DHS Funding: When Push Comes to Shove

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Blog
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Many employees and agents with ICE, a DHS subsidiary, would have experienced long-term furlough had DHS funding not been approved. Throughout the past week, a rather unfortunate saga had played out in Washington regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The battle centered on the House of Representatives, where…
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Top Ten Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrants

George P Mann
Blog
The consumer economy in the United States is characterized by branding, and if your company is good enough at branding and selling its product, your company will not only become a household name, but synonymous with a particular product. Pfizer is synonymous with drugs and pharmaceuticals. Proctor and Gamble is responsible for the production of…
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Asylum and Withholding of Removal Report:  New BIA Decisions on “Particular Social Group” Claims

George P Mann
Blog, Immigration Updates
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This month, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) published Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I&N DEC. 227 (BIA 2014) and Matter of W-G-R-, 26 I&N DEC. 208 (BIA 2014), both of which consider the eligibility of asylum and withholding of removal protection in the United States in the context of membership in a “particular social group.” Respondents…
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