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	<title>Thomas Esparza Jr. - Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist in Austin, TX &#187; Families</title>
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		<title>Free Citizenship Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<title>Travis County leads nation in deporting &#8216;noncriminal&#8217; immigrants, groups find</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheriff said he questions findings but will look into whether conclusions drawm from compiled data are accurate.
By Tony Plohetski
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:34 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010
Published: 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010
Undocumented immigrants with no criminal histories are being deported from Travis County at a higher percentage than any other county in the United States, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional Guidance on Surviving Widows of USC Spouses &#8211; USCIS Central</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Additional Guidance Regarding Surviving Spouses of Deceased US Citizens and their Children.
Click here to download PDF.
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		<title>Historic Passage of the Bill to End the Widow Penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently Asked Questions on the Historic Passage of the Bill to End the Widow Penalty
Congress Ends the Widow Penalty
On October 20, 2009, the Senate voted to pass the Department of Homeland Security Apporopriations Bill Conference Report that contained a provision to end the widow penalty. The House precviously voted to pass the bill. The bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status by Thomas Esparza Jr</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SECTIION 7: ::
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
In order to help certain undocumented children present in the United States obtain lawful immigration status, federal law established provisions for &#8220;Special Immigrant Juvenile&#8221; (SIJ) status. While life in the United States can be very difficult for anyone without lawful immigration status, unaccompanied juveniles are especially vulnerable. Many have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Alert from Attorney General Greg Abbott</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONSUMER ALERT
Parents Should Keep Children Away From New Video Chat Web Site Chatroulette.com
An increasingly popular Web site poses a threat to Texas children by giving users – including dangerous sex offenders – an opportunity to conduct live video chats with randomly selected participants.
Armed with only a Web camera and Internet access, www.chatroulette.com users are paired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Newsletter March 2010 #5 English and Spanish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to download newsletter in pdf version.
English &#8211; Spanish
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		<title>Immigration Services Providers in Central Texas presented by Thomas Esparza</title>
		<link>http://www.tomesparza.com/2010/02/22/immigration-services-providers-in-central-texas-presented-by-thomas-esparza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<title>Low-risk, legal immigrants being deported</title>
		<link>http://www.tomesparza.com/2010/02/19/low-risk-legal-immigrants-being-deported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travis County spent $1.3 million on inmates detained by federal program.
By Juan Castillo AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 6:22 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2010
Published: 8:21 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
A federal program to identify and deport dangerous criminal immigrants has been routinely scooping up legal and unauthorized immigrants with little or no criminal history, according to a locally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documents Reveal Earlier Immigrant Deaths</title>
		<link>http://www.tomesparza.com/2010/01/11/documents-reveal-earlier-immigrant-deaths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomesparza.com/2010/01/11/documents-reveal-earlier-immigrant-deaths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Esparza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By NINA BERNSTEIN
Published: January 9, 2010
Over the last two years, the news media and Congress have brought attention to many deaths in the immigration detention system that appear to have involved substandard medical care or abuse. But a trove of documents obtained over recent months by The New York Times and the American Civil Liberties [...]]]></description>
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