New Form I-9 Rule Takes Effect May 16
A new final rule on verifying employment eligibility through the Form I-9 process has been adopted and is to take effect May 16. Identical to an interim rule that has been in effect since April 3,...
View ArticleGeorgia Governor Set to Sign Aggressive Immigration Law
By Geetha Adinata, Ford & Harrison LLP Another domino has fallen in the changing landscape of immigration law. Following in the footsteps of states such as Arizona, Georgia has passed legislation...
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Supreme Court: Arizona Immigration Law That Targets Businesses Is Valid
Thursday, May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act (Act), an Arizona employment law that allows the state to sanction employers that knowingly or intentionally employ...
View ArticleSummer Will Be Sweltering for 1,000 Employers Caught in Latest ICE Crackdown
Temperatures aren’t the only things heating up this week. On Wednesday, June 15, the Obama administration shifted the ever-intensifying immigration dialogue back to federal turf when U.S. Immigration...
View ArticleArizona Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Review S.B. 1070
By Dinita L. James Following through on the strategy announced in April, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer filed a petition yesterday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court decisions...
View ArticleNew E-Verify Requirements Going into Effect in North Carolina
By Richard L. Rainey A new North Carolina state law soon will require use of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) E-Verify system to check if workers are legally entitled to work in...
View ArticleParts of Alabama Immigration Law Blocked — At Least Temporarily
Alabama employers may see some relief in a federal judge’s opinion on the state’s tough new immigration law even though most of the law was allowed to stand. Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace...
View ArticleJanuary 1 marks major deadline for North Carolina E-Verify law
by Richard L. Rainey North Carolina’s law requiring employers and local governments to use the federal E-Verify system when hiring new employees is taking effect in phases. January 1 is the next...
View ArticleH-1B visa deadline looms
by Elaine Young Employers wanting to hire foreign workers through the H-1B visa program need to be ready to file petitions with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on April 1. U.S....
View ArticleH-1B visa cap met in first week
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it reached the statutory H-1B visa cap of 65,000 for fiscal year 2014 during the first week of the filing period. This is the first...
View ArticleGeorgia employers face July 1 E-Verify mandate
by Geetha Adinata Yet another domino has fallen in the changing landscape of Georgia immigration law. Beginning today, all Georgia employers with more than 10 employees (as of January 1, 2013) must use...
View ArticleEmployers await effects of Executive Order on immigration
While political wrangling over President Barack Obama’s newest Executive Order rages, employers need to understand the impact the immigration order will have on their workplaces. Obama announced what...
View ArticleNew California law on immigrant discrimination takes effect January 1
by Alka Ramchandani A new California law taking effect January 1 clarifies a previous law prohibiting immigrant-related discrimination. Last year, a law creating California Labor Code Section 1019 was...
View ArticleSpouses of certain H-1B visa workers now eligible for employment authorization
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published final regulations that will extend employment authorization eligibility to spouses of certain nonimmigrant workers who are in the United States...
View ArticleAppeals court keeps hold on Obama’s immigration orders
No quick resolution is in sight to the uncertainty surrounding President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. On May 26, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused...
View ArticleEmployers should continue using expired Form I-9 until new version is available
The current revision of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9 expired March 31. However, USCIS has instructed employers to continue using this version of the form until a new...
View ArticleNew rule extends employment term for international STEM students
by Elaine Young The rules affecting how long international students in certain fields can work in the United States without changing their visa status will change on May 10. Currently, when...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling allows ‘travel ban’ Executive Order to take limited effect
On June 26, the last day of the current term, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine whether the “travel ban” Executive Order’s (EO) focus on primarily Muslim countries violates the First Amendment...
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New immigration bill called radical and not proemployment
The new immigration bill President Donald Trump touts as a way to “restore our competitive edge in the 21st century” calls for cutting immigration levels in half over a decade and creating a...
View ArticleSuit filed over Trump’s phaseout of DACA: what employers should know
On September 5, President Donald Trump announced that the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will be phased out over the next six months. In response, 11 states and the...
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