Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the immigration-benefits component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a final regulation on “EB-5 Immigrant...more
7/31/2019
/ EB-5 ,
Economic Development ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrant Investment Visas ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Job Creation ,
Targeted Employment Area ,
USCIS
Seyfarth Synopsis: California enacted its Immigrant Worker Protection Act (IWPA) to make it more difficult for federal immigration enforcement agents to access nonpublic areas of employer worksites and private employee...more
8/9/2018
/ Business Interruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Raids ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s new law, Assembly Bill 450, signed by Governor Brown on October 5, and effective January 1, 2018, imposes several new immigration-related duties on California employers and the potential for...more
11/1/2017
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Deportation ,
E-Verify ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
FDNS ,
Foreign Workers ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Inspections ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Posting Requirements ,
Raids ,
Search & Seizure ,
Standard Operating Procedures ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unions ,
USCIS
Seyfarth Synopsis: USCIS proposes a regulation to grant special “parole” entry to certain foreign entrepreneurs backed by venture capitalists and angel investors. The rule is long and complicated, while the benefit granted...more
8/30/2016
/ Business Formation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EB-5 ,
Economic Development ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Reform ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Job Creation ,
PERM ,
Startups ,
USCIS ,
Venture Capital ,
Visas ,
Young Lawyers
U.S. employers enrolled in E-Verify -- the electronic system of employment eligibility verification -- should prepare to download and preserve all E-Verify data submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...more
U.S. employers enrolled in E-Verify -- the electronic system of employment eligibility verification -- should prepare to download and preserve all E-Verify data submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...more