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Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, has announced a significant escalation in the administration’s interior immigration enforcement strategy to increase deportation of undocumented immigrants. The initiative...more
In a lawsuit filed by not-for-profit corporations serving Latino immigrants against the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and IRS, court filings have revealed that the IRS and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), acting...more
This Order directs the construction of temporary and permanent physical barriers at the southern border of the United States and all appropriate action to deploy permanent sufficient personnel along the southern border to...more
The initial months of President Donald Trump’s second term have seen the administration enact several significant new immigration policies that have immediate implications for employers across the United States. Understanding...more
The breakneck speed with which the new Trump administration has implemented changes to the nation’s immigration policy and various federal government agencies has certainly caused confusion for many employers. No industry has...more
President Donald Trump is just 21 days into his second term in office, but you might already be struggling to keep up with the number of changes and policy shifts coming from the new administration. While new presidents are...more
Massive policy shifts and executive action from the White House in the early days of the new Trump administration necessitate that K-12 school administrators proactively prepare for interactions with immigration authorities...more
On January 29, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which substantially widens the government’s authority with respect to immigration enforcement. The Law - The new law institutes two separate changes...more
In the hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as President, his administration started taking immediate action to reshape the country’s immigration policies – and employers need to pay attention given the impact these changes...more
With each new presidential administration, prognosticators attempt to forecast coming enforcement priorities. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is no exception, and theories abound regarding the manner...more
U.S. immigration policy and the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing migration crisis have been hot topics in the news. We break down potential considerations for employers as the pandemic-era immigration policy...more
The following are some immigration enforcement and compliance trends we are watching closely heading into the New Year—as well as some steps employers can take to stay a step ahead of these fast-moving regulatory and...more
As predicted here, the Trump Administration launched a series of not-so-surprising raids to arrest undocumented workers. As of this writing, there has not been a noticeable increase in the prosecution of employers who employ...more
On August 7, 2019, more than 600 agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided several companies across Mississippi. With the help of the local district attorney’s office, these raids resulted in the...more
Recent raids by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Mississippi are garnering national attention. The raids were conducted on the first day of school in the area, with hundreds of children coming...more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed in a news conference this week that it served more than 3,000 Notices of Inspection to businesses nationwide....more
U.S. immigration policy has changed quickly and substantially in the past two years. While a handful of policies have received the majority of media attention—such as the separation of families at the border—the Department of...more
When MoFo general counsel Doug Hendricks and associate Melissa Perez received the call in mid–December to assist a Honduran border detainee named Yeimi, who had been separated from her two daughters for two months, they were...more
Nearly 800,000 DACA recipients have been left in limbo while the federal government wrestles with their status. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was implemented in 2012 through an Obama-era Executive Order and...more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues a record-setting pace in auditing and investigating employers over worksite and I-9/E-Verify compliance concerns. Join Denver shareholder Chris Thomas as he covers the...more
Over the last several months, the immigration landscape in the U.S. has changed significantly. Consequently, the risk for employers related to hiring practices has increased. ...more
Restaurants – which historically have relied on immigrants for a large part of their labor force – have a new challenge to face when it comes to running their businesses. ...more
Understand and navigate the government’s amplified focus on undocumented workers to protect your business from escalating fines, jail time, delay damages and back-charges Originally Published on ForConstructionPros.com...more
It was unlike any courtroom I had seen before. The Immigration Judge appeared on a video screen a little blurry but larger than life. My client, an eight-year-old girl, sat next to me at a long table. This proceeding in...more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s former acting Director, Thomas Homan, indicated last fall that he wanted to quadruple worksite enforcement, and ICE is on track to do so. ICE recently announced it performed 3,510...more