Our Low Tech Commitment to High Tech Border Security

Tempted as I am to rant and rave over this latest stunning fiasco just revealed about ANOTHER failure in our national immigration security...I will spare you.  I went to the Holocaust museum today and I am drained.  But here is a brief chronology of events from the point of view of this fo...

Jose E. Latour Oct 26, 2008

Basic Economics

I sat there, stunned, as George W. Bush gave the nation a nutshell explanation of basic economic theory, reading his Teleprompter quite well and not stumbling as he usually does.  Still, what he was saying would have been more clearly stated to the American people via a simple "We in a HEA...

Jose E. Latour Sep 25, 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

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

HSA’s Chertoff: The Heat and Raids will Continue

Yesterday was a busy immigration day in Washington: not only did the President finally invoke the long-promised mandate of requiring E-Verify from all federal contractors, but two of his execs hunkered down for a rather verbose press conference dubbed the "State of Immigration Address".
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Jose E. Latour Jun 10, 2008

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

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

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