Immigrant Father of U.S. Marine Faces Deportation

The Washington Post published a story today on the possible deportation of an illegal immigrant father of a Marine in Kentucky. Juan Andres, a citizen of Guatemala, came to the U.S. as a teenager; he is now 41. Mr. Andres has five U.S. Citizen children, one of which is a Marine awaiting deployment to Afghanistan.

On December 9th of this year Mr. Andres was arrested after accompanying a friend to an immigration office in Louisville, Kentucky to act as a translator. An official in the office suspected Mr. Andres was not in legal status and he was arrested.

According to the immigration attorney of Mr. Andres, they are asking that his case go before an immigration judge. If he is granted a hearing, Mr. Andres will be seeking ten year cancellation of removal, in an attempt to become a permanent resident. Mr. Andres is currently in immigration custody awaiting a hearing.

To read the full story, please click http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123002115.html

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USCIS Travel to Sea to Welcome New Citizens

On October 9, 2010, the Deputy Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bangkok District Office, Stacy Strong, traveled out to sea on board the USS George Washington Navy aircraft carrier to provide immigration training to the crew and to direct a naturalization ceremony for 22 sailors from nine different countries.

Two days before the actual ceremony, Strong and another USCIS officer boarded the ship in order to interview the citizenship candidates and administer the naturalization test. They also conducted immigration training and outreach to the ship’s legal staff and crew. During the officers’ stay, other sailors aboard the aircraft carrier learned that USCIS expedite naturalization applications for members of the military and they began working with the legal staff to start the naturalization process.

For more information on immigration services and benefits for members of the U.S. armed forces and their families, please visit http://www.uscis.gov/military.

To read the complete article on USCIS’ trip to sea, please visit http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=4e800d1fd9bab210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

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