IMMIGRATION FORUM: TRAVELERS FROM VWP COUNTRIES TO THE U.S.

IMMIGRATION FORUM: TRAVELERS FROM VWP COUNTRIES TO THE U.S.: "On August 6, 2010, DHS announced that citizens from the Waiver Program member countries start on September 8, 2010 will be required to pay a..."

TRAVELERS FROM VWP COUNTRIES TO THE U.S.

On August 6, 2010, DHS announced that citizens from the Waiver Program member countries start on September 8, 2010 will be required to pay a registration operational and travel promotion fees of $4.00 when applying for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA).

On March 4, 2010, President Obama signed the Travel Authorization Program (TPA) into law. The TPA will create a partnership between the U.S. government and the private sector to market the United States as a travel destination for international visitors. Fees $10.00 collected from international travelers from Visa Waiver Program ("VWP") countries, matches by private sector contributions, will fund the Corporation for Travel Promotions.

The total new fee that will be charged to travelers from VWP countries is $14.00

Why do VWP countries have to fund this travel promotion program through ESTA fees?

Some countries fund tourism promotion through airline or hotel taxes. The Travel Promotion Act legislation specified that the U.S. government fund this program through a $10 fee added to ESTA registration. Read more at Department of State (DOS) website a cable (No. 00025644) which was recently released to the public.

IMMIGRATION FORUM: THE LAW OF CITIZENSHIP

IMMIGRATION FORUM: THE LAW OF CITIZENSHIP: "You probably have not thought about citizenship until recently. Citizenship is a crucial part of the immigration law, and is at the heart o..."

IMMIGRATION FORUM: BORDER SECURITY FUNDING BILL

IMMIGRATION FORUM: BORDER SECURITY FUNDING BILL: "On September 13, 2010, President Obama signed the Border Security Funding Bill which adds $600 million to put more agents and equipments al..."

BORDER SECURITY FUNDING BILL

On September 13, 2010, President Obama signed the Border Security Funding Bill which adds $600 million to put more agents and equipments along the Mexican border. The Bill will fund the hiring of 1,000 new Border Patrol agents to be deployed at critical areas along the border, 250 more immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and 250 more Customs and Border Protection officers. It is a start to stopping the flow of illegal immigrants along the Southwest border and to help the Arizona communities.

THE LAW OF CITIZENSHIP

You probably have not thought about citizenship until recently. Citizenship is a crucial part of the immigration law, and is at the heart of immigration crisis today.
On March 26, 1790, Congress passed the nation's first citizenship statute. Since then this area of law has changed dramatically. Today numerous paths to United States citizenship are available: citizenship acquired at birth also know as jus soli; and citizenship acquired at some later time.

Throughout the world, two principles have accorded citizenship at the moment of birth. They are: jus soli and jus sanguinis. This blog's focus is on jus soli.

Jus soli is literally "right of land". Traditionally associated with the English common law and historically rooted in feudalism, the jus soli generally confers a nation's citizenship on persons born within that nation's territory.

Just sanguinis is associated with European and other civil law systems and generally bestows a nation's citizenhip on the children of its existing citizens, regardless of where the children were born.

Some politicians are campaigning to amend the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says in Section 1, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside." These politicians want to change the U.S. Constitution to prevent undocumented mothers to give birth to their children --derogatorily referred to as "anchor babies-- in the land.

In emotional terms, citizenship means different things to different people. For many, citizenship is an element of personal identity, a link either between self and nation or between self and other individuals. The strength and meanings of those bonds vary with the values and experiences of the individual and with the history and culture of the particular nation.

From the legal standing point, citizenhip carries with it a number of specific rights that aliens do not have, such as freedom from the immigration laws.

It is obvious that altering our U.S. Constitution and our citizenship policy would not solve our illegal immigration crisis.

63 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives arrested in ICE enforcement surge

63 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives arrested in ICE enforcement surge

ICE deports international fugitive to Brazil

ICE deports international fugitive to Brazil

Arizona's Immigration Law

Federal judge, Susan Bolton, blocked the most controversial section of the Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect, handling a major victory to opponents of the legislation. The law still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other other laws. The Judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrant s to carry their papers at all the times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places. Thos sections will be on hold until the courts resolve the issue. Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc-na