We have been hearing an increased amount of chatter about comprehensive immigration reform in Washington. Today the Wall Street Journal published an article saying that Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff, is increasing talk about comprehensive immigration reform and is pushing it to the agenda from possibly the second Obama term to some time [...]
We wrote last week about the new Employer Handbook which was released by USCIS in connection with the revised Form I-9. The revised version of Form I-9 becomes mandatory on April 3, 2009 (barring any last-minute change by the Obama administration). Employers will have to complete the new Form I-9 for all newly hired employees [...]
We have spoken to clients and written about the slim chances of having an immigration reform early into the upcoming Obama administration. The Wall Street Journal has an article which analyzes the consequences of the changes in Congressional seats as a result of the recent election and how it may affect the immigration reform. Some of [...]
As the dust from the election starts to settle, we have started receiving inquiries about the changes in immigration policy which may be expected from the new Obama-Biden administration. During the pre-election campaign season, the attention spent on immigration policy was close to zero. Amid the financial crisis, Iraq and other domestic and foreign policy issues, [...]