The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
1/15/2026
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
1/7/2026
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Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
On December 12, 2025, Illinois took a significant step to strengthen employee protections related to work authorization by enacting Senate Bill 2339. Given the increase in federal immigration enforcement, the state of...more
12/16/2025
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Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
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Immigration Enforcement ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Penalties ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its release of an interim final rule, published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2025, which ends automatic extensions for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)...more
On October 20, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an alert with updated guidance on the applicability of the new $100,000 H-1B fee implemented under the recent presidential proclamation...more
By granting the administration’s emergency petition, the Court suspended the lower District court’s September 5, 2025, final order (following a Ninth Circuit appellate decision upholding the lower court’s preliminary relief...more
In anticipation of a possible government shutdown this week, many employers are wondering how a shuttering of U.S. government agencies for budgetary reasons could impact or delay their U.S. immigration processing, exclusively...more
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), humanitarian parole, and the CHNV...more
On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation titled, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, that will impose a $100,000 government filing fee on employers for new H-1B petitions filed...more
UPDATE: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a clarification that this proclamation applies only to H-1B petitions filed on or after September 21, 2025. It specifically states that this proclamation does...more
On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the lower court’s ruling postponing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Notices of Vacatur and Termination of Temporary...more
Introduction The first eight months of the Trump administration saw dramatic changes in labor and employment policy—from civil rights to traditional labor law to immigration—with more to come as key positions at oversight...more
9/2/2025
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Relations ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS),* humanitarian parole,** and the CHNV***...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 19, 2025 decision to allow the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans under the 2023 designation, on June 6, the USCIS published on its website that the work...more
The stakes for non-compliance with federal immigration law have just increased exponentially. On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division unveiled its new White Collar Enforcement Plan (“Enforcement...more
5/22/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
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Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Risk Management ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
Executive Summary -
It has been a turbulent start to 2025 as U.S. employers scramble to adapt to new executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of workplace regulations at the state and...more
5/7/2025
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Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On Monday, January 20, the first day of the new presidential term, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of new executive orders related to immigration action items. Many of these orders address humanitarian and southern...more
1/23/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Refugees ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USCIS ,
Visas
The new administration is likely to have a profound impact on immigration law and enforcement come January 20. As worksite enforcement and general immigration compliance issues were a primary focus of the Trump...more
The 2024 presidential election was like no other in modern history, and it is clear that across a range of measures the American electorate remains dramatically polarized. This presents a host of challenges for policymakers...more
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has just issued some much-needed guidance, through Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), on whether enrollment and use of E-Verify is prohibited in Illinois for private employers that do...more
The United States has announced that Qatar will soon be officially admitted to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), allowing visa-free travel to the United States by Qatari citizens for up to 90 days. Per the Final...more
The past year has brought sweeping changes to the world of work. Federal agencies finalized rules on minimum wage and overtime exemptions, union representation elections, pregnancy accommodations, OSHA inspections, and...more