Insight, News, and Strategy on Immigration Matters Around the World
AUTHOR: Rebecca Massiatte.
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On July 1, 2013, USCIS announced its latest “customer service enhancement” to E-Verify. If an employee voluntarily provides his or her email address on the Form I-9, E-Verify will notify the employee directly of a Tentative Non- Confirmation (TNC) at the same time it notifies the employer. Given that E-Verify monitors how an employer…
AUTHOR: Melina V. Villalobos.
As we previously blogged about on April 17th, a comprehensive immigration reform bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. While many critics have focused on the new pathways for legal migration to the U.S. contained in the 850-page bill…
President Barack Obama has identified immigration reform as the number one item on his domestic policy agenda. On February 5, the new Congress held its first hearing on overhauling immigration laws. The administration and legislature seem primed for action.
At the February 5th House Judiciary Committee hearing, the new House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Bob Goodlatte…
The Center for Immigration Studies has published a detailed analysis of state-level E-Verify policies. Sixteen states require E-Verify in some form. According to the CIS report, South Carolina’s audit process has been the most robust, making the compliance rate with its law high and more effective than laws in states that do not have an…
As more and more states pass legislation mandating use of E-Verify, a federal E-Verify mandate seems inevitable. Recently, Representative Lamar Smith introduced the first attempt at such a federal mandate, the Legal Workforce Act.
The Legal Workforce Act would preempt existing state E-Verify laws and repeal the current paper Form I-9 system, replacing it with…
With employers’ increased use of electronic Forms I-9 and more states mandating use of E-Verify, a number of electronic I-9 and E-Verify vendors are offering services to help employers with these demands. However, difficulty can arise for employers if the ownership of data and the terms of that ownership are not clear, as illustrated by…
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office has announced it will notify 1,000 employers across the country the agency will audit their hiring records to determine compliance with employment eligibility verification laws. These Notices of Inspection (NOIs) often request not only I-9 documentation, but payroll records, copies of immigration filings, copies…
Fulfilling a campaign promise, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has sign into law a sweeping immigration bill that will affect companies in Georgia that employ more than 10 full-time employees. The law, HB87, requires companies to register with the federal E-Verify program and check the legal status of new hires. It also creates the offense of…
Becoming the latest state to mandate E-Verify usage, Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Virginia state government agencies will be required to utilize the online system for new hires effective July 1, 2011, in order to determine the employment eligibility of new hires.
Virginia had already passed a law in 2010 (H.B. 737) requiring state executive…
