1. Street Law Teacher Workshop
Melanie Gurley Keeney
February 14, 2017
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2. Who are the Key Players? DHS USCIS ICE CBP
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
ICE
Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
CBP
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection

3. Department of Homeland Security
Key Agencies
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (inspects people as they enter the United States).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (benefits side of immigration).
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (border patrol, worksite enforcement).
Department of State
U.S. Consulates (responsible for stamping visas in passports).
Department of Labor
In H-1B context, employers submit Labor Condition Applications.
Handles the PERM process (one available employment based permanent residence option.

4. Immigration Basics - Terminology
Visa: obtained at U.S. Consulate. Without a visa, most foreign nationals cannot enter the United States.
Status: the type of category under which a foreign national is allowed to stay in the United States (i.e., B-1, H-1B, F-1, J-1, TN, L-1A, L-1B, LPR, etc.).
I-94: card received by non-immigrants as they enter the United States. This card indicates status (i.e., F-1, H-1B, etc.). This card also lets you know how long the foreign national may remain in the United States. New procedures coming from CBP.

5. Terminology
Non-immigrant: foreign national who does not have permanent residence (i.e. does not have a green card).
Immigrant: foreign national who has permanent residence. One can be a “green card” holder without having citizenship.
Citizen: person who was born in the United States or who naturalized as a U.S. citizen.

6. Melanie Gurley Keeney, Esq.
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