SEVERAL IMPORTANT IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS EXTENDED:
Obama Signs FY10 DHS Spending Bill; Four Immigration-Related Programs Extended through 2012.
On October 28th, 2009, President Obama signed into law the FY10 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (P.L.111-83).
The new Law extends the non-minister religious worker (section 568), the “Conrad 30″ (section 568), the EB-5 visa (section 548), and the E-Verify (section 547) programs through September 30, 2012.
The Law also includes statutory authority for CIS to complete the processing of permanent residence applications for surviving spouses and other relatives of immigration sponsors who die during the adjudication process (section 568).