Et tu, Bill? Florida’s Politicking Attorney General McCollum Switch Hits on Immigration

Apparently there is an epidemic of constitutional amnesia/shameless pandering affecting state Attorneys General throughout the country.  As I told you last week, first it was Virginia State Attorney Cuccinelli opining that local law enforcement officerscan arrest those they suspect of committin...

Jose E. Latour Aug 11, 2010

Signs of Old Age…

Okay, so this is how you realize you've been doing something for a loooooooooong time:You are trying to find the answer to a cryptic question you think you once had figured out.You search on Google.You promptly find a long-winded article you wrote on the subject 3 years ago as the 4th link on y...

Jose E. Latour Nov 04, 2009

Dishonest Filipino Recruiters A Threat To U.S. Employers

It was a very steamy day in Manila, Philippines, on July, 1995, and I was even more uncomfortable than I usually am in a suit and tie.  I was seated at the office of the director of the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA), having been invited via a common contact at the U.S. embas...

Jose E. Latour Oct 02, 2009

In Praise of Biometrics

It was back in 1988 when I first sat down to teach Border Patrolofficers stationed at the very porous El Paso/Ciudad Juarez border the difference between legitimate "Micas " - border crossing cards (BCCs) - and those which were fraudulent.  Incredible as it seems, the profitable art o...

Jose E. Latour Jul 28, 2009

Tweaking E-Verify

With the election just weeks away, the economy reeling, and the future looking anything but bright, the rhetoric regarding employment verification has cooled a bit of late.  But one thing remains clear: E-Verify, love it or hate it, seems to be solidly established as the federal government'...

Jose E. Latour Sep 24, 2008

McDonald’s Franchisee Agrees to Whopper of a Fine…

I know, I know, I apologize for the headline but it was impossible NOT to do it.The most telling part about this news is its source: released on PR Newswire by the USG, which used the opportunity to boast of the $31 million in criminalfines, restitutions and civil judgments as a result of worksitere...

Jose E. Latour Jul 17, 2008

Sheer Pandelerium

The title, a Jeff Foxworthy quote, aptly describes the current state of workplace regulation nationwide.  In the past week, I had conversations with immigration attorney friends in different states and each made essentially the same comment: with all the changes occurring in their OWN state and...

Jose E. Latour Jul 07, 2008

If Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery…

...well, then www.i9advantage.com has every right to be blushing: our competition is starting to look, well, a LOT more like us!  As we scour the Web daily to keep our clients and readers up to date with the latest developments in workforce compliance, part of our searches includes our competit...

Jose E. Latour Jul 01, 2008

ICE Raids: Close to Home

[NOTE: first of all, a quick apology to those of you who expressed concern over the absence of blogs for the past couple of weeks; I am quite fine and in fact, better than when I last wrote you.  I took two weeks off to take the U.S. Coast Guard 100 Ton Captain's License course I've been wantin...

Jose E. Latour Jul 01, 2008

Buncha Stuff….some good, some scary…

...GOOD GRIEF what have I gotten myself into?  Here I am thinking this blog will be a nice little writing outlet but a hyper-caffeinated Chertoff and minions have me playing Headline News...here's the latest from that wacky cast of characters in your national capitol...-USCIS announced tod...

Jose E. Latour Jun 11, 2008

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