By Julia Horowitz, CNN Money On Wednesday, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on 98 7-Eleven franchise stores across the country, where they began audits and interviewed employees and managers, according to the agency. Twenty one people suspected of being in the United States illegally were arrested. “Today’s […]
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TPS Holders Should Review Alternate Immigration Options
10 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On January 8, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation would be terminated for El Salvador on September 9, 2019. Since March 9, 2001, the TPS designation allowed certain Salvadorians with continuous residence in the United States since February 13, 2001, to remain, […]
By Ken Thomas and Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Searching for a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown, President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that an immigration agreement could be reached in two phases — first by addressing young immigrants and border security with what he called a “bill […]
By Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle Houston employers need to dot their i’s and cross their t’s, because immigration agents are stepping up demands of: “Show me your papers!” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding inspections of Form I-9s, which are used to verify an employee’s eligibility to work in […]