An obscure provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which took effect November 2, 2015, dramatically changed the formula for calculating inflation adjustments to existing federal penalty schedules, including the penalties for knowingly hiring or continuing to employ an undocumented alien worker and for failing to prepare and maintain properly completed USCIS I-9 paperwork forms….

THE NEW DHS 24-MONTH F-1 STEM OPT EXTENSION OPPORTUNITY COMES WITH STRINGS Large technology employers appear pleased as punch with the new DHS final rule published in the Federal Register of March 11, 2016 authorizing an extension of up to 24 months of optional practical training for F-1 student visa holders with STEM degrees.  As…

On January 7, 2016,  IEEE-USA — the lobbying arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — launched an on-line petition drive to place pressure on The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Discrimination to investigate U.S. employers who have outsourced IT functions performed by U.S. workers to foreign workers employed in the U.S….

For over 20 years, DOL has insisted that it may investigate the whole of an H-1B employer’s LCA compliance practices when it finds reasonable cause to believe a violation has been committed based on the allegations contained in an LCA complaint filed by or on behalf of an aggrieved party or organization — no matter how limited the violation alleged…