Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
In re Pa’ Lante LLC, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) reversed the Certifying Officer’s (CO’s) order denying labor certification and directed the CO to grant certification. In the instant case, the CO denied labor certification based on two reasons 1) employer failed to mention alien’s prior-to-hire minimum ...
Posted in Alien's Credentials, BALCA, Compliance, DOL, Form 9089 | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The American Immigration Law Foundation’s (AILF’s) Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter has highlighted that over the past few weeks, the Supreme Court (SC) issued two decisions in immigration related cases, heard arguments in a third immigration case, and granted a petition for certiorari in a fourth case. In the Flores-Figueroa Case, the ...
Posted in AILF Newsletter, BIA, Supreme Court, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The Director of International Affairs and Trade, Mr. David Gootnick, presented his testimony before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, Committee on Natural Resources, and House of Representatives on Potential Economic Impact of Applying U.S. Immigration Law to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The report concentrated ...
Posted in CNMI, DOL, DOS, GAO Report, Uncategorized, US Immigration | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) once again reminds U.S. and Canadian citizens to start applying for WHTI-compliant travel document now, as the new document requirements for entry into U.S. at land and seaports under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) are set to begin from June 1 and ...
Posted in Canada, CBP, US, US Travel, WHTI | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The Board of Aliens Labor Certification Appeals affirmed the Certifying Officer’s (CO’s) denial of labor certification where the employer failed to obtain Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD) from State Workforce Agency (SWA) having jurisdiction over the place of employment. In the present case, the CO selected the PERM application for audit ...
Posted in BALCA, Compliance, DOL, PWD, SWA | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Dispelling the long-standing perception of linking mounting unemployment with immigrants, the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released two reports concluding that recent immigration is not leading to a rise in unemployment of natives in the United States. Denying any nexus between unemployment and immigrants, IPC demographer Rob Paral, demographer and ...
Posted in Immigration, IPC, Rob Paral, Uncategorized, Unemployment | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
With enforcement agencies like Department of Homeland Security (DHS) going at full throttle to audit the Employee Eligibility Verification form (I-9), the LexisNexis is organizing a 20 minute Webinar on I-9. Author/attorney Ann Allot, who has been involved in many high profile cases, will guide the audience through her carefully ...
Posted in Attorney Ann Allot, Form I-9, LexisNexis, Uncategorized, Webinar | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Following the footsteps of Bush Administration, the new head of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano has stated that Obama Administration wants to intensify efforts to crack down on companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, Napolitano said ...
Posted in Compliance, DHS, E-Verify, Employment Verification, Napolitano | No Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Ambassador Janice L. Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs inaugurated the Detroit Passport Agency on, May 11, 2009. With the final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) to be implemented on June 1, 2009, the Detroit Passport Agency will greatly enhance the Department of State’s (DOS’) ...
Posted in Ambassador Jacobs, Compliance, Detroit Passport Agency, DOS | No Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
The E- Verify program introduced by the federal government to reduce the hiring of illegal immigrants, is gaining popularity, with more than 124,000 businesses, including nearly 10,000 in California have signed up the Web-based identification program that enables employers to check employees legal status in US. Recently, it has been ...
Posted in California, Compliance, DHS, E-Verify, Napolitano | No Comments »
