NEW: President Bush Signs Order Mandating E-Verify for Fed Contractors

President Bush signed an executive order today mandating what his administration has long promised: E-Verify mandated for all federal contractors. The Nutshell: All agencies and departments of the Executive branch of the federal government must require their contractors to use an electronic employme...

Jose E. Latour Jun 09, 2008

State Law Interactive Map is UP!!

I know what you're thinking."Jose is a slacker and hasn't been keeping up with his blog."Actually, half of that is correct:  I have NOT been doing a good job on updating Immigration Insider as I SHOULD be, but not because I've been slacking.  The truth is that the ...

Jose E. Latour Jun 08, 2008

Workplace Enforcement’s Silent Victims

Lynn Woolsey Chairwoman of the "Workforce Protection Subcommittee Committee on House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections" [I am not making that up...if it's a typo, that's what was there and I cut and pasted the title] testified before Congress on May 20, 20...

Jose E. Latour May 23, 2008

SHRM Back in D.C. pushing NEVA

SHRM reported yesterday that their President and CEO, Susan R. Meisinger, was in Washington last week urging Congress to replace E-Verify with NEVA.  Their words: "The employee authorization plan supported by SHRM would be implemented under the proposed New Employee Verification Act (NEVA)...

Jose E. Latour May 13, 2008

Imprisonment of Employer VP Leaves Fishing Industry Reeling*

(*I humbly apologize to my readers for this appalling headline but it proved irresistible and I may never have an opportunity for it again.)[Readers, take note:  I’ve been telling you for about five years that the threat of jail time against I-9 violating company officials would become a primar...

Jose E. Latour May 06, 2008

Federalizing the Local Cops

Nik Steinberg wrote a heck of an editorial in The Christian Science Monitor and the sheer logic of it should have the feds blushing.  Here's a few choice excerpts..."Imagine living in a state where local cops can stop anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally, and arrest them i...

Jose E. Latour Apr 28, 2008

How to Further Mess Up This Economy

I consider the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) to be a pretty credible organization as far interests groups go.  The main value of their efforts is in serving as a reality check for governmental "initiatives" designed to "help".  For this reason, the results of their re...

Jose E. Latour Apr 27, 2008

SHRM Lobbies Oklahoma in Support of Biometrics

SHRM headed to Oklahoma Monday to encourage small business owners to lobby their congressional delegation in support of the immigration reform bill. the organization is supporting.  The measure would require employees and applicants to prove their identity to employers by providing biometric in...

Jose E. Latour Apr 24, 2008

Deputizing Employers: ICE’s New Angle

I've been pondering the quagmire in which ICE's enforcement actions placed Pilgrim's Pride recently.  Imagine this scenario:You are a corporate compliance manager/counsel/etc. and the phone rings.  A person claiming to be from ICE advises you that your company is going to be subjected to a...

Jose E. Latour Apr 23, 2008

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

In the midst of the current chaos caused by the Feds and their "no holds barred" enforcement efforts, one has to wonder if anyone in Washington is aware that they have effectively placed U.S. employers in a irreconcilable Catch-22, one which has the potential to disrupt our economy far bey...

Jose E. Latour Apr 21, 2008