Could it really be that an employer is obligated to hire any person in the United States who has employment authorization, even if it is short-term and temporary in nature? That may very well be the case if a finding in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District Court of New York is sustained.
Immigration
Fourteen States and Four Governors Sue the President on His Immigration Executive Orders – The Battle Begins
It didn’t take long. Fourteen states and four governors, led by Texas, filed a complaint in the Federal Court in Brownsville, Texas seeking to nullify the President’s Executive Order relating to immigration. Texas has sued the Obama Administration thirty-one times. The complaint hits all the “fear” buttons. It includes a lengthy discourse on how the…
E-Verify Keeps Getting in the News – That is the Way USCIS Wants it
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is heavily invested in the success of the E-Verify program, which it sees as the core for all future employer compliance programs. “E-Verify is an internet-based system that compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security…
The President’s Immigration Announcement: One Small Step for Business, One Giant Leap for the Undocumented
While the press and the public focuses on the titanic battle between Congress and the President as to his Executive power and directives that might impact the status of millions of undocumented aliens, the business community is parsing through the series of initiatives that the President has proposed to assist in legal immigration and unfortunately,…