Court: can undocumented alien practice law? 
Published: May 23, 2012
Tags: practice of law, undocumented immigrants, undocumented workers
The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a law graduate’s status as an undocumented alien disqualifies him from being admitted to the state bar.
Recovering damages for undocumented workers
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: February 6, 2012
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, illegal immigrants, immigration, undocumented workers
As the number of undocumented workers rises, personal injury attorneys are increasingly struggling with how to handle illegal immigrants as clients.
NLRB: Illegal workers can’t get backpay for violations
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 10, 2011
Tags: backpay, immigration, NLRB, undocumented workers
WASHINGTON – Undocumented immigrant workers whose rights have been violated under the National Labor Relations Act cannot be awarded backpay under U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
GOP lawmakers push for mandatory use of E-Verify
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 14, 2011
Tags: E-verify, federal contractors, illegal immigration, immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, undocumented workers
WASHINGTON – The controversy over the electronic system designed to help employers identify whether their workers are legally authorized to work has been renewed by Republican lawmakers who say the system should be expanded to keep jobs in the hands of American workers.
IMMIGRATION
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 29, 2010
Tags: E-verify, immigration, undocumented workers
Is an Arizona statute that imposes sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and requires that employers use the federal E-Verify database for checking work authorization constitutional?
See “Supreme Court agrees to review Arizona immigration law“
Arizona close to passing immigrant ‘trespassing’ law
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, immigration, trespassing, undocumented workers
The Arizona legislature is close to passing a law that will allow police to arrest anyone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant for “trespassing.”
Employers become focus of immigration investigations
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: I-9, immigration, undocumented workers
The Obama Administration has launched a new push to investigate employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers.
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