Immigration

A recent Fifth Circuit decision has given hope to employers, at least those in the Fifth Circuit, with Forms I-9 completed before 2013 in some remote hire situations.  The Fifth Circuit acknowledged that the Form I-9 is confusing, and  to be fair, employers must be provided clear instructions on how […]

By Rachel Weiner When Myron Haughton was picked up by authorities, he was an illegal immigrant with three felony convictions. Yet the Maryland resident convinced an immigration judge last year that he was a changed man, a husband and father who should be granted permanent residency, not be deported. So […]

The Bracero Program, which drew hundreds of thousands of Mexican laborers to toil in American fields from 1942 to 1964, left a searing memory of injustice. The program has been blamed for depressing farm wages and abusing immigrant workers. So I wasn’t surprised that some critics took a dim view […]

Can anything be done about illegal immigration? Donald J. Trump’s proposal to end illegal immigration — to build a supposedly impregnable wall — is a fake solution. For all intents and purposes, the wall is already there: a fence across large stretches of the southwestern border complemented by drones, sensors […]