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DACA Program Raises Questions For Employers In The I-9 Process

by Nicole Brooks, Justin S. Coffey, Leigh Ganchan, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/12/2013

Companies must balance countervailing mandates under immigration law: verifying employment eligibility while not discriminating unlawfully. With the recent implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...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

Workplace Policy Institute: Immigration Reform in 2013 - What U.S. Employers Can Expect

by Scott Decker, Jorge Lopez, Michelle Valerio, Carol Williams | Littler on 2/6/2013

For the past decade, lawmakers have discussed immigration reform, but changes to U.S. immigration laws have been minimal. During the 2012 election campaign President Obama pledged to place immigration reform at the top of his...more

Michigan Secretary Of State To Issue Driver’s Licenses To DACA Recipients

by Luis Avila, Kimberly A. Clarke, Nina Thekdi | Varnum LLP on 2/5/2013

Beginning February 19, 2013, the Michigan Department of State will begin issuing driver's licenses and state identification cards to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The change is based on an United...more

Post-Election Immigration Reform

by Justin S. Coffey, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/18/2013

President Obama mentioned comprehensive immigration reform as a priority in his acceptance speech. The President has pledged to act quickly on the issue of reform, with the expectation that “…we get [an immigration] bill...more

Immigration Program Explodes After Obama Re-election

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 11/26/2012

Now that President Barack Obama has been reelected, even more young immigrants are applying for reprieve under his administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. That’s because Obama and other...more

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