In recent months, we have seen a rise in charges filed with the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) and announcements from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
7/24/2025
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Bias ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Visas
Another potential government shutdown may be on the horizon, as we await updates on the progress of the latest funding bill. Although already passed in the House of Representatives, an extension to continue funding the...more
3/13/2025
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
EB-5 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
PERM ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
If you have been following immigration news and are wondering how changes in Washington might affect your workforce, you are not alone. Senate Joint Resolution 8 (S.J. Res. 8) in the 119th Congress aims to undo a USCIS...more
2/6/2025
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Time Extensions ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Following a six year investigation, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit issued a statement confirming a guilty plea on September 28, 2017 by Asplundh Tree Experts,...more
10/25/2017
/ Audits ,
Buy America ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Domestic Hiring Policy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Workers ,
Forfeiture ,
Form I-9 ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illegal Conduct ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) ,
Policy Violations ,
Raids ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Visas