With the Trump Administration’s renewed focus on immigration, many companies are asking what to expect, and how to respond to a potential raid on their facilities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”). As enforcement...more
1/31/2025
/ Audits ,
Compliance ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) is charged with the arrest, detention and removal of certain non-citizens. In certain situations, ICE may com to your worksite to arrest such a non-citizen. Below is a guidance on the...more
1/31/2025
/ Arrest Warrants ,
Churches ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Hospitals ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Private Property ,
Public Schools ,
Raids ,
Regulatory Agenda
Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a port of entry, as are expectations of...more
12/30/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Border Searches ,
Cell Phones ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Data Mining ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Electronic Devices ,
Employees ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Immigration Reform ,
Inspections ,
Laptop Computers ,
Port of Entry ,
Search & Seizure ,
TRIPS Agreement
The Biden Administration took office on January 20, 2021. Many executive orders have been executed since that date, some of which directly change the manner of handling immigration matters. However, the U.S. and the world...more
6/7/2021
/ Asylum ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DACA ,
Executive Orders ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Lottery ,
NAFTA ,
Travel Ban ,
Visas
The Biden Administration took office on January 20, 2021. Many executive orders have been executed since that date, some of which directly change the manner of handling immigration matters. However, the U.S. and the world are...more
3/1/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Executive Orders ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
NAFTA ,
Popular ,
Travel Ban ,
Visas
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the latest district court decisions involving the President’s so-called travel ban, in which a Hawaii court fully enjoined the proclamation, while a Maryland court allowed it to stand as to...more
11/16/2017
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
USCIS announced on September 5, 2017, that they are phasing in a rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). The DACA program began in 2012 and granted temporary status and work permits to the...more
9/7/2017
/ DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Deportation ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Form I-9 ,
Green Cards ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Obama Administration ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more
7/28/2017
/ Bona Fide Relationship Test ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more
7/5/2017
/ Bona Fide Relationship Test ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v International Refugee Assistance Project ,
Visas
On April 18, President Trump signed a new executive order (EO) at a ceremony in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The EO is entitled “Buy American and Hire American” and focuses on these two themes, with the President’s stated goal of...more
4/21/2017
/ Buy America ,
Buy American Act ,
Domestic Hiring Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The last two weeks in Washington have been very eventful in the immigration field. In light of the travel restrictions recently imposed by the President’s executive order, we are now advising our U.S. clients who have...more
2/3/2017
/ Background Checks ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
US State Departments
On August 31, 2016 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed an “International Entrepreneur” (I.E.) rule that would allow qualifying foreign investors to develop and grow their start-up companies in the United...more
9/13/2016
/ Angel Investors ,
Business Development ,
Business Formation ,
China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-1 ,
E-2 ,
EB-5 ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Immigration Reform ,
India ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Job Creation ,
L-1 Visas ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Formation ,
Startups ,
USCIS ,
Venture Capital ,
Visas
Most companies will be impacted by the immigration initiatives announced by the White House this week. It will take up to several months for the initiatives to be implemented in order to give the U.S. Department of Homeland...more
12/2/2014
/ Barack Obama ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Deportation ,
Executive Orders ,
Form I-9 ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Popular ,
STEM ,
USCIS