This interim final rule ("IFR") amends Department of Justice ("Department" or "DOJ") regulations to streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board" or "BIA") of decisions by Immigration Judges by making review of such decisions on the merits discretionary, by setting appropriate times for briefing in cases that are reviewed on the merits, and by streamlining other aspects of the appellate process to ensure timely adjudications and avoid adding to the already sizeable backlog at the Board. Additionally, the Department is making various technical and non- substantive changes to its regulations.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The final rule authorizes agencies to move policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or obstruct the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives. The rule requires agencies to establish internal policies protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices.
Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Louisville intercepted a spool of ethernet cable concealing almost seven pounds of Ketamine heading to Belgium in late January.
The shipment was manifested as, “ETHERNET CABLE.”…
STERLING, Virginia – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $119,178 in unreported currency from four international travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport since Jan. 4.On Jan. 20, CBP officers seized $20,800 from an…
LAREDO, Texas—In a 72-hour period, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at three separate ports of entry; Laredo, Eagle Pass and Hidalgo, apprehended three men wanted on outstanding felony warrants for sex-related…
Nogales, Arizona — Today in Nogales, Arizona, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that one year into Trump administration, that DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are continuing to set new records for border…
BROWNSVILLE, Texas- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Brownsville Port of Entry officers apprehended a man wanted in the Hidalgo County area on a felony warrant for a sex-related offense involving a child.“Our frontline…
STERLING, Virginia – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Salvadoran man on Sunday at Washington Dulles International Airport who attempted to flee from Montgomery County, Maryland felony child sexual abuse charges.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on a mission—and wants you to be a part of it. Every day, CBP works to protect the nation’s borders and is seeking out individuals to join its ranks. This January, that search took us to Tampa, Florida,…