In a decision published June 7, 2017, an administrative law judge (ALJ) in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) fined a staffing company $276,000 for various substantive violations related to its employees' I-9 forms. The violations included failure to prepare I-9s, failure...
On Thursday, July 14, 2017, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction, preventing the Trump Administration from imposing the travel ban on those who have "…grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of persons in the United States." This expands...
The Trump Administration will keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place for the time being, but has rescinded a memo from then-President Obama that was to expand DACA and create the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents...
On July 3, 2017, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that citizens of India can now enroll in the Global Entry Program. In a largely unreported story that should have gained substantial news media coverage, India is among only eleven countries in the...
Major news media recently announced there would be a laptop ban in the cabins of most Middle-Eastern flights bound for the United States. What has been largely unreported is that the ban has been lifted against four major carriers. The four airlines are Etihad, Emirates,...
The January 17, 2017 regulation for employment-based applicants includes a provision to allow for up to a 10-day grace period both before and after the work authorization period for certain foreign nationals in E-1, E-2, L-1, or TN status. These grace periods have also long...
Every year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) releases a report that provides data on the entries, exits, and visa overstays that occurred in the previous fiscal year. On May 22, 2017, the DHS released the entry / exit report for fiscal year 2016...
Since the inauguration of President Trump in January, there has been much uncertainty in the immigrant community, and information is key. The June 2017 teleconference in our series for U.S. employers of foreign nationals was on Investigations of U.S. Employers by Federal Agencies. A recording...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report detailing how technological limitations have hampered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to track those who overstay their nonimmigrant status in the United States (i.e. visa overstays). ICE...
Since the inauguration of President Trump in January, there has been much uncertainty in the immigrant community, and information is key. Accordingly, the Murthy Law Firm offered a special 3-part teleconference series to U.S. employers of foreign nationals for three consecutive weeks in May. Entitled...
