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	<title>Thomas Esparza Jr. - Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist in Austin, TX &#187; Attorneys</title>
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		<title>New Asista Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers:
This edition of the ASISTA Newsletter includes a Q&#38;A with VSC from April of this year, as well as the second of a two-part article on U Visa applicants with criminal histories by ASISTA consultants Annie Benson and Jonathan Moore of the Washington Defender’s Immigration Project.
Our Updates section includes information on the two draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Updates on Filing Location Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings:
 The below messages as well as the attached may be of interest to you.  Please feel free to share with you affiliates, members, partners, associates, colleagues, and constituents.
Best regards,
Jack Jaggers &#8211; Community Engagement Officer
USCIS Texas Service Center
Dear Stakeholders –
As part of an overall effort to transition the intake of benefit forms from Service Centers to USCIS Lockbox facilities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROSELLER OSICOS NOLOS v. ERIC HOLDER JR ATTORNEY GENERAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSELLER OSICOS NOLOS, Petitioner v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., U S ATTORNEY
GENERAL, Respondent
No.â€‚08-60786
&#8211; July 09, 2010
Before JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.*
Roseller Osicos Nolos (â€œNolosâ€) petitions for review of the Board
of Immigration Appeal&#8217;s (â€œBIAâ€) decision to uphold the immigration
judge&#8217;s (â€œIJâ€) order of removal and the BIA&#8217;s subsequent denial of
his separate motions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model brief citingMatter of Silva-Trevino, with order of ij.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DM2\2053873.2
Denyse Sabagh, Esq. DETAINED
Andres C. Benach, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP
505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW
IMMIGRATION COURT
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
____________________________________
In the Matter of: )))
File No.
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RG ))
Respondent. ))
In Removal Proceedings )
____________________________________)
Immigration Judge Wayne Iskra Next Hearing: September 15, 2009 at 3:30
pm.
RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO TERMINATE
2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Filing Location for Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USCIS Update Feb. 19, 2010
Change of Filing Location for Form I-824, Application for Action on an
Approved Application or Petition
WASHINGTON &#8211; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced revised filing
instructions and addresses for applicants filing Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved
Application or Petition. The new form is dated 12/11/09. The changes are part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Criminal Alien Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration Enforcement in Travis County Texas by Andrea Guttin
Click here to download PDF
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		<title>Substance Use, Health-Related Inadmissibility and Waivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew J. Stevenson*
The apprehension in the silence on your client’s end of the phone is palpable. His
case initially seemed straightforward, even predictable, to you. But then something
unexpected happened at the medical examination.
He explains: “Well… um… the doctor really focused in on some questions when
I went in. A couple of months back, I was at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Q and A on Vaccines by Thomas Esparza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 5, 2010
Vaccination Requirements
Introduction
These Questions and Answers provide basic information about the general vaccination requirements for immigrants (including individuals seeking adjustment of status), and specifically about the assessment made by the civil surgeon to determine whether an applicant meets the vaccination requirements. These Questions and Answers do not address the vaccination assessments conducted by panel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration HIV Q and A by Thomas Esparza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Removed from CDC List of Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance
Introduction
These questions and answers only provide information about the change in law made by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that removed HIV infection from the list of communicable diseases of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matter of VELASCO, 25 I&amp;N Dec. 143 (BIA 2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(1) The voluntary departure regulations at 8 C.F.R. § 1240.26(c)(4), Nt. (2009), which took effect on January 20, 2009, and superseded Matter of Diaz-Ruacho, 24 I&#38;N Dec. 47 (BIA 2006), do not apply retroactively.
(2) Where an Immigration Judge granted voluntary departure prior to January 20, 2009, and the alien failed to timely post the voluntary [...]]]></description>
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