As we have all seen in the news, employers everywhere, and especially in California, are experiencing a marked uptick in workplace immigration enforcement activity. ICE audits and unannounced raids can occur without warning,...more
6/20/2025
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The ever-changing landscape of employment-based immigration continues to pose challenges for U.S. employers. With increased scrutiny on foreign national workers, compliance audits, and evolving nonimmigrant visa policies,...more
3/5/2025
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Work Visas
In early 2020, Alco Harvesting, LLC hired Jesus Guzman, a citizen of Mexico, to perform agricultural work in Santa Maria under the H-2A visa program. The H-2A visa program allows employers to hire foreign nationals to engage...more
12/1/2023
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On July 24, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that allows E-Verify employers to remotely verify the I-9 documents of newly hired employees after July 31, 2023, the...more
7/26/2023
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On May 5, 2023, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the sunset of the pandemic provision allowing employers to review I-9 employment verification documents remotely. On July 31, 2023, employers must return to the...more
5/16/2023
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USCIS
This week, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a policy change that allows employers to accept a receipt notice for a naturalization application along with an expired Permanent Resident Card (a/k/a Green...more
12/12/2022
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Green Cards ,
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Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Residency Status ,
USCIS
In 1986, the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) was amended to require all employers to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired workers. The regulations interpreting the INA require employers to physically...more
10/27/2022
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Foreign Workers ,
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The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced the end of a COVID-19 related temporary policy change regarding acceptable documents during the I-9 process for administration of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s...more
3/22/2022
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