Are you a foreign national who has been residing in the United States? If so, maybe you are thinking about starting a career in the U.S. But, before you start looking for a job, you must make sure you can do so legally. Not everyone living in the U.S. can legally work in the U.S. […]
Immigration is a stressful process, it can change your life or that of your loved ones. It’s hard because laws and policies are being updated faster than ever. This makes it hard to know your options and rights. How can you make a good decision while under pressure? An immigration lawyer can be a […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Sunday, January 19, 2014. It’s been a few months since we last discussed E-Verify, the federal program that is supposed to help monitor the employment eligibility of immigrants. As we noted most recently in our September 20 post, there are several key limitations to […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Thursday, January 2, 2014. “It’s the economy, stupid,” is a phrase that has entered the American political lexicon. Coined by a strategist for Bill Clinton two decades ago, it still resonates strongly in a post-Recession economy in which both unemployment and fears of […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, September 20, 2013. This is a follow-up to our post last week on work authorization for immigrants. As we discussed in that post, the use of “silent raids” in the form of employment eligibility audits by federal agents has had a chilling […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, September 13, 2013. Most undocumented immigrants are in the workforce. According to Pew Hispanic Center, out of about 11 million undocumented people, about 8 million are working. There is wide agreement, however, that the system for verifying compliance with federal […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, September 6, 2013. The connection between getting a good education and getting a good job is of course a close one. We write about it regularly in this blog, most recently in our August 23 post on financial resources available to immigrant […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in US Immigration Law on Friday, August 30, 2013. One of our main themes in this blog is the remarkable consensus that exists on the need for federal immigration reform. Business and religious leaders, labor groups and immigrant advocates are joining together, trying to get Congress […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, August 16, 2013. With Congress is on its late-summer recess, the fate of the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate remains unclear. The House has resisted reform proposals before and may well do so again. But across the nation, the […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Monday, August 5, 2013. Four years ago, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) began conducting audits of employers, seeking to verify compliance with rules regarding work authorization. In theory, the goal of such audits is to create a manageable compliance process […]