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REQUEST A SPEAKER.
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair
Employment Practices seeks opportunities to communicate with
employers, workers, advocates, and the public about its programs
and services. Speakers are available nationwide for groups
of 50 or more attendees for public affairs events, conferences,
class seminars, and workshops. To request a speaker, please
call OSC's Public Affairs staff at (202) 305-1740 or fax your
request to (202) 616-5509.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON PREVENTION
OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED JOB DISCRIMINATION.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced
the award of nearly $725,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit groups
serving communities throughout the country to conduct public
education programs for workers and employers about immigration-related
job discrimination. (Read
more)
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary
immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated
countries (or parts thereof). In 1990, as part of the Immigration
Act of 1990 ("IMMACT"), P.L. 101-649, Congress established
a procedure by which the Attorney General may provide TPS
to aliens in the United States who are temporarily unable
to safely return to their home country because of ongoing
armed conflict, the temporary effects of an environmental
disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
Developments regarding
work authorization for TPS recipients.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
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NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS GRANTED IMMIGRATION BENEFITS BY EOIR.
If you have been granted Lawful Permanent Resident or Asylum
status during proceedings before an Immigration Judge or the
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and you have not yet received
documentation of your status, please schedule an appointment
with your local USCIS office to get that documentation.
If you need more information about a case currently before an
Immigration Judge or BIA, please contact EOIR.
WORK AUTHORIZATION AUTOMATIC FOR ASYLEES. March 10, 2003,
the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that
it concurs with a June 2002 opinion that asylees/refugees are
authorized to work whether or not they have INS-issued work
authorization documents. Details. |
The 20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition of
