A federal judge in California has ruled that the Obama administration’s detention of children and their mothers who were caught crossing the border illegally is a serious violation of a longstanding court settlement, and that the families should be released as quickly as possible. In a decision late Friday roundly […]
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Use of Visas At Company Investigated — U.S. looks at hiring of foreign workers by a California utility and two Indian firms
15 Jun
by Foster, on News
The U.S. government is investigating two Indian outsourcing firms and a California power company over whether they violated labor and immigration laws by replacing American workers with foreigners on temporary work visas. The Labor Department said it is trying to ensure the Indian companies and Southern California Edison complied with […]
Nonlawyer is still at his desk, 12 years after court ordered him to stop practicing, newspaper says
2 Jun
by Foster, on News
In 2003, a nonattorney, Jesus Lozano, was ordered by a California court to stop “assisting individuals to fill out pleadings, motions, and court forms or other documents and providing counsel or advice related to any legal matter.” But authorities say Lozano continued taking money from individuals who thought he was […]
The U.S. Department of Justice‘s Office of Special Counsel recently nabbed the department’s largest civil penalty ever for an Immigration and Nationality Act bias claim, a move attorneys say may have been bolstered by access to E-Verify statistics that has led to more enforcement from the unit. The DOJ announced […]