US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) initially deployed the Status Change Report on June 20, 2025, to help certain employers identify whether any E-Verify cases were created using an Employment Authorization...more
7/23/2025
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E-Verify ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USCIS
As we have covered in prior blog posts on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as it continues to evolve, this week brings significant developments. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of TPS...more
7/11/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Honduras ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Refugees ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration
On June 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance to E-Verify employers regarding the revocation of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for individuals who entered under the...more
6/24/2025
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Cuba ,
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E-Verify ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Haiti ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela
In a 7–2 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30th (with Justices Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting), the Court granted the federal government’s request to stay the district court’s injunction that had blocked the...more
6/10/2025
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E-Verify ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Noem v National TPS Alliance ,
Noem v Svitlana Doe ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
Last week, a federal district court in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the mass termination of parole and employment authorization for beneficiaries of the Humanitarian Parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...more
4/23/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Cuba ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deportation ,
E-Verify ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Haiti ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Nicaragua ,
Parole ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela
The message for 2025 is clear: compliance is not optional, and preparation is essential. Review your policies, automate, and innovate where possible, train your staff, develop job aids, and strengthen your compliance program....more
1/22/2025
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E-Verify ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Investigations ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Popular ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
On November 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Great Dane LLC (Great Dane), a trailer manufacturing company, over allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against non-U.S....more
12/9/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Intent ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Settlement
The passage of the vaguely named “Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act” led to widespread chatter that the law possibly prohibited employers from using E-Verify unless they were explicitly required to do so under federal...more
11/7/2024
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Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illinois ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Required Forms ,
State Labor Laws ,
USCIS
USCIS’s E-Verify Disposal Announcement -
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that employers using E-Verify have until January 5, 2025, to download and retain records for cases last...more
10/15/2024
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Deadlines ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Record Retention ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
On the morning of February 14, 2024, several clients reached out after encountering issues with the photo matching tool in E-Verify. They reported discrepancies where the photos transmitted by E-Verify did not align with the...more
On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the official sunset date for COVID-19 related Form I-9 physical inspection flexibilities: July 31,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 25, ICE announced its 13th extension, this time for a six-month period (until October 31, 2022), of the I-9 compliance flexibility rules relating to Form I-9. There is no substantive change in this...more
Late in the day, on May 26, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a 90-day extension for remote Form I-9 inspection, allowing flexibilities to continue through August 31, 2021....more
On February 17, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will dispose of any E-Verify records older than 10 years on May 14, 2021. On May 19, the E-Verify Records Disposal Date was extended...more
Likely triggered by complications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic[1] and increases in processing times to replace permanent resident cards, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on January...more
With a new Administration moving into Washington D.C. amidst tension and confusion, immigration compliance remains top of mind for employers. I know that because I hear from H.R. leadership, General Counsel’s offices,...more
As employers across the country started 2021 with optimism for a better year, E-Verify was stuck in 2020, experiencing a short period of technical trouble. The site was down unexpectedly from Monday, January 5 at 1:53 PM EST...more
On September 15, 2020, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that employers have an additional 60-day extension to the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 completion. This extension relates to the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the recent Supreme Court decision, DHS continues the DACA program, but implements new guidance as it conducts a complete review of the program....more
8/28/2020
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DACA ,
Deferred Action ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Procedures ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
New Guidance ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
On August 18, 2020, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that employers have an additional 30-day extension to the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance. ...more
8/19/2020
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E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
The trend of recent months to curtail employment-based immigration, purportedly prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues unabated. On August 3, 2020 President Trump issued yet another executive order, this one...more
8/7/2020
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Memorandum of Agreement ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On June 16, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) once again announced a 30-day extension of flexibility for the remote completion of Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification), and a dispensation from the...more
6/22/2020
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
On May 14, 2020, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance, initially granted on March 20. The ICE notice extends the ability for employers...more
5/18/2020
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E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
In anticipation of the 10/21/19 version of the Form I-9 becoming mandatory for use, on May 1, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) released the new M-274, Handbook for Employers....more
Late Friday afternoon, April 3, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security began to circulate the following questions and answers in response to stakeholders queries on Form I-9 obligations in the midst of COVID-19. ...more