The Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audits with the DHS Office of the Inspector General, Mark Bell, has made three recommendations for improving ICE’s implementation of its worksite enforcement strategy based on an audit of the agency (www.oig.dhs.gov). ICE is the DHS agency responsible for implementing the nation’s worksite enforcement strategy and protecting
February 2014
Federal Court Upholds Validity of 2011 H-2B Prevailing Wage
By Otieno B. Ombok on
Posted in US Immigration
The Temporary Non-agricultural Employment 2011 H-2B Wage Rule for calculating the prevailing wage rates (“Rule”) has cleared one of the last hurdles to implementation by the U.S. Department of Labor, with a ruling by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia upholding the regulation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held on February…
DOS Issues Final Rule for Mexican Citizens Applying for TN Visa Classification
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in US Immigration
On February 10, 2014, the Department of State finalized its regulation removing the requirement that Mexican citizens submit a TN petition with and obtain an approved TN petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when seeking visa classification under the TN visa category. Under the final rule, Mexican citizens may apply for a TN…