigration judge decided in an asylum case that students in El Salvador who expressly oppose gang practices and values are members of a ¡°particular social group¡± leading to asylum?

¨ù                 that an asylum application must be filed within one year after the date of the alien¡¯s arrival in the U.S.  unless the applicant shows either the existence of changed circumstances which materially affect the applicant¡¯s eligibility for asylum or extraordinary circumstances that directly relate to the delay in filing the application?

¨ù                 that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL is conducting unusually frequent audits, both random and targeted, of PERM Labor Certification applications?

¨ù                 that employers are advised to carefully monitor incoming mail for audit requests because the online PERM system does not indicate when an audit request has been sent?

¨ù                 that all audit responses must be sent to DOL within 30 days of the date of request?

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