U.S. immigration agency revises employment verification form 
Published: May 1, 2013
Tags: Employment Eligibility Verification Form, I-9, immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published a new employment eligibility verification form that all employers are required to complete when hiring new employees.
Supreme Court passes on Alabama immigration case
Published: April 30, 2013
Tags: Criminal Law, Employment Law, immigration, preemption, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review a federal appeals court ruling striking down portions of Alabama’s immigration law, one of the most restrictive in the nation.
H-1B visa logjam leaves employers, clients stuck
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 15, 2013
Tags: H1B visa, immigration
WASHINGTON – As lawmakers prepare to debate immigration reform, employment lawyers are hoping for a solution to the persistent bottleneck in the visa program for highly skilled workers that they say hurts their clients, particularly small businesses and startups seeking the talent they need to survive.
“It’s devastating for businesses,”
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DHS issues new revised I-9 employment forms
By:
Paul Fletcher
Published: March 21, 2013
Tags: I-9, immigration
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security published a new version of the form for verifying employment eligibility on March 8.
Ariz. law targeting day laborers can’t be enforced
Published: March 7, 2013
Tags: First Amendment, immigration
An Arizona law making it unlawful for motorists to impede traffic when hiring day laborers probably violates the First Amendment, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in upholding a preliminary injunction.
Justices provide clarity — but no relief — for immigration defendants
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: February 26, 2013
Tags: deportation, duty to warn, immigration, ineffective assistance of counsel, Padilla v. Kentucky, U.S. Supreme Court
A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that a seminal Sixth Amendment rights case is not retroactive has provided clarity for attorneys while dashing the hopes of thousands of defendants.
‘Padilla’ duty to warn of deportation risk not retroactive
Published: February 20, 2013
Tags: deportation, duty to warn, immigration, ineffective assistance of counsel, Padilla v. Kentucky, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Padilla v. Kentucky requiring defense attorneys to inform non-citizen clients of the deportation risks of guilty pleas does not apply retroactively to cases already final on direct review, the Court has ruled.
Rule lets some undocumented immigrants stay in U.S.
Published: January 15, 2013
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, deportation, immigration, undocumented immigrants, visa
A new federal rule will allow certain undocumented immigrants who are applying for permanent residency to stay in the U.S. while they seek waivers to remain in the country, rather than require them to wait overseas while their applications are pending.
“For some people this is fantastic and what we’ve
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Six NYC lawyers charged in immigration fraud scheme
Published: January 4, 2013
Tags: asylum, FBI, fraud, immigration
Six New York City lawyers are among 26 individuals who have been indicted for participating in an immigration fraud scheme in which hundreds of Chinese citizens allegedly filed applications for asylum containing fabricated claims of religious and political persecution.
S.F. firm must distance itself from ‘disgraced’ lawyer
Published: December 13, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, ethics, immigration, legal ethics, unauthorized practice of law
A San Francisco immigration firm must notify its clients that its founder resigned from the bar in the face of disciplinary charges, according to an injunction upheld last week by the California Court of Appeal.
