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CW extension: What it does and what it doesn’t; and the H-1B prevailing wage crisis

On May 28, 2014, we received a news release from Congressman Gregorio Sablan’s office that the long awaited decision regarding the extension of the CW program has been made and that the CW-1 transition period would be extended for an additional five years, to Dec. 31, 2019. The...
Posted On Jun 17 2014 04:00
, By Maya Kara and Bruce Mailman

Widower sues US govt to obtain humanitarian parole

A Bangladeshi widower who has been living in the CNMI for 18 years now and whose U.S. citizen wife died less than three years after their marriage is now suing the U.S. government for filing a case for his deportation. Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan, through counsel Joseph E. Horey, asked...
Posted On Jun 10 2014 04:00
, By Ferdie De La Torre

US Labor chief extends CW program in the CNMI for five years

WASHINGTON—In 2008, Congress passed the Consolidated Natural Resources Act, which applies the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. To minimize potential adverse economic effects, the CNRA provides for a five-year transitional...
Posted On Jun 06 2014 04:00
, By Jun Dayao

‘Govt must get its act together’

With the Commonwealth now granted the five-year extension it has been seeking for the CW program, it should now start making an honest and serious effort to train its U.S. worker pool to eventually replace the 10,000 foreign workers come the 2019 new deadline of the program....
Posted On Jun 05 2014 04:00
, By Mark Rabago
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