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Immigration
Avoid Costly Mistakes Through Compliance with INA’s Anti-Discrimination Provisions
Introduction Since 2009, the Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) has been increasing steadily its enforcement of the anti-discriminatory provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Created by the Immigration...
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Using Technology To Improve I-9 Compliance
Introduction Regardless of whether Congress can come together to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, any immigration legislation that does pass likely will contain stricter enforcement against employers at the worksite. In fact, employers already are facing expanded I-...
Read MoreRetaining Homegrown Talent Serves Our National Interest
On June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, as part of its exercise of prosecutorial discretion, immigration authorities will no longer pursue the removal (deportation) of certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Eligible...
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Employment Eligibility Compliance: How To Avoid Common Pitfalls
In the past two years, employers have witnessed an unprecedented surge in immigration enforcement at the worksite. The focus of this enforcement effort is not limited to investigating illegal employment but also identifying purely paperwork errors. As such, it is no longer enough just to be good...
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