A Little Help from my Friends…

Folks, if you are finding my blog and our efforts at i9 Advantage worthwhile, I have a big favor to ask of you: PLEASE write me if you hear of passed or proposed legislation, executive orders, and the like in your state.  I cannot tell you how much time we are investing into bringing you the be...

Jose E. Latour Jun 10, 2008

Correction for Link to E-Verify Map

Folks, Sam Udani kindly pointed out that the link to i9 Advantage's State Legislation Map was incorrect.  I have fixed it so you should be able to see our handiwork without a problem.  If you don't know Sam, check out www.ilw.com , the most comprehensive immigration resource on t...

Jose E. Latour Jun 09, 2008

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