Posts Tagged ‘FY2011’
ICE Announces FY2011 Removal Statistics
Today U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced its FY2011 year-end statistics regarding deportation and removal. In FY2011, ICE removed 396,906 foreign nationals from the U.S. Of those, 216,698 were convicted of felonies or misdemeanors, including 1119 convicted of homicide, 5,848 convicted of sexual offenses, 44,653 convicted of drug-related crimes, and 35,927 convicted of a DUI (driving under the influence). More than two-thirds of the remaining removals involved individuals who had recently crossed the border or repeat immigration violators. The overall number of foreign nationals removed in FY2011 was the highest in the agency’s history.
Tags: deportation, FY2011, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, removal
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H-1B’s Still in a Slow Crawl
On July 20, 2010, the USCIS updated the H-1B cap count for fiscal year 2011. To date, the USCIS has received 25,300 regular petitions and 11,000 U.S. Master’s cap petitions. The regular cap is available to those with a Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign) or equivalent experience or foreign Master’s or higher degree. The U.S. Master’s cap is available to individuals with a Master’s or higher degree from a U.S. academic institution. Please note that all H-1B positions must have job duties so complex that they cannot be performed without a Bachelor’s or higher degree.
The regular cap has 65,000 slots available and the U.S. Master’s cap has 20,000. As you can see, there are still many slots left for this fiscal year. Please contact our San Francisco immigration law office if you’d like to pursue H-1B status.
Tags: FY2011, H-1B, Master's cap, quota, regular cap
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