As we reported yesterday, USCIS did announce a news release today at 1PM Eastern Time, through a telephone conference regarding the implementation details of the “Border Security Act” or the H.R. 6080, now known as Public Law 111-230, and the following is the gist of the relevant points:

USCIS just released a new update on the FY 2011 H-1B Quota usage and based on the official count, as of Aug. 13, 2010, out of the total annual quota of 65,000, only 29,700 cap subject new H-1B petitions were receipted.  Also, under the separate 20,000 annual quota for the advanced degree holders, only 12,300 cap subject new H-1B petitions claiming the advanced degree exemption as of the same cut-off date of Aug. 13, 2010.

President Obama signed Bill H.R. 6080 into law (Public Law 111-230) on August 13, 2010 and this H.R. 6080 is now also known as the new "Border Security Act" which allocated increased funding to various government agencies to help secure our border. Under Title IV of the Act, some new filing fee hikes are also authorized for certain H and L visa petitions, as additional measures to raise money.

The Obama administration said recently that the government is “on track” to deport a record number of illegal aliens this fiscal year, 400,000 of them.  The number for the last year's removal of such illegal immigrants was close to 390,000.