On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Adjustment of Status on Friday, January 24, 2014. Many immigrants live quiet lives of dignity far from the public spotlight. They usually face many struggles, ranging from getting work visas to trying to adjust their status. For undocumented immigrants, all of this takes place with the […]
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 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 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 Immigration Reform on Friday, June 21, 2013. Whatever the subject area, it takes a truly broad coalition to achieve comprehensive change in the law. This is especially true at the national level, where clashing interests and problematic political dynamics often derail reform efforts. It may well […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, June 14, 2013. In any field of activity, there are myths that crop up. Some of these myths are based on misconceptions; others carry a grain of truth that is often distorted. Immigration is a subject that certainly has its share of […]
On behalf of Robichaud, Schroepfer & Correia, P.A. posted in Employment Immigration on Friday, May 17, 2013. The E-Verify program continues to be the subject of lively debate. V-Verify is a program that uses a large database to check immigration status in order to determine whether someone is eligible to work legally in the U.S. The […]
