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An increase in immigration and employment law activity has impacted employers across industries in 2025. For employers, staying up-to-date with the latest compliance requirements is crucial in avoiding legal penalties and...more
Immigration enforcement by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently increased. Taking a proactive approach could help employers prepare to face immigration enforcement actions, such as raids or I-9...more
What is Form I-9? Employers use Form I-9 to review and verify that every new employee is authorized to work in the United States. Employers must examine and verify documents that show a newly hired employee’s identity and...more
USCIS has published a new version of Form I-9 and effected new updates to the form and E-Verify. Employers can use the new 01/20/2025 edition date (expiring 5/31/2027) Form I-9, but the following previous versions continue...more
It’s been a tumultuous start of the second Trump administration when it comes to immigration, and things won’t be slowing down anytime soon. What do PEOs need to know about the current state of affairs, and what can you do to...more
Under the current administration, immigration enforcement has significantly increased, with executive orders expanding the authority of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and detain undocumented individuals....more
In today's legal landscape, compliance with immigration laws is crucial for businesses of all sizes. Employers have a legal obligation to verify the employment eligibility of their workers, and one essential aspect of this...more
The Trump administration just shortened the duration of deportation protections for certain Haitian nationals who are in the United States, and this change could impact your workplace. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...more
Since late January, workplace immigration audits and enforcement actions have been conducted across several industries, including hospitality, agriculture, construction, health care, and manufacturing. Employers should...more
The initial weeks of President Donald Trump's second term have seen the administration enact several significant new immigration policies that have immediate implications for employers across the United States. Understanding...more
Employers should be aware that the Trump Administration is intensifying immigration enforcement efforts, which will likely lead to increased workplace audits and raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....more
The Trump administration has immediately followed through on campaign priorities of aggressive immigration enforcement. The agency in charge of immigration enforcement is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,...more
There are many questions surrounding potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids impacting the workplace, as well as a heightened prospect of being contacted by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...more
Question: We are worried that there may be an increase in worksite enforcement investigations. What can we do in preparation?...more
As noted by multiple media outlets, Donald Trump’s team released an aggressive slate of immigration executive orders. This anticipated immigration crackdown will have implications for people nationwide, including a package of...more
President Trump’s new administration takes charge this week with a renewed focus on enforcing federal immigration law. In fact, as explained in today’s companion article, one of President Trump’s first action items on...more
In the hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as President, his administration started taking immediate action to reshape the country’s immigration policies – and employers need to pay attention given the impact these changes...more
Immigration reform played a key role during the presidential campaign cycle. Given the starkly different philosophies between the current and incoming administrations, changes to federal immigration policy are imminent....more
On October 7, 2024, the USCIS issued a reminder to all employers using E-Verify that they have until January 5, 2025, to download records for E‑Verify cases last updated on or before December 31, 2014. The next day, on...more
On November 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Great Dane LLC (Great Dane), a trailer manufacturing company, over allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against non-U.S....more
Employers need to be aware of anticipated changes to immigration policy under the new Trump administration and be prepared for the impact those changes may have on their workforce. All employers should make sure their I-9s...more
The passage of the vaguely named “Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act” led to widespread chatter that the law possibly prohibited employers from using E-Verify unless they were explicitly required to do so under federal...more
In the past month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has launched a voluntary I-9 verification process called “E-Verify+” aimed at improving the I-9 and E-Verify processes and streamlining employer...more
The USCIS recently introduced E-Verify+, which aims to streamline the employment eligibility verification by combining Form I-9 and E-Verify into a seamless digital process. E-Verify+ has employees complete their Form I-9...more
Illinois is adding new requirements for employers using E-Verify to determine employees’ eligibility under the state’s Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Our Labor & Employment and Immigration teams discuss what Illinois...more