The INS has added additional airports and other ports of entry through which persons who are subject to special registration must depart the United States. Eligible ports of entry are the following:
Amistad Dam POE, Texas;
Alcan POE, Alaska;
Anchorage International Airport, Alaska;
Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, Georgia;
Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Maryland;
Bell Street Pier 66 (Seattle) Cruise Ship Terminal, Washington;
Bridge of the Americas POE, Texas;
Brownsville/Matamoros POE, Texas;
Buffalo Peace Bridge POE, New York;
Cape Vincent POE, New York;
Calexico POE, California;
Calais POE, Maine;
Cape Canaveral Seaport, Florida;
Chicago Midway Airport, Illinois;
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois;
Champlain POE, New York;
Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina;
Chateaugay POE, New York;
Cleveland International Airport, Ohio;
Columbus POE, New Mexico;
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas;
Del Rio International Bridge POE, Texas;
Denver International Airport, Colorado;
Derby Line POE, Vermont;
Detroit International (Ambassador) Bridge POE, Michigan;
Detroit Canada Tunnel, Michigan;
Detroit Metro Airport, Michigan;
Douglas POE, Arizona;
Eagle Pass POE, Texas;
Eastport POE, Idaho;
Fort Covington POE, New York;
Fort Duncan Bridge POE, Texas;
Galveston POE, Texas;
Grand Portage POE, Minnesota;
Guam International Airport;
Heart Island POE, New York;
Hidalgo POE, Texas;
Highgate Springs POE, Vermont;
Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii;
Honolulu Seaport, Hawaii;
Houlton POE, Maine;
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas;
Houston Seaport, Texas;
International Falls POE, Minnesota;
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York;
Ketchikan Seaport, Alaska;
Kona International Airport and Seaport, Hawaii;
Gateway to the Americas Bridge POE, Laredo, Texas;
Las Vegas (McCarran) International Airport, Nevada;
Lewiston Bridge POE, New York;
Logan International Airport, Massachusetts;
Long Beach Seaport, California;
Los Angeles International Airport, California;
Madawaska POE, Maine;
Miami International Airport, Florida;
Miami Marine Unit, Florida;
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota;
Mooers POE, New York;
Niagara Falls, Rainbow Bridge, New York;
Newark International Airport, New Jersey;
Nogales POE, Arizona;
Ogdensburg POE, New York;
Orlando, Florida;
Oroville POE, Washington;
Otay Mesa POE, California;
Pacific Highway POE, Washington;
Pembina POE, North Dakota;
Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania;
Phoenix (Sky Harbor) International Airport, Arizona;
Piegan POE, Montana;
Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania;
Point Roberts POE, Washington;
Port Everglades Seaport, Florida;
Port Arthur POE, Texas;
Port Huron POE, Michigan;
Portal POE, North Dakota;
Portland International Airport, Oregon;
Progreso Bridge POE, Texas;
Raymond POE, Montana;
Roosville POE, Montana;
Rouses Point POE, New York;
San Antonio International Airport, Texas;
San Diego (Lindbergh Field) International Airport, California;
San Diego Seaport, California;
San Francisco International Airport, California;
San Juan International Airport and Seaport, Puerto Rico;
Sanford International Airport, Florida;
Sault St. Marie POE, Michigan;
Seattle Seaport, Washington;
Seaway International Bridge/Massena POE, New York;
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington;
St. Louis International Airport (Lambert Field), Missouri;
St. Thomas Seaport, U.S. Virgin Islands;
Sweetgrass POE, Montana;
Tampa International Airport and Seaport, Florida;
Thousand Islands POE, New York;
Trout River POE, New York
Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia; and
Ysleta POE, Texas
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The American Immigration Lawyers Association is reporting that the California Service Center has sent a request for evidence in an I-129 extension application filed by an Iraqi-born Canadian asking for proof that the beneficiary had registered under the call-in special registration program.
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The INS California Service Center again is dealing with an embarrassing glitch. Recently, the CSC revealed that thousands of applications and documents were deliberately shredded by contract employees. This week the CSC sent out erroneous notices via email telling applicants that there cases were received and approved and they would be adjudicated within 15 days. The CSC is expected to send corrected notices shortly.
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The Zogby Polling organization New York's Hamilton College have released a public opinion poll showing that while many people say that immigration is good for America, the number of immigrants admitted needs to be cut. More than 1,000 people were interviewed and the poll has a margin of error of three percent. The full report can be found online at http://www.hamilton.edu/levitt/surveys/immigration/.
Among the findings are the following:
• 41% of Americans favor cutting immigration levels
• 57% believe immigrants enhance American society
• People in the South and Central states are more likely to favor cutting immigration
• 49% of Republicans would cut immigration compared to a third of Democrats
• Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the government is taking adequate steps to prevent terrorists from getting in to the country
• Most Americans think immigrants take jobs Americans do not want; only a quarter of those polled believed immigrants take jobs Americans want and only 12% were worried about an immigrant taking their job.
• 63% of the public favors barring immigrants from countries that harbor terrorists
• The younger you are and the more educated you are, the more likely you are to favor increases in immigration
• Religious Americans tend to be the toughest on immigration of people from the Middle East.
• Urban residents are much more likely than rural and small town residents to favor immigration
• The majority of Americans believe that most immigrants are in the US illegally (less than 30% are)
• The majority of Americans would feel uncomfortable if an immigrant from the Middle East moved nearby. That number dropped to 22% for Europeans, 27% for Asians and 22% for Mexicans
• Nearly three-fourths of the public would not increase refugee numbers to pre-September 11th levels.
• Over half of all Americans say immigrants should be eligible for welfare, food stamps, and medical assistance.
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A former nurse for Tyson Foods testified at the company's alien smuggling trial that the company has employed undocumented immigrant children on its processing lines in Sedalia, Missouri. One worker, according to Kelly Englert, was just nine years old. Tyson's attorneys attacked Englert's credibility asking the nurse if she was angry that her "significant other" was fired in 2001.
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The Justice Department is reported to have plans to issue new regulations which will severely restrict the ability of women fleeing trafficking, sexual slavery, honor killing, domestic violence and other gender-related human rights abuses from claiming asylum in the US. The INS would issue the rules before March 1st when the INS is officially absorbed into the US Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department loses control over the process.
