ICE Worksite Enforcement Investigations for Fiscal Year 2018 Already Double the Amount of FY 2017

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 5, 2018, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – which enforces federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration – announced that the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) had already doubled the amount of ongoing worksite enforcement investigation cases in Fiscal Year (FY)…

Modernized E-Verify System Increases Speed and Accuracy of Employment Eligibility Verification Process

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 23, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – announced that the E-Verify program had modernized its system to improve user experience, reduce errors, and increase the speed and accuracy of the employment eligibility…

E-Verify and myE-Verify Temporarily Unavailable from April 20 to April 22 Due to System Enhancements

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – has announced that the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification system and myE-Verify will be temporarily unavailable from April 20, 2018, at 9:00 p.m. to April 22, 2018, at…

USCIS Launches E-Verify.gov Website to be Authoritative Source for Information about E-Verify

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 10, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency overseeing lawful immigration to the United States – launched the E-Verify.gov website to be an authoritative source for information on the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification system for employers, employees, and the general public.…

ICE Arrests More than 150 Individuals in Northern California Immigration Enforcement Operation

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Since February 25, 2018, deportation officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) have conducted targeted immigration enforcement operations in the San Francisco, California area and arrested more than 150 individuals who are allegedly in violation of federal U.S. immigration laws, according…

White House Budget Invests $23 Million to Expand E-Verify for Mandatory Nationwide Use

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The White House has released ‘An American Budget – President’s Budget Fiscal Year (FY) 2019’ that calls for “$23 million to expand the E-Verify Program for mandatory nationwide use” so businesses employ workers authorized to work in the United States. The complete budget is at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/.