The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported yesterday that the implementation of the final rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to begin using its E-Verify system has been postponed to September 8, 2009.  The rule was first published on November 14, 2008 in the Federal Register requiring federal contractors and sub-contractors to agree to electronically verify the employment eligibility [...]

Change you can believe in? More of the same? You decide. The Houston Chronicle reports that President Obama’s choice to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says he wants to continue the Bush administration’s E-Verify system. Here’s what John Morton said in his Senate confirmation hearing last week: “We cannot make sustained reductions in illegal immigration without [...]

The Washington Post reported this past Sunday that Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security has delayed proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions to be carried out by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) at U.S. workplaces.  “ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure that [targets] are being taken down when they should be taken [...]