The Highest Court will likely hear arguments in the case of Arizona v. U.S. in April. The case will decide whether a law enforcement officer can check the immigration status of people stopped or arrested if officers should "suspect" that they are in the U.S....
A small electronics company in California, Alyn Industries, Inc., with only 60 employees was fined $43,000 for substantive violations including a failure to complete a few I-9s, sign some I-9 attestations, and failure of employeeS to check the box indicating her...
The DOJ has settled its lawsuit against Farmland Foods for nearly $300,000, the highest civil penalty paid since the enactment of the INA's anti-discrimination provision in 1986. Farmland demanded additional work eligibility documents from its non-U.S. citizen...
USCIS has launched the Spanish-Language version of the new E-Verify tool, Self Check. It allows workers to input their identification information so they have the opportunity to identify and correct mismatches before the same information is run through E-Verify by an...
H-1B Employer to pay terminated employee over $156k in back wages all because it failed to meet all three requirements for H-1B "Bona Fide termination" under USCIS. The employer notified the employee of his termination, but failed to notify USCIS and pay for...
The DOJ sued a Georgia employer because the employer demanded different work eligibility documents from its non-U.S. than from its U.S. citizen employees. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) prohibits employers from placing different or additional burden on...
E-Verify in Florida - The Florida House and Senate Judiciary Committees are working on bills that would require all employers in the state of Florida to verify their employees' work eligibility status with the online tool E-Verify. An order signed by Governor Scott...
Self Check! - In an ongoing effort to curtail the employment of unauthorized workers, DHS and the SSA have launched "E-Verify Self Check", a program that allows workers and job seekers to check their employment authorization eligibility status with the government...