Archive for November, 2010

To Our Employers: More Social Security Info on No-Match Letters

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

This link is a two page FAQ on an employer’s most asked questions about Social Security no-match letters.  If you employ US citizens AND/OR foreign nationals, you must treat them exactly the same when hiring regardless of nationality.  But no one ever said the I-9 rules were easy.  Enjoy.

http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=33682

The DREAM Act Lives!

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Congress will get another chance to pass the DREAM Act before the end of the year.  Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, will force a vote while they still control the Congressional agenda.

The DREAM Act allows the children of immigrants who came into the US illegally to legalize, become green card holders and eventually US citizens if they finish high school and either go to college or enroll in the military.  For more details, see the link below.     Casey Wolff, Esq.

http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/11/12/pelosi-reid-to-push-dream-act-in-lame-duck/