April 11, 2023
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Completes FY 2024 H-1B Visa Lottery

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has notified employers who were selected during its recent annual H-1B visa lottery that they can now file H-1B visa petitions for the upcoming fiscal year. Selected petitioners were able to begin the H-1B petition process starting April 1 and must file within the period indicated on their registration selection notice, which should be at...
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October 28, 2022
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Category: Immigration

DHS Urged To Adopt Permanent Remote I-9 Document Verification Policy

For the second time in a year, our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), has filed written comments with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a request for public input on whether the agency should make permanent its current temporary policy of allowing employers to remotely examine Form I-9 identity and work authorization...
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October 21, 2022
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Category: DACA/DAPA

Fifth Circuit Rules DACA Unlawful, But Allows Continuation of Benefits for Now

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a decision that comes as no surprise, has upheld a lower court ruling finding that executive action taken by the Obama Administration in 2012 creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program exceeded the President’s authority, and that therefore the DACA program is unlawful. At the same time, however,...
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October 21, 2022
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Announces That Current Version of I-9 Form Should Be Used Until Further Notice

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency within the Department of Homeland Security has announced that the current version of the Form I-9, “Employment Eligibility Verification” (version OMB No. 1615-0047, dated October 21, 2019), should be used until further notice even though the form shows an expiration date of October 31, 2022. The I-9 is used by U.S. employers...
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October 14, 2022
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Revises “Public Charge” Rule To Restore Pre-Trump Standard; Employer Impact Minimal

As expected, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule modifying a Trump-era regulation that broadened the criteria under which the government could deny a petition to adjust immigration status or extend a stay because a migrant is, or is likely to become, “primarily dependent for subsistence”...
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October 07, 2022
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Category: Immigration

Recent Bias Settlements Serve as a Reminder of IRCA’s Nondiscrimination Protections

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the settlement of some 20 enforcement actions brought against multiple employers involving allegations that job postings made on college career websites contained unlawful citizenship status restrictions in violation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), as amended. DOJ alleged that the settling employers advertised job postings on college career pages...
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September 02, 2022
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Category: DACA/DAPA

Biden Administration Codifies DACA Into Regulation, But Future of Program Still Uncertain

The Biden Administration has finalized a rule that codifies into regulation the Obama-era “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)” program. The final rule is substantially similar to the proposed rule published by the Administration back in September of last year. By codifying the DACA program into regulation, the Administration hopes to give the program stronger standing to survive legal challenges....
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August 26, 2022
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Proposes Rule To Continue Remote I-9 Document Verification

In a positive response to written comments received by the agency, although short of what we would prefer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a proposed rule that would formalize the agency’s authority to implement “alternative options,” i.e., remote review options, for employers to use when verifying an employee’s identity or work authorization documentation on the Employment Eligibility...
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August 05, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

ICE Worksite Inspections Fell Drastically in FY 2021

According to enforcement statistics recently obtained by NT Lakis from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request we filed, the number of worksite immigration investigations conducted by ICE in fiscal year (FY) 2021 dropped dramatically, with only 627 investigations conducted as compared to 4,327 in FY 2020 and 7,734 in FY 2019,...
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June 10, 2022
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Category: Immigration

OFCCP Now Saying That Small AAPs Must Be Added to AAP-VI

NT Lakis, on behalf of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), has filed written comments with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in support of the agency’s proposed changes to the “Form I-9.” Our comments argue that the proposed changes should streamline the I-9 process as well as lessen paperwork burdens for employers. Our comments also urge USCIS, as part...
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