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	<title>Immigration Law Blog &#187; Work</title>
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		<title>DHS and DOL step up audits of H-1B and Labor Cert Sponsors</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/151</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Fueled by the $500.00 per case “H-1B Fraud Fee” paid by employers for every new H-1B application for a new employee, the DHS has instituted significant additional review programs of H-1B employer sponsors.  According to the DHS, over 600 employers nationwide are being audited.  The Office of Fraud Detention and National Security estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Policy: Enforcement before Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking recently, Janet Napolitano, President Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security indicated that without question the administration’s policy was going to be that of expanding immigration enforcement, especially against businesses.  This comes on the heels of another declaration that H-1B visa sponsors are being audited in much larger numbers, thanks to the additional $500.00 H-1B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-verify: A Helpful Big Brother?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/66</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review and analysis of E-Verify program and procedures
Copyright Farhad Sethna, 2008
Question: should an employer adopt the E-Verify program?

Answer: Briefly, my answer is “no”. Here is why:
1.    The E-Verify program relies on a Social Security Administration database which by the SSA’s own estimate has a 4.1% error rate. Therefore, for every one hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highly Skilled Immigrants: A Boon to the American Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/55</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright, eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with Masters Degrees or Ph D&#8217;s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in the United States and seek employment in this country. American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highly Skilled Immigrants a Boon to the American Economy *</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/32</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright,  eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with  Masters Degrees or Ph D&#8217;s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some  students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in  the United States and seek employment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The TN VISA: An Option for Canadian Professionals</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/31</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TN Visa arose out of the North American Free Trade  Agreement, or NAFTA. TN stands for &#8220;Trade Nafta.&#8221; Under the NAFTA, citizens of  Canada and Mexico had, through varying degrees, the use of a new non-immigrant  visa category, called the &#8220;TN&#8221; Visa to enter and work in the United States. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Path Well Traveled: Immigration Through Employment</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/30</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have discussed employment-based  visas, labor certification, H-1Bs, exceptional and extraordinary ability aliens, and L-1 transfers in  various articles on my website. However, I wanted to write one article which  would cover in general terms, the &#8220;nuts and bolts&#8221; of immigration for  professionals and degree-holders or equivalent through the time-tested H-1b [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American Competitiveness Act: Immigration Law for the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/24</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 17, 2000 President Bill Clinton signed into law the &#8220;American  Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000&#8243;. [Hereafter "The Act"]
This Act has significant ramifications not only for the short term but also &#8211;  and perhaps more importantly &#8211; for the long term. The Act acknowledges the  foreign workers&#8217; critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring Aliens &#8211; An Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/22</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Student Visa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 1995 and 1996 the United States Congress has seen at least  two attempts, one in the House, the other in the Senate, to make very  substantial changes in the existing Immigration Law. The last major revision to  the Immigration Law was with the Immigration Act of 1990. Obviously in the 1996 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring a Foreign Student</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/21</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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an a U.S. employer legally hire a foreign student? 
A: A U.S. employer can legally hire a foreign student who has the  necessary employment authorization.

What type of authorization? 
A: The most common forms of employment authorization are either a  valid, endorsed Form I-20, signed by the Foreign Student Advisor at the  student&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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