Federal News Service, September 20, 2007, Thursday

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September 20, 2007, Thursday

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SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARING

HEADLINE: HEARING OF THE IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, REFUGEES, BORDER SECURITY, AND IN-TERNATIONAL LAW SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; SUBJECT: USCIS FEE INCREASE RULE; CHAIRED BY: REP. ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA) WITNESSES PANEL I: JONATHAN SCHARFEN, DEPUTY DI-RECTOR, UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; PANEL II: ARTURO VARGAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFI-CIALS (NALEO); BILL YATES, EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT, BORDER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RHADAMES RIVERA, VICE PRESIDENT, 1199, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION UNITED HEALTH CARE EAST;
LOCATION: 2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.

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HEARING OF THE IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, REFUGEES, BORDER SECURITY, AND INTERNA-TIONAL LAW SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE SUBJECT: USCIS FEE IN-CREASE RULE CHAIRED BY: REP. ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA) WITNESSES PANEL I: JONATHAN SCHARFEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; PANEL II: ARTURO VARGAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ELECTED
AND AP-POINTED OFFICIALS (NALEO); BILL YATES, EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT, BORDER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RHADAMES RIVERA, VICE PRESIDENT, 1199,
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION UNITED HEALTH CARE EAST LOCATION: 2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASH-INGTON, D.C. TIME: 10:00 A.M. EDT DATE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2007


And finally, I'd like to extend a warm welcome Rhadames Rivera, the Vice President of 1199, the Service Employ-ees International Union United Health Care East. Mr. Rivera has served as vice president of the union, based in New York City since 2000.

And prior to working with SEIU, Mr. Rivera coordinated housing and organized the networks for the Urban Home-steading Assistance Board in New York; taught as a training director and researcher in several schools in Santa Do-mingo, Dominican Republic; and worked as a counselor and job development specialist at the Cardinal Cushing Center in Boston.

He studied at Cornell University's School of Labor Relations Leadership Institute as well as the Northeast Broad-casting School in Boston, and earned his degree in social work from the University of Puerto Rico.


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