Employers

Amid Tech Layoffs, Demand for H-1B Visas Reaches New Highs

Good News for American Businesses: H1-B Denial Rates Plummet Under Biden Write

DOJ Settles Immigration Discrimination Claim Against Minnesota-Based Staffing Agency

DOJ Settles Immigration Discrimination Claim Against National Bakery Chain

Recent Silicon Valley Layoffs Expose Faults in U.S. Immigration Policy

DOJ Settles Immigration Discrimination Claim Against Pennsylvania Company

DOJ Settles Immigration Discrimination Claim Against Maryland Company

DOJ Secures Additional Settlements with Major Companies Over Discriminatory Job Advertisements on College Recruiting Platforms

Partner in Key West Staffing Companies Gets 24 Years in Prison for Tax, Immigration, and Money Laundering Crimes, DOJ Says

Massachusetts Contractor Retaliated Against Injured Immigrant Worker; Jury Awards $650K in Damages

Proposed New Rule Suggests Virtual Future for I-9 Verification

How Immigration Could Affect Your Grocery Bill

Senate Bill #1158 - Immigration and Remittances: What's to come?

USCIS AND ITS MASSIVE CASE BACKLOG: WHAT COMES NEXT?

DHS-and-DOS-Announce-Exemptions-Allowing-Eligible-Afghans-to-Qualify-for-Protection-and-Immigration-Benefits

How immigration plays a role in worker shortage, inflation

Justice Department Secures Settlement with Florida Employer to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims

USCIS Announces TPS Updates

DOJ Announces Convictions for Major Undercover Operation in South Carolina     

DOJ Settles Immigration Discrimination Claim Against Washington Home Care Provider

This Project Seeks to Assist Companies in Onboarding Immigrant Employees

Some Immigrants Uncomfortable Reporting Labor Violations

USCIS Policies Lead to High Denial Rates for L-1B Petitions

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Labor Secretary Calls for Immigration Changes; New Jersey Impacted by War in Ukraine; European "Heiress" Ordered Deported

Amidst Ongoing Labor Shortage, USCIS Processing Delays Prevent Noncitizens from Work

New Jersey School District Votes to Utilize H-1B Program for Teaching Vacancies

DOJ Announces Settlement of Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims with Insurance Company

DOJ Announces Settlement of Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims Against Frozen Food Company

USCIS Announces Registration Period for H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2023

The Department of Justice Increases Certain Immigration-Related Employer Penalties to Adjust for Inflation

U.S. Economy Slows as Fewer Immigrants Fill Available Jobs

Labor Shortage: Will Additional Seasonal Visas Help?

DHS Extends I-9 Flexibility and Signals Possible Regulatory Change

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Chamber of Commerce Pushes Immigration Reform; COVID-19 Spikes in Immigration Detention; Supreme Court Considers Indefinite Immigration Detention

Pennsylvanian Cooperative Highlights Business Opportunities for Undocumented Entrepreneurs

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Clothing Retailer Settles DOJ Discrimination Suit; Broad Immigration Relief Hangs in the Balance in Senate; New Jersey Welcomes Afghan Refugee Families

DOJ Announces Settlement of Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims

Labor Shortage Continues to Affect the Pennsylvania Mushroom Industry: Are American Immigration Laws to Blame?

Recent Settlements Highlight Government Enforcement of Laws Against Immigration-Related Discrimination

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: New Visa Fees Proposed in Congress; Democrats Weigh Social Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants

DOJ Settles with Large Health Care Organization Regarding Software-Based, Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims

Rural Areas in the US See Acute Shortage of Agricultural Laborers: Ohio and Pennsylvania Face Challenge

DOJ Settles Claim Against Illinois-Based IT Recruiter for Discrimination Against U.S. Workers

USCIS Launches H-2B Employer Data Hub to Promote Transparency

EAGLE Act Aims to Reform Employment-Based Green Cards, H-1B Visa Program, and Family-Sponsored Visas

Lehigh Valley Has the Fastest-Growing Young Population in Pennsylvania, Ranging from 18–34-Year-olds

Policy Alert: DHS Extends Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility, Effective September 1, 2021

Iowa Pork Producer Pushes Federal Lawmakers for Year-Round Immigrant Workers

Poor U.S. Immigration Policies Push Indian Talent from U.S. to Canada

DOJ Settles Retaliation Claim with a Delivery Services Company

Businesses at Tourist Locations Face Foreign Worker Shortages

Department of Justice Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim with Texas-Based Industrial Contractor

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Attorney General Expands Eligibility for Asylum; Employment to Be Authorized for Immigrants Who Are Victims of Crimes; Biden to Continue Family Reunification Efforts

U.S. Faces Worker Shortage: Chamber of Commerce Says Ramping Up Immigration Can Resolve This

New York-Based Pharmaceutical Company Slapped with $220,000 Civil Penalty for Discriminatory Hiring Practices

Ohio-Based Landscaping Company to Pay $36,000 in Back Wages, $40,000 in H-2B Penalties

Form I-9 Requirement COVID-19 Flexibility Extended until August 31

Biden Administration Lifts Rule to Narrow H-1B Definition of “Specialty Occupation”

Weekly Immigration Round-Up: Organizations Sue to Stop High Wage-Based Visa System; Biden Administration Drops Health Insurance Mandate for New Immigrants; White House to Admit Small Number of Vulnerable Immigrants into United States

Weekly Immigration Round-Up: Congressional Reps Propose Increased Health Care for Immigrants; Fear of Undocumented Immigration Drops Significantly in New Jersey; New Wage Requirements Delayed For Highly-Skilled Foreign Workers

Immigrant Workers’ Rights - May Day Rally Held in Allentown

Quarryville Business Owner Indicted for Operating Undocumented Worker Conspiracy and Extensive Tax Fraud

TN Visa Under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Preserves the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Provisions

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Applications for Employment Authorization Now Online for Students; Biden Reaches Deal To Stem Immigration at Border; Central American Countries Agree to Anti-Corruption Plan

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Driver’s Licenses Available to Undocumented Immigrants in New Jersey; Ban on Foreign Workers Lapses; Undocumented New Jersey Taxpayers Seek COVID-19 Relief

New myUploads Feature Introduced in myE-Verify

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Education Groups Seek Faster Student Visa Processing; U.S.-Canada Border Restrictions Extended; New H-1B Wage Rules Delayed

United States v. Facebook: Judge Orders that Discovery Continue in PERM Recruiting Discrimination Case

Completing Form I-9: Employees With Extended Work Permit for DACA Extensions and Extensions for Permanent Resident Cards

H-4 Visa Spouses Can Continue to Work With Relief Under Biden Administration

SESO Labor to Help Migrant Farmworkers Get Legally Protected Work Status in the U.S.

Executive Office for Immigration Review Update: Motion to Reconsider Denied

EB-5 Investor Program’s Fate to Be Decided by June 2021

ALJ Declines to Award Damages, Civil Penalties in Document Abuse Case

Weekly Round-Up: Visa Restrictions Extended; DNA Testing for Sponsors of Noncitizen Minor Children; Stricter Financial Requirements for Intending Immigrants Take Effect

Immigration Weekly Round-Up: I-9 Flexibility Rules Extended, Stimulus Aid for Mixed Immigration Status Households

Facebook Faces Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against U.S. Workers

Long-Awaited Green Card Bill S.386 Clears Senate Approval

DHS Extends Form I-9 Flexibility

Lawsuit Filed on the New H-1B Wage Rule

ICE Arrests International Students Across the United States in Operation OPTical Illusion

Major Overhaul of H-1B Program Announced

USCIS Fee Increase Blocked by California Federal Judge

SEC Files Complaint for Investment Fraud

USCIS Halts Furlough of 70% of Workforce; Still Processing Times Likely To Increase

Flexible I-9 Measures Extended Until September 19

DOL and USCIS to Investigate H-1B Employer Violations

Significant Fee Rise in Immigration Forms Affects Businesses and Immigrants

New Jersey to Allow Professional and Occupational Licensing Regardless of Immigration Status

ICE Extends I-9 Compliance Flexibility Until August 19, 2020

Arbitrary H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Denials Have Employers Thinking Federal Litigation Rather Than Administrative Review

Bar on Certain F and J International Students Effective Noon Today

To Reverify or Not: Form I-9 and Lawful Permanent Residents

Form I-9 Announcements: COVID-19 Temporary Policy for Identification Documents

USCIS Makes Significant Changes to Handbook for Employers: Guidance Completing Form I-9

Do the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Apply to Immigrant Employees?

DHS Temporarily Amends Certain H-2A Visa Requirements During COVID-19 National Emergency

Form I-9 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert: USCIS Announces Temporary Modifications to Employment Eligibility Verification Process and E-Verify Program

An Overview of STEM OPT Employer Site Visits

Employers: DHS Releases New Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

ICE Makes Worksite Visits to Employers With International Student Employees on STEM OPT

Feds Criminally Charge Corporate Executives and Management for Knowingly Employing Undocumented Immigrants

Report: Pennsylvania’s Foreign-Born Rural and Urban Immigrant Workforce Continues to Climb

Thousands of U.S. Employers Request Nearly 100,000 H-2B Foreign Temporary Workers to Overcome Talent Shortage

USCIS Premium Processing Program Subject to New Rule in Federal Register from the DHS

Employers Must Remain Immigration Compliant or Face Stiff Penalties, Negative Publicity, and Criminal Penalties

H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker Nonimmigrant Visa Provisions Effective December 16, 2019

H-1B Non-Immigrant Temporary Specialty Worker Visa Denials Quadruple in 2019

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Increases Premium Processing Fee for Employment-Based Petitions Again

United States Department of Homeland Security Extends Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan

Construction Industry Employee Verification Act Now Requires Pennsylvania Employers to Use E-Verify

ICE Continues to Crackdown as Undocumented Workers Fight Back at Employer for Overtime Pay in Texas Business

5 Workplace Discrimination Examples Based on Immigration Status and National Origin

As an Employer, What Do I Do If I Receive a “No-Match” Letter?

IT Company Fined $48,193 for H-1B Visa Program Violations

What Should Employers Do When Current Form I-9 Expires August 31?

Immigrant Employees Sue Car Wash Employer Claiming Wage Discrimination

ICE Arrests 680 in Massive Worksite Immigration Operation

NJ Foresees 1000% Increase in Worksite Immigration Inspection

Government Shutdown Impact on Immigration

Norris McLaughlin Immigration Chair Ray Lahoud Visits China

Employers Face Legal Obligations for Traveling Employees

Best Practices for ICE Audits When It Comes to Form I-9

Breaking: ICE Raids Landscaping Company, 114 Employees Arrested, and Employer Under Investigation

California Employers: Stuck Between Federal and State Form I-9 Laws. What is California’s AB 450?

NAFTA Termination and its Immigration Impact

Ninth Circuit:  Employer’s Good Faith Reliance on HR Director is Not a Defense for Any I-9 Form Compliance Violations - Civil Penalty in the Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Immigration Compliance Due Diligence is Essential to M&A Transactions

All Employers: Yet Again, USCIS Releases an Updated Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

Panda Express Fined $400,000 for Form I-9 Compliance Violation