Here is a wake-up call for employers thinking about shoring up their immigration compliance process as a New Year’s resolution. U.S. Immigration...
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The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly doubled the number of audits that it conducted during the entire 2017 fiscal...
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A new California law imposes new and different obligations on California public and private employers for immigration worksite visits, activities...
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A Form I-9 Audit begins when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) serves a Notice of Inspection to a company representative requesting a...
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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf recently alerted the city that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents soon would be conducting workplace...
MoreICE to Employers: Expect More Form I9 Audits, Arrests and Outreach
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted workplace raids on 77 businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento and San Jose in February...
MoreImmigration Officials Raid 77 Northern California Businesses This Week
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently reported that, between Jan. 29 and Jan. 31, 77 Northern California businesses were raised...
MoreRep. Lamar Smith Introduced Mandatory E-Verify Bill
Rep. Lamar Smith reintroduced the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 3711, a bill that would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years. Smith...
MoreStuffing I-9 Drawer Won’t Make Problems Go Away
Employer DLS Precision Fab was appealing a $305,050 penalty for more than 500 immigration law violations when they attempted to argue that it had...
MoreNew I-9 Form Released
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification...
MoreWhen ICE Agents Show Up at Work, What Should the Boss Do?
In an effort to counter the expected increase in immigration-related workplace raids, the state Assembly has approved a bill that would require...
MoreCourt Rejects Electronic I-9 Signature Argument
Although I-9 regulations permit employers to electronically generate, sign and store the Form I-9, these rules were drafted in broad terms and...
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