WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sensis announced today an award by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to develop a public awareness and education initiative providing permanent residents information on tools available to help prepare for U.S. citizenship. This multiyear contract is worth approximately $2 million in Year One. “This is a global initiative as the message will be targeted to...

A survey of U.S. immigration detention facilities by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) shows that as the Obama administration detains more immigrants than ever before, many lack access to affordable legal services because they are held in remote locations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are unable to meet the staggering demand for legal assistance. The report, Isolated in Detention: Limited Access to...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that any U.S. citizen seeking to adopt a Nepali child, whose case is not affected by the suspension of processing of adoption cases involving Nepali children claimed to have been found abandoned, should file the Form I 600, Petition to Classify an Orphan as an Immediate Relative, with the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. This change in the filing location for the Form I-600 petitions applies to two groups of...

By: DOJ Eastern District of California SACRAMENTO, Calif. September 25, 2010 — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that three attorneys and their contract interpreter were sentenced to prison terms yesterday by United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr., following their conviction for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in connection with the filing of hundreds of false asylum claims.Jagprit Singh Sekhon,...

BALTIMORE - George Anagnostou, 41, of Kingsville, Md., was sentenced today to four months in prison and four months home detention with electronic monitoring, followed by two years of supervised release, for harboring for private financial gain and commercial advantage at least 24 unauthorized alien employees of Timbuktu and By the Docks restaurants. Anagnostou also forfeited a 2009 Harley Davidson, $378,386.21 from five bank accounts; $99,890 seized from the restaurants and Anagnostou's...