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U.S. State Department Moves to Cut Visa Wait Times

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has made it very challenging for U.S. employers in timely need of temporary foreign workers on nonimmigrant visas to run their businesses and for U.S. educational institutions seeking to educate international students and employ temporary international faculty members.


On Dec. 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of State, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, made additional efforts to reduce wait times for issuance of U.S. visas to such foreign nationals.



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ICE HSI Dallas collaboration with federal, state and city law enforcement agencies lead to dismantle

DALLAS – Twenty-nine members of a large-scale theft ring operating from northeastern Oklahoma were charged by federal and state prosecutors for their roles in an organization whose operations crossed state lines, resulting in more than $10 million in losses to retailers, announced acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Miller, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas, U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson of the Northern District Oklahoma and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor.


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Indiana man sentenced in NM to 18 years in prison for sex trafficking conspiracy, following ICE HSI

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An Indiana man was sentenced Monday in federal court to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means of force, threats, fraud and coercion and aiding and abetting.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Albuquerque special agents investigated the case with assistance from the Bernalillo (NM) County Sheriff’s Office.



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