Voices for Civil Dialogue

USCIS continues to streamline its processing of applications and petitions with the recent change in filing locations for several forms.

The following forms should be mailed to USCIS lockbox facilities rather than directly to USCIS Service Centers:

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Selectee letters for the DV-2011 green card lottery have all been mailed out, and all applicants can now confirm their entry status through the E-DV website. A question related to the selection and notification process has been popping up a lot this week:

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Over 12.1 million qualified entries were received in the DV-2011 lottery; a slight drop from the over 13.6 million qualified entries received during last year's DV-2010 lottery.

Following are the complete DV-2011 results from the Department of State:

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La pregunta oculta en las palabras del cónsul Ortiz es evidente: ¿cómo es posible que siga pasando algo que conocen los alcaldes, los países de origen, los medios de comunicación, el Estado mexicano y hasta el gobierno de Estados Unidos?

In a memorable performance this week, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer refused to defend previously made anti-immigrant statements regarding undocumented immigrants and beheadings during a gubernatorial debate with Attorney General and Democratic candidate, Terry Goddard. While...

Today, the Department of Justice filed suit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for his refusal to hand over documents in an ongoing federal investigation into allegations of discriminatory practices based on a person’s national...

A common refrain among anti-immigrant activists is that today’s immigrants just aren’t “assimilating” into U.S. society like the immigrants of earlier eras. However, as a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) points...

During the spring and summer of 2010, America’s broken immigration system erupted into national news headlines as a result of the passage in Arizona of a sweeping anti-immigrant law (SB 1070), growing...

An oft-repeated claim in the debate over Arizona’s harsh anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, is that tough immigration-enforcement measures are needed to prevent violent crime from engulfing the state.  In particular, supporters of...

Arizona politicians who support the state’s sweeping anti-immigrant law (SB 1070) are not particularly fond of facts.  For instance, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) has made all manner of ludicrous statements...