http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk A US Immigration Law Firm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:09:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Detroit a USCIS immigration official was indicted for accepting bribes from illegal immigrants to help keep them from deportation.  Roy Bailey (suspended acting field director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is said to have accepted bribes from a Detroit immigration attorney and from two restaurant ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/detroit-uscis-immigration-official-indicted/ A Guatemalan immigrant who spent the last 11 years working in the US has had his money confiscated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services after he was stopped in customs trying to return to Guatemala. Pedro Zapeta, who entered the US illegally, worked as a dishwasher in ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/pedro-zapeta-immigration/ The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the new 100 questions and answers that will comprise the civics component of the new naturalization test. The questions are based on fundamental concepts of American democracy. This new test will be administered to citizenship applicants beginning October 2008.  Current applicants ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/new-naturalization-test/ The US State Department is urging potential applicants 2009 Diversity Visa Lottery to register as early as possible due to the danger of system slowdown as a result of excessive demand. The 2009 Diversity Visa Lottery will begin on October 03 2007 and end on December 02 2007. People ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/diversity-visa-lottery-us/ Q: Can I live outside the US and keep my green card? Can I renew if my green card status is taken away? A: Green cards are for people who can genuinely prove that they are permanently residing in the US. A green card is ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/green-card-overseas/ According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, an official government program meant to diversify US immigration may be a loophole for potential terrorists to gain entry into the US. The 'Diversity Visa' (also known as the 'Green Card Lottery') allows a number of immigrants from specific ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/us-diversity-lottery-visa/ A former military officer in the Argentine army has been given a six-month prison sentence in the US for visa fraud. Despite having been held on torture charges in the 1980's, 59-year-old Ernesto Barreiro stated on his 2003 US visa application that he had never been detained for ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/argentine-officer-visa-fraud/ Hollywood filmmaker Ron Maxwell is set to make a new documentary about immigration in the United States. The "Gods and Generals" director's new project is scheduled for release in December, and will focus on how, according to Maxwell, US immigration is controlled by the corporate, political and intellectual elite ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/maxwell-immigration/ Over 1000 legal immigrants staged a protest on Tuesday (18SEP07) at the Capitol to raise awareness on the long waiting times immigrants must currently endure to receive their Green Cards. The immigrants (who were dressed in t-shirts with American flags on them and carrying placards) included doctors, medical technicians ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/legal-immigrants-green-card/ 158 immigrant groups in the US are staging a boycott against Western Union, accusing the company of charging their customers extortionate fees and exchange rates. The boycott began last week in California and will go nationwide slated for nationwide on Monday - the immigrant groups are demanding that Western ... http://www.breakthroughusa.co.uk/immigrants-western-union/