September 10, 2010|Contributed by: Lindsey Lovgren
The Vital Statistics Office in Puerto Rico started issuing new, more secure certified copies of birth certificates to U.S. citizens born in Puerto Rica on July 1, 2010, due to a new birth certificate law in Puerto Rico. After September 30, 2010, all certified copies of birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010, will be […]
September 10, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Earlier this month in Honolulu, Hawaii, the U.S. Justice Department indicted six executives of the company Global Horizons Manpower for engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The contractors are accused of abusing the H2-A guest worker program in 2004 and 2005. The H2-A program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a […]
August 1, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
While undocumented residents may have gotten a reprieve from Wednesday’s ruling blocking much of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, employers in the Grand Canyon State and elsewhere around the country still have much to fear. The reason is a statute that already exists on the state books known as the Legal Arizona Workers’ Act — a […]
July 22, 2010|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On July 21, 2010, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Issued a News Release titled “DHS finalizes I-9 employment form rule streamlining efforts to ensure a legal workforce nationwide.” The newly finalized rule is intended to allow employers more flexibility in the manner in which they are permitted to store I-9 Forms and to allow for more options […]
July 8, 2010|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Comedian Stephen Colbert and the United Farm Workers of America are working together on a campaign to show the need for more visas for foreign national agrigultural workers and for immigration reform in general with their campaign at takeourjobs.org. To read more about their tongue-in-cheek campaign via The Denver Post click here.
June 25, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
On May 11, 2010 the United States Citizenship & Immigration Service announced the new design of the I-551; Permanent Resident Card or “green card.” The card or document serves as identification for millions of United States Lawful Permanent Residents and is immeasurably valuable to those who have traversed the maze of immigration laws to be […]
June 25, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
If there is one thing on which economists, analysts, and researchers seem to agree, it is this: Immigration is essential to keeping American business at the top of the international business market, especially in the energy and engineering sectors. Indeed, even some politicians, such as New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senators John Kerry (D-MA) […]
June 25, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
A recent report published by the Immigration Policy Center of the American Immigration Council, authored by Richard T. Herman and Robert L. Smith, Why Immigration Can Drive the Green Economy, discusses how the connection between immigration and the development and commercialization of alternative fuel sources is rarely discussed among policymakers. Yet it is this very […]
June 15, 2010|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
USCIS has launched a totally redesigned employer web interface for the E-Verify Program. E-Verify allows participating employers to verify employment eligibility electronically. USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas says that the new web interface “provides employers more streamlined access and offers an expanded customer support section.” The new web interface features improved navigation tools to make the […]
