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Employers in industries traditionally vulnerable to unintentional hiring of unauthorized foreign nationals (such as in the construction, manufacturing, and hospitality industries) because of the prevalence of sophisticated fraudulent documents may get some relief from violation of law, at least as to workers who are Temporary Protected Status-eligible beneficiaries.
A federal court in Washington has ruled…
AUTHOR: Davis Bae.
The Department of State has informed the American Immigration Lawyers Association that due to increasingly heavy demand by Canada-based visa applicants, the seven U.S. visa processing posts in Canada are extremely limited in their ability to accept third-country nationals (TCNs) cases during the peak demand period of June, July, and August. This…
While Barack President Obama has delayed taking action on deportations to give House Republicans the opportunity to take action on immigration reform, it seems unlikely to happen soon.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) released a memo, dated June 6, 2014, outlining the GOP-led House’s legislative priorities for June. Among them are government funding on…
AUTHOR: Harry Joe.
An employer was not absolved of its failure to complete I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Forms for employees in a proper and timely manner and to produce them during an audit and inspection simply because it used E-verify to check the employment authorization of its employees, an administrative law judge has ruled. The…
At a recent White House law enforcement event, President Barack Obama took the opportunity to pressure Republicans in the House of Representatives to present an immigration reform bill this summer in advance of the November mid-term elections.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has made comments supportive of immigration reform and issued a “statement of principles”…
