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TRIP is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs—like airports and train stations—or crossing U.S. borders, including: watch list issues, screening problems at ports of entry, situations where travelers believe they have been unfairly or incorrectly delayed, denied boarding or identified for additional screening at the U.S. transportation hubs.

Information and data on unemployment, inflation & prices, productivity, pay & benefits, employment, international, work place injuries, and spending & time use.

Specifically, USCIS guarantees15 calendar day processing to those petitioners or applicants who choose to use this service or USCIS will refund the Premium Processing Service fee. If the fee is refunded, the relating case will continue to receive expedited processing.

Information about how, who and where to request premium processing, related forms, and additional guidance.

Information about asylum, refugee, who is eligible, determinations, related forms, where and how to apply, etc.

Information about civil surgeons, their location, and related links to Vaccination Requirements, Civil Surgeon Letter: 2010 Update to Technical Instructions and Form I-693, Civil Surgeon Letter: HIV and Vaccination Update, Civil Surgeon Letter: Changes to TB Testing Requirements, Changes to the Vaccination Requirements for Purposes of Adjustment of Status and the Completion of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, Immigration Medical Examinations, and Find a Medical Doctor.

Related forms to Green Card-Based, Citizenship and Naturalization-Based, Employment-Based, Family-Based, Adoptions-Based, and Humanitarian Benefits-Based Forms, as well as Check Filing Fees, Fingerprints, Paperwork Reduction Act, and latest forms updates.

Includes the February 2016 list of revisions

Formed in 2003 as part of the federal government's response to the 9/11 attacks, ICE's mission is to protect the security of the American people and homeland by vigilantly enforcing the nation's immigration and customs laws.

Information about the agency, its programs, fact sheet, list of the most wanted, careers, contact information, detainee information, and students/exchange visitors information.

Information about the service, what is new, information for students and for schools, contact information, SEVIS I-901 fee, and operating instructions.

Information About:
Your number & card, Workers, Employers, Students, Refugees & asylees, Other Agencies, SSNs for Noncitizens, Temporary Extension of SSI Benefits for Some Noncitizens.

Information about current and historical definitions.

The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. The general concept of a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is that of a core area containing a substantial population nucleus, together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. Currently defined metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas are based on application of 2000 standards [ PDF | Plain text ] (which appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2000) to 2000 decennial census data. Current metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area definitions were announced by OMB effective June 6, 2003.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) was created on January 9, 1983, through an internal Department of Justice (DOJ) reorganization which combined the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) with the Immigration Judge function previously performed by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (now part of the Department of Homeland Security). Besides establishing EOIR as a separate agency within DOJ, this reorganization made the Immigration Courts independent of INS, the agency charged with enforcement of Federal immigration laws. The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) was added in 1987.
Provides background information, organizational breakdown and information, EOIR legal orientation & pro bono program, immigration courts nationwide, statistics and publication, contact information, responsibilities, news, FOIA information, EOIR forms, virtual law library, and employment opportunities.

The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer has jurisdiction over three types of cases arising under the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended (INA), including those involving allegations of: (1) knowingly hiring, recruiting or referring for a fee or the continued employment of unauthorized aliens and failure to comply with employment verification requirements in violation of section 274A (PDF) of the INA (employer sanctions); (2) immigration-related unfair employment practices in violation of section 274B (PDF) of the INA; and (3) immigration-related document fraud in violation of section 274C (PDF) of the INA.

This statute prohibits discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruitment or referral for a fee that is based on an individual's national origin or citizenship status. The statute also prohibits unfair documentary practices during the employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) process (document abuse), and retaliation or intimidation.

To provide protection, ease suffering, and resolve the plight of persecuted and uprooted people around the world on behalf of the American people by providing life-sustaining assistance, working through multilateral systems to build global partnerships, promoting best practices in humanitarian response, and ensuring that humanitarian principles are thoroughly integrated into U.S. foreign and national security policy.