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Kolken & Kolken
135 Delaware Ave., Suite 101
Buffalo, New York 14202
Phone: (716) 854-1541
Fax: (716) 854-6223
Satellite Office:
6739 Fairview Road, 2nd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
Phone: (704) 999-0751
Fax: (704) 362-1706
*Practice in North Carolina limited to U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law
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Kolken & Kolken is a full service immigration law firm, handling cases in all areas of immigration and nationality law.
We are able to represent clients located all over the world and in all 50 States.
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U.S. Immigration Publications
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 | Immigration Courts: Still A Troubled Institution |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| | | Advance Copy of CDC Notice: Medical Examination of Aliens – Removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection from List of Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance |
| Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| | | Addressing Immigration in the State Courts |
| Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| | | Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter June 22, 2009 (Vol. 4, No. 7) |
| Published Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
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U.S. Immigration Resources
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U.S. Immigration News
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| USCIS to Welcome 6,000 New Citizens During Fourth of July Celebrations |
| Published Friday, July 3, 2009 |
| "WASHINGTON––U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will commemorate America’s 233rd birthday by naturalizing more than 6,000 citizenship candidates in approximately 50 special ceremonies held across the United States and overseas. Five of these ceremonies are for members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
“There is no more important role we have as an agency than to welcome new citizens during naturalization ceremonies throughout the More>> | | | | Deportation Delayed for ‘Dream Act’ Campaign Focus |
| Published Friday, July 3, 2009 |
| "Immigration authorities have postponed for one year the deportation of Walter Lara, an immigrant from Argentina who said he had come to the United States illegally with his parents when he was 3, officials said. Mr. Lara, an honors graduate of high school and community college in Miami, was the focus of a campaign by supporters of proposed legislation known as the Dream Act, which would grant legal status to young illegal immigrants who More>> | | | | Ted Kennedy tired of Waiting for Obama to do something about immigration offers Bill to Reform Immigration |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| "Tired of waiting for the Administration, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced legislation yesterday aimed at inequities still clouding the Nation's immigration and naturalization policies.
Kennedy said the proposals cover "by far the most controversial questions" left untouched by the 1965 Immigration Act that repealed the national originas quota system.
Meanwhile, one of the most controversial features of the More>> | | | | Immigration Focus Is on the Employers |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| "The Obama administration began investigations of hundreds of businesses on Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency told Congress in an e-mail message that it had begun notifying businesses of plans to audit the documents known as I-9 forms, which employers fill out for every worker. The Department of Homeland Security More>> | | | | American Apparel says some employees may not be working legally |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| "Most companies might shy away from trumpeting their troubles with the law, but not American Apparel Inc.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles manufacturer and retailer known for its racy advertising, colorful clothes and outspoken support for immigration put out a news release to announce that the government had found that about 1,600 of its workers did not appear to be authorized to work in the U.S. About 200 more had been found to have More>> | | | | LOS ANGELES: Audits on immigrant hiring coming |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| "Federal officials on Wednesday notified more than 650 businesses around the country that their records will be audited as part of a widening crackdown on companies that hire illegal immigrants.
The number of notices issued is the largest ever in a single day and exceeds the total sent out in all of fiscal 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said."
Click here for more of this US immigration news update. | | | | Immigration crackdown goes after employers |
| Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
| "In April, the Obama administration announced new guidelines that increase the focus on employers who break the law. The guidelines represent a significant shift from the past administration’s work site enforcement strategy, which resulted in a series of high-profile raids across the country in recent years, including in Houston, but relatively few employer arrests.
Mark Krikorian, executive director for the Center for Immigration More>> | | | | More>> | | |
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