Immigration

In a press release on December 3rd, Texas Governor Rick Perry, announced his executive order that Texas state agencies under the direction of his office must now use the Federal Government’s E-Verify program to verify the employment eligibility of all current and prospective agency employees. Executive Order RP 80 was […]

Beginning January 1, 2015, and pursuant to a recent amendment to the Swiss Ordinance on Admission, Stay, and Employment (OASA), the number of Swiss work and residence permits available to foreign nationals will be reduced in 2015. Quota Reductions for Non-EU/EFTA nationals The quota for (L) short-term work and residence […]

(Reuters) – U.S. Republicans, outraged with President Barack Obama for easing deportations of millions of undocumented residents, plan legislation in 2015 strengthening the U.S.-Mexican border to discourage illegal immigration. The move, likely to come early next year according to House Republican leadership aides, may lead to other steps the House […]

AUSTIN – Gov.-elect Greg Abbott made good on his promise and sued the Obama administration Wednesday, spearheading a multistate coalition seeking to unravel the president’s executive action to spare nearly 5 million undocumented people in the United States from deportation. Sixteen other states, 14 of which are run by Republican […]