Despite decisive passage of S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, on June 27, 2013 by a 68-32 vote in the Senate, recent exhortations from former President George W. Bush to “recognize the benefits immigrants make to our country” and to “keep a benevolent spirit” in the reform debate,
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Artisanal Work Visas as contemplated by the “Gang of 8”
Many employers traditionally have relied upon H-2B visa holders to augment their permanent workforce during seasonal and peak-load cycles simply because they cannot find U.S. citizen and Permanent Resident workers to handle the temporary assignments. The H-2B temporary program generally allows U.S. employers who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nonimmigrant workers to the…
Proposed Penalties for Employment Verification Related Violations
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Republican-Controlled House Expected to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill in early June
AUTHOR: Robert Neale.
As the comprehensive immigration reform bill moves from the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee to a full Senate floor debate, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to introduce its own version of a comprehensive immigration reform bill soon. Unlike the Senate bill, no details of the possible House bill have been…
Immigration Reform Bill Advances to Senate Floor
Following five days of hearings over three weeks and consideration of 300 amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 21, 2013, passed the immigration reform bill in a bipartisan 13-5 vote. Three Republican Senators, including Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and Jeff Flake (AZ) who helped draft the original bill, joined ten Democratic Senators to approve…
Comprehensive Immigration Reform and E-Verify Compliance
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…
Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in Senate
The highly anticipated immigration reform bill has been formally introduced by a bi-partisan group of Senators. The proposal for significant changes to the nation’s immigration system (consisting of almost 850 pages), the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, includes provisions for increased border security, legalization for individuals present in unlawful status,…
President Obama Lays out Plan for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
On the heels of the immigration reform plan outlined by a bipartisan Senate group earlier this week, President Obama presented his own proposal for immigration reform in Las Vegas on January 29. Although he promised reform in his first term, he believes that “now is the time.” The bipartisan support is a good sign, the…
President Obama Addresses Immigration Reform
In President Obama’s May 10th speech at Chamizal National Memorial, at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, on the need for immigration reform in the United States, he included an outline of his proposal for comprehensive immigration reform and a plea for people to voice their support.
His proposal addressed three key employment-related areas. First…