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ICE assesses $1 million fine against Abercrombie & Fitch after Form I-9
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- November 29 2010
U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (“ICE”) recently announced that Abercrombie & Fitch had agreed to pay a fine of $1,047,110 for violations discovered during a Form I-9 inspection that ICE conducted in November 2008
ICE expands worksite enforcement activities in the Southeast
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- March 5 2010
On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") announced that it was expanding its worksite enforcement strategy in the Southeastern United States
TPS registration process for Haitians
- Epstein Becker Green
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- Haiti, USA
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- February 25 2010
In response to the overwhelming destruction caused by the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") announced that Haitian nationals in this country prior to January 12, 2010, would be eligible to obtain Temporary Protected Status ("TPS"
Courts continue to apply RICO to immigration violations
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- April 28 2010
The federal courts continue to uphold claims under the Racketeer Corrupt Influenced Organizations Act ("RICO") that involve immigration violations
E-Verify to include U.S. passport photo-matching capability
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- November 29 2010
On November 10, 2010, the DHS announced that the E-Verify program had been upgraded to include the capability to match U.S. passport photos
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals finds Oklahoma E-Verify law unconstitutional
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- February 25 2010
On February 2, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a District Court determination that the mandatory E-Verify provisions of The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 were pre-empted by federal immigration laws
EEOC commissioner calls for close scrutiny of English-only employment
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- November 29 2010
Stuart J. Ishimaru, the Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), has called for a close examination of English-fluency employment tests and English-only work rules to determine if they are being used as a subterfuge for national origin discrimination
U.S. District Court holds that Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation bars local manager's discrimination claims
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- October 30 2009
On September 30, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN Treaty) between the United States and Japan barred claims by a local manager that different treatment of Japanese rotational managers constituted citizenship or national origin discrimination
2011 Diversity Visa lottery begins on October 2, 2009, and ends on November 30, 2009
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- October 2 2009
The Department of State (DOS) announced on September 30, 2009, the opening of the registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery
FY 2010 H-1B quota may be reached soon!
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- December 15 2009
On December 10, 2009, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") reported receiving approximately 62,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions against the 65,000 available under the quota
