Guess what, New I-9 form released. On November 7th, 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) announced that it has released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, as well at the M-274, Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing the Form I-9.…
I read this morning about a new anti-illegal immigration law that has some farmers and agricultural businesses scrambling for laborers. With excessive enforcement in Oklahoma, no farm workers are to be found to do the job. Read the full story here…
House and Senate appropriators are tentatively scheduled to convene a conference on Thursday, November 1st to combine the Defense, Military Construction-VA, and Labor-HHS-Education appropriations into one single bill. One of the issues with which legislators will have to contend is whether or not to remove the Grassley-Sanders amendment (H.ADMT. 3396)…
How many time have you heard people blame immigrants, especially illegal, for all the crimes in the country. The U.S. has 11.5 million illegal immigrants, about 4 percent of the total U.S. population, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. There are cases where such immigrants get involved in criminal activity,…
I got this note from the AILA local chapter and the ACLU. It looks like the border patrol and the police have no mercy when it comes to illegal immigrants. Is this really a time to enforce immigration laws, or should we be fighting fires and keeping our citizens safe?…
Many of our local clients, Tech, Bio Tech, and other technology firms ahve been closed for business since Monday. See Report from Computerworld.com Many of the workers in such compnay are on visas, like H1B and TN visas. We have set up a special email address for workers and employers…
The Schumer-Hutchison amendment (H.AMDT. 3404) to increase the domestic supply of nurses and physical therapists by recapturing unused green cards from the years 1996 and 1997 has been introduced. There are estimates of 61,000 extra visas to come. Before the Schumer-Hutchison amendment was passed, it was amended by a Durbin…
This is crazy, as if the cap problems with H1B visas are not enough, expect a fee hike legislation to pass soon. The Grassley-Sanders amendment (H.ADMT. 3396), as modified, was added to H.R. 3043. The amendment would add an additional fee of $3,500 to the H-1B visa program which would…
I am not proud to be an American today. In a stunning display of heartlessness and gutlessness, the Senate voted today to quash the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of thousands of American students. The 52-44 vote in favor of proceeding to debate on the DREAM Act (S. 2205) fell…
A lot has happened in the last few days, and I wanted to make you all aware. Clients are calling the office and we are closed due to the fires. All Federal Government offices and courts are also closed today, we are trying to reach clients to letr them know…