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USCIS Improves Delivery of Immigration Documents through Secure Mail Initiative

May 3, 2011 | In the News

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has fully implemented the Secure Mail Initiative (SMI), which uses U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to deliver certain immigration documents in a safe, secure and timely manner.

Firm’s Owner Gets Prison For Hiring Illegals

March 9, 2011 | In the News

Brownwood Furniture owner Rick Vartanian has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for hiring illegal immigrants: In November 2009, Vartanian told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that the illegal immigrants no longer worked for Brownwood Furniture, but investigators discovered 18 illegal immigrants were still working for him. Firm's owner gets prison for hiring illegals - San Jose Mercury News