By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations’ Philadelphia field office — commonly called HSI Philadelphia — landed a former Middlesex County, New Jersey sheriff’s deputy in federal prison for 15 years, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for producing, distributing and possessing child pornography. Joshua Padilla, 37, of Eatontown, New Jersey, was also ordered to pay $15,300 in special assessments when he received the lengthy prison sentence Friday.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Deportation officers with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark field office, commonly referred to as ERO Newark, apprehended 43 noncitizens across New Jersey who were previously removed from the U.S., many of whom were charged with or convicted of various criminal offenses, during a local enforcement operation that took place between Nov. 28 and Dec. 5.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Today, USCIS released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 progress report (PDF, 1.08 MB) with new information demonstrating how it reduced backlogs in certain programs and supported humanitarian missions.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Effective Dec. 12, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to allow USCIS to automatically extend the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (commonly called Green Cards) for lawful permanent residents who have applied for naturalization.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Webster City man who ordered a pound of methamphetamine from someone he met in state prison was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison on Nov. 29 following a joint investigation involving Homeland Security Investigations, commonly called HSI.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A judge sentenced Dillon Everman, 30, to 345 months in prison for conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child (production of child pornography) following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations, commonly called HSI, and the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is announcing important filing updates for petitioners who will be requesting additional H-2B workers for fiscal year 2023 under the upcoming temporary final rule
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 21 of her colleagues in sending a letter commenting on the Biden Administration’s proposal to reinstate the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) long-standing joint-employer standard to ensure that all corporations with control over workers’ health, safety, hours, pay, and other working conditions are at the bargaining table with workers.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to news the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved relief to the Central States Pension Fund through the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program, which Senator Murray fought to establish in the American Rescue Plan.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act, legislation to provide women the support they need to access reproductive health services by providing grants to organizations, including abortion funds, to offset the cost of travel-related expenses. Senator Murray also proposed creating a historic, new federal abortion fund in the FY23 LHHS funding bill in July.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Senate floor to seek unanimous consent on a time agreement to pass their Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke on the Senate floor about the urgent need for Congress to take action on pandemic preparedness.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to clarify that victims of discrimination can seek damages for emotional harm under federal law after the Supreme Court curtailed their ability to do so in its April ruling in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) blasted the Biden administration for pushing regulations that will throttle the franchise model and undermine the path to the American Dream for many entrepreneurs.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency’s draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers and employers.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden’s Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups:
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it approved the largest multiemployer pension bailout in history:
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A bicameral comment letter, spearheaded in the House by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), was sent yesterday to National Labor Relations Board (“the Board” or NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed joint employer rule which would jeopardize businesses across the country.
