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"This document announces that pursuant to a Joint Declaration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Secretariat of Governance of the United Mexican States, CBP is expanding eligibility for participation in the Global Entry pilot to include qualified nationals of Mexico who otherwise satisfy the requirements for participation in the Global Entry pilot." FR Doc. 2010-32832 Filed 12/28/2010 at 8:45 am; Publication Date: 12/29/2010.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is undertaking an agency-wide effort to move immigration services from a paper-based model to an electronic environment. This effort is known as USCIS Transformation.
Transformation will deliver a simplified, Web-based system for benefit seekers to submit and track their applications. The new, account-based system will provide customers with improved service. It will also enhance USCIS’s ability to process cases with greater precision, security, and timeliness.
Through Transformation, USCIS is dedicated to redesigning our agency’s business processes to ensure we deliver the most effective and reliable operating model for the 21st century. We are working toward this goal with ongoing input from key stakeholders, including our customers and our federal partners.
I invite you, too, to join USCIS Transformation by visiting our Outreach Page and participating in one of our future engagement sessions. Together, we can redefine the immigration-services experience.
Thank you.
Gerri Ratliff
Chief of the Office of Transformation Coordination
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
"The plaintiffs have alleged facts sufficient to indicate that defendants Julie Myers, John Torres, Bruce Chadbourne, and Jim Martin had notice of constitutional violations under policies they created, implemented, or allowed to continue, and thus the motion to dismiss the Fourth Amendment claims against them is denied." Diaz-Bernal v. Myers, Dec. 16, 2010.
"The Obama administration has been quietly moving to resume deportations of Haitians for the first time since the earthquake last January. But in New York’s Haitian diaspora, the reaction has been far from muted, including frustration and fear among immigrants and anger from their advocates, who say that an influx of deportees will only add to the country’s woes." NYT, Dec. 19, 2010.
By providing U‐visa certifications, law enforcement officials add to their arsenal of crimefighting tools because victims feel safer coming forward to report crimes. This document provides the following background information on the U‐visa: an overview of the U‐visa and a section on law enforcement officials and the U‐visa certification. The section on law enforcement officials includes who qualifies for a U‐visa, which criminal activities are covered by the U‐visa, the application process, and other information that will assist law enforcement in their role as certifiers.
