Covering the U.S. Visa System

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1 Covering the U.S. Visa System January 13, 2016

2 Thank You Harnisch Foundation! For funding our Webinar equipment Knight Foundation! For its support of News University

3 Today s Presenter Brant Houston! Professor of Journalism and Knight Chair, University of Illinois! Teaches and consults on investigative and computer-assisted reporting! Former Executive Director of IRE

4 Today s Agenda How to develop story ideas on visas How to find reports and audits that will tip you off to visa issues How to find and use datasets How to find the right experts and people How to keep up with the latest issues

5 Poll What kinds of local visa stories can you do?! Human interest Immigrants in your community and their struggles! Foreign workers on visas From farm to technology! Students on visas Tuitions and scams! Investors on visas Business and scams

6 From national to regional to local Visas are always in the news

7 The fiancée visa #investigatevisas

8 Foreign workers visa #investigatevisas

9 Foreign investors visa #investigatevisas

10 The basics Understanding the system! So many visas to cover, so little time! There at least 52 major kinds of visas

11 The basics Two major categories:! Immigrant visas! Non-immigrant visas

12 The basics The Visa Directory!

13 The basics The Visa Directory: Immigrant Visas

14 The basics The Visa Directory: Nonimmigrant

15 The basics The glossary the language of visas!

16 Getting the statistics Statistics on visas!

17 Getting statistics Annual reports! Rising numbers From 7.6 million in 2011 to 10 million in 2015

18 Poll What are some of federal departments that deal with visa issues?! The State Department! Homeland Security! Labor Department! #investigatevisas

19 But there are many more agencies sites to check! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement! Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration! Congressional Research Service!

20 And more agencies sites! U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Council: Blog on immigration and visa issue! Details on the investor visa known as EB-5! Department of Labor Foreign Labor! performancedata.cfm

21 These are some of the federal departments that watchdog visas! Government Accountability Office! Office of Inspector General for State Department! Office of Inspector General for Labor! Securities and Exchange Commission! #investigatevisas

22 Documents to check Always check the Government Accountability Office for audits and reports!

23 Documents to check Always check the inspectors general reports!

24 Documents to check Check Center for Responsive Politics for lobbyists on visa legislation or U.S. Senate lobbying records and political influencer! Or! event=selectfields

25 Data to check Trac at Syracuse University Immigration data including enforcement!

26 Immigration statistics from TRAC

27 Data to check U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Council - adjustment status data! immigration-forms-data/data-set-form-i-485- application-adjustment-status Foreign Labor Certification Data Center - data on H1-B, H2-A!

28 Data to check Foreign labor performance data! performancedata.cfm U.S. Department of Labor : icert portal data on visas and jobs!

29 Data to check Foreign labor performance data

30 Poll What are kinds of human sources are there to develop?

31 Human sources! Workers and students! Government officials! Advocates and private watchdogs! Government watchdogs

32 Human sources Government officials across several agencies Nonprofits that monitor or report on issues Advocates and lawyers

33 Human sources Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Press Office! // Department of Homeland Security; Immigration and Customs Enforcement! // Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services!

34 Human sources Center for Immigration Studies! NumbersUSA! Migration Policy Institute!

35 Human sources Institute for the Study of International Migration! Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago! Pew Research Center! immigration

36 Getting out into the field Not only go to workplaces, colleges and factories but get online Social Media Feeds Blogs and Facebook Pages from advocates and critics Comments on other news stories

37 Getting out into the field Follow Twitter feeds of advocates/agencies Illinois migrant legal assistant U.S. Labor Center for Immigration U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

38 Getting out into the field Or reporters who cover these issues! k/lists/investigatevisas! (Twitter feed of fellows from our workshop) Or Facebook groups or searches for #visas

39 Getting out into the field You can glean sources from comments on stories

40 More information:

41 In Summary Visa stories are all around us Look at audits and investigations routinely Look at the data routinely to find stories Build your network of experts, advocates and visa holders Be aware of the demographic changes in your community

42 Thank You, Brant We ll be going to questions shortly We want to tell you about some other training

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46 Questions? Fire Away! Use the special Q&A pod to submit questions! Questions are not posted to the public

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