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Issue Briefs and Other Resources

NILC Comments on Docket Number DHS-2009-0013 Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-009 Compliance Tracking and Monitoring System (CTMS) Notice (comments submitted 6/22/09)

NILC Comments on Docket Number DHS-2009-0015 Privacy Act of 1974: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-009 Compliance Tracking and Monitoring System (CTMS) System of Record Notice (comments submitted 6/22/09)

System of Records Notice (SORN); Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE); E-Verify.  In its SORN (73 FR 75445-52 (Dec. 11, 2008)), DHS announces (1) “the expansion of the scope of [SAVE] to include verification of citizenship and immigration status for any lawful purpose, not just for government benefit granting purposes as described in previous [Privacy Impact Assessments],” and (2) “the expansion of the scope of E-Verify to indicate that it is no longer solely voluntary in some cases and no longer solely for new employees.”  NILC opposes these expansions (see comments submitted on 1/12/09 to the Dept. of Homeland Security chief privacy officer).

DHS Issues Final Rule Subjecting Lawful Permanent Residents to US-VISIT Requirements (AILA, 12/18/08)

• FINAL RULE: 73 FR 77473-91 (Dec. 19, 2008). 

Freedom of Information Act: OPEN Government Act Restores Promise of FOIA (James C. Ho, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 12/31/07)

Administration Announces Harsh New Immigration Measures (article) and List of announced measures: "Improving Border Security and Immigration Within Existing Law" (Depts. of Homeland Security & Commerce, 8/10/07)

Official Crime Information Should Be Accurate (PDF) – In her opinion essay published in The Miami Herald (4/28/03), NILC policy attorney Joan Friedland discusses the U.S. Justice Dept.'s information problem.
 

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