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Georgia Passes Immigration Bill

Georgia state lawmakers passed House Bill 87 this month, one of the harshest enforcement-based immigration policies in the country. Passed just before their legislative session ended, HB 87 is styled after Arizona’s SB 1070, and comes as Republican-controlled state governments across the country are adopting enforcement-only policies, including Indiana, Utah and others. The bill also […]

USCIS Issues Final Rule on Employment Eligibility Verification

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today a final rule that adopts, without change, an interim rule to improve the integrity of the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) process. The interim rule which has been in effect from April 3, 2009 has been finalized after receiving and reviewing public comments for the same. The […]

Restricting Use of Credit Checks: Maryland Joins Rest of the States

Maryland House Bill 87, called the Job Applicant Fairness Act, was introduced by Delegate Kirill Reznik in January seeking to restrict the use of credit checks in making employment based decisions. The bill would prohibit Maryland employers, with a few exceptions, from using a person’s credit history as a screening tool for hiring and retention […]

SSA “No-Match” Letters

No-match letters are issued by the SSA if an employee’s name does not correspond to a valid Social Security number. The no-match proposed rule provided that a no-match letter could be enough to notify an employer that an employee might not be eligible to work in the United States. The proposed rule provided procedures for […]