Undocumented Immigrants

Supreme Court Preview: 2013

by Law Offices of Karl E. Knudsen on 5/21/2013

The United States Supreme Court has a busy docket for 2013. A number of important cases affecting the criminal justice system throughout the United States are to be decided this season. Cases involving the Fourth Amendment’s...more

How Immigration Reform Will Impact Households Who Hire Nannies

by Ian Scott | Scott Legal Services, P.C. on 5/21/2013

Up until now much of the debate surrounding immigration reform has centered around providing a pathway to Citizenship for the 11 million or so undocumented people in the country. Many in this group currently work as...more

White House Stands Firm on Path to Citizenship

by Ronald Shapiro on 5/15/2013

At the start of this month, President Barack Obama publicly indicated that he would seek compromise in order to get a comprehensive immigration bill signed into law this year, but he also stated unequivocally that he would...more

Can an undocumented immigrant recover damages after a car accident?

by Demas Law Group on 5/7/2013

Every day, undocumented immigrants are involved in car accidents and suffer injuries. However, many of these undocumented immigrants do not seek compensation due to the fact that they believe they are not entitled to any...more

Expand paths for legal immigration

by Susan J. Cohen, William Weld | Mintz Levin - Immigration on 5/1/2013

It's time for both Democrats and Republicans to recognize the many compelling reasons for overhauling our current immigration system. Start with the economic arguments, which are overwhelming. Our high-tech visa...more

Immigration Reform 2013—Update

by Nicole Brooks, Justin S. Coffey, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/30/2013

In the February/March 2013 issue of the Immigration eAuthority, we outlined the respective proposals for immigration reform put forward by both the President and a bipartisan group of eight senators. We also noted that...more

Proposed Path to Citizenship Not Without Obstacles

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/29/2013

The U.S. Senate’s “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013? contains a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants who have been in this country since on or before...more

Senate Officially Unveils Proposal for a Path to Citizenship

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/26/2013

Less than 10 days ago, the U.S. Senate put forward a legislative proposal entitled, “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013,” which would provide millions of undocumented...more

Employers and Employees: Take Note of Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/23/2013

The bipartisan bill on immigration reform introduced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday of this past week does not even have a number assigned to it yet, but already it has drawn more attention and support than any prior attempt...more

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013

by Eric S. Bord, Lisa Stephanian Burton, Tracy Evlogidis, Malcolm K. Goeschl, Eleanor Pelta, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri | Morgan Lewis on 4/22/2013

The first major immigration proposal in several years contains sweeping changes, with the president potentially signing a version by mid-June....more

U.S. Government Remains Firm on “Deferred Action” Despite Suit to Shut It Down

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/19/2013

On Monday of this week, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor held a hearing on a Complaint filed by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (“ICE”) agents who are challenging the federal “deferred action” program...more

Indiana Anti-Immigration Law Unconstitutional, Court Says

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 4/11/2013

A federal court on Mar. 28 struck down an Indiana law, inspired by Arizona’s infamous SB 1070, that reportedly allowed police to arrest immigrants without warrants. With that lawsuit, immigrant advocate groups have basically...more

Iowa Immigration Law Blog: Politics of immigration: A style change or attitude change?

by Lori Chesser | Davis Brown Law Firm on 4/8/2013

Last week the Associated Press (AP) changed its style manual so that the term “Illegal” is to be used to describe an action or procedure, but not a person. No more “illegal immigrant” in AP stories....more

IMMIGRATION CLIENT ALERT: Congress Seeks to Reform Agricultural Worker Visas

by Shaoul Aslan, Kristin Wells | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/26/2013

For nearly two decades, Capitol Hill has debated ways to provide a stable workforce for American farmers through immigration reform. Proposals have largely targeted reforms to the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program, which gives...more

Immigration Reform in the 113th Congress

by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/14/2013

In 2007, when a bipartisan group of senators and then President Bush tried to pass major immigration reform legislation, vocal opposition to the effort doomed the bill and any real attempt at reform since. The 2012 election...more

Post-Election Immigration Reform - What’s At Issue?

by Nicole Brooks, Justin S. Coffey, Lee Gibbs Depret-Bixio, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/12/2013

The prospect of comprehensive immigration reform appears to be gaining momentum. In January, a bipartisan group of eight senators announced a broad proposal for immigration reform (“Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive...more

Eleventh Circuit Weighs in On Several Important FLSA Issues

by Nefertari S. Rigsby, Richard D. Tuschman | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/11/2013

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion that has significant implications for employers and employees alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Lamonica, et al. v. Safe Hurricane...more

Employers Face Tricky Immigration Law Conundrum

by Ronald Shapiro on 3/7/2013

A well-known Illinois company headquartered in Downer Grove - FTD Group, Inc. - learned recently just how hard it is to walk the fine line between compliance with laws that prohibit hiring of illegal aliens and compliance...more

Budget Cuts Lead to Release of Undocumented Immigrants

by Jennifer Roeper | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 3/4/2013

As the result of uncertainty about the agency's budget, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) announced that it will release hundreds of undocumented immigrants from detention centers across the country. Broad...more

E-Verify a Success

by William Flynn | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 3/4/2013

USCIS has announced results of a recent survey finding that users of E-Verify - the Internet-based system allowing businesses to determine their employees’ employment eligibility in the United States - have given the program...more

Immigration Reform Highlights from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing

by Jennifer Roeper | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 2/21/2013

The once illusive and ambitious ideal that was Comprehensive Immigration Reform (“CIR”) has been steadily making its way toward reality. Beginning with the bi-partisan framework recently introduced by the “Gang of Eight,” CIR...more

The Latest Round in The Push For Immigration Reform – President Obama’s Immigration Reform Proposal

by Ian Scott | Scott Legal Services, P.C. on 2/19/2013

The latest round in the push for Immigration Reform is a recently distributed (or leaked) White House draft immigration bill that would create a new visa for undocumented workers that would allow them to get a green card...more

Iowa Immigration Law: Internal ICE Documents Show Deportation Quotas

by Lori Chesser | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/18/2013

Documents produced by Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) obtained by ACLU of North Carolina prove what has long been claimed: ICE has deportation quotas and, when not meeting them, has been directed to channel all...more

Illegal Workers Can Recover Lost Wages for Texas Tort Claims

by Sherry Travers | Littler on 2/14/2013

A recent decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas held that federal immigration laws do not preclude illegal workers from recovering damages, including lost wages, for Texas tort claims. ...more

Illinois And Michigan Provide Driving Privileges For Illegal Immigrants

by Melissa A. Silver | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 2/7/2013

Last week Illinois joined Washington, New Mexico and Utah to become the fourth state to enact a law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Soon after, Michigan followed suit with a new policy allowing...more

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