A public policy blog on America's dysfunctional immigration system
Faced with a dwindling supply of available workers, you may be among the many employers looking to fill your ranks with foreign nationals. Hiring immigrants, after all, has long been a valued technique for getting the job done in America.
Today, though, employers need to tread more carefully over what has become rougher legal terrain.
USCIS Announces Revised Form I-9
Update: For an analysis of the new Form I-9 and the likely DHS enforcement strategies, see “The Lowly Form I-9 Gets a Low-Level Makeover,” by Ted J. Chiappari and Angelo A. Paparelli, published on December 24, 2007 in the New York Law Journal, and available here: http://www.entertheusa.com/publications/0712-njlj.pdf
On November…
Angelo Paparelli Appointed to Write New York Law Journal Immigration Column – First Article Published October 22, 2007
Angelo Paparelli has accepted the post as an immigration column writer for the New York Law Journal with his first published article “Despite Court Setback on No Match Rule, Homeland Security’s Outsourcing of Immigration Enforcement Gains Momentum.” …
Several Latino families and individuals, represented by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and an international law firm, filed a class action suit on September 20, 2007, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security, charging that its agents unlawfully broke into and entered the homes of …
In late September, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify (formerly Basic Pilot) work authorization verification system added access to photographs. The photo tool will be available when a new employee presents an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) or Permanent Resident Card (green card) to complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9). It allows an employer…
Hold off on Uncorking the Champagne
On October 10, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction preventing implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s final rule concerning actions to be taken by employers who receive Social Security Administration (SSA) No-Match letters. American Federation of Labor, …
Halt of DHS No-Match Rule Provides Employers No I-9 Reprieve
Angelo Paparelli was interviewed by Mark Schoeff Jr. of Workforce Management on September 5, 2007 on the halt of The Department of Homeland Security no-match rule. The rule was to be implemented on September 14, but a federal judge halted mailing no-match letter packets from…
Over the past several months, many U.S. travelers have encountered substantial delays in obtaining passports as a result of new rules imposing passport requirements for North American travel, for national security reasons. Some have missed important trips as a result. In response, the State Department has relaxed the rules temporarily. Assistant Secretary of State Maura…
Angelo Paparelli was interviewed recently by Los Angeles Times reporter Nicole Gaouette about a federal judge’s decision striking down a Pennsylvania city ordinance that sought to punish landlords who rent to undocumented immigrants and employers who hire them, and ruling that immigration law is the province of the federal government alone. Paparelli was quoted on …