Employers & Immigration 2017: I-9s, E-Verify, Audits, Visas & How to Prepare For the New Changes

President Trump's plans to build the wall and beef up deportations is coupled with another immigration strategy … to use U.S. employers as a "virtual wall" against undocumented workers. What does that mean for you?

Employers will face several new immigration-law changes this year: possible mandatory use of E-Verify … stepped-up worksite I-9 audits and raids … restrictions to guest-worker visas … increased fines and enforcement levels … and more. Plus, employers are already trying to figure out the new "Smart I-9" form they must complete for each new hire.

In Employers & Immigration 2017, attorney Kevin Lashus, a former assistant chief counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), provides an in-depth look at how to stay in compliance with all these important immigration changes.

This timely briefing includes training on:

The new 'Smart' I-9 form

• What's new on the form and why you should care
• Top tips to complete, retain and reverify on this revised form
• How the Smart I-9 interacts with E-Verify
• Effects of the new EB and entrepreneur regulations
• How to use the new I-9 handbook

E-Verify: Current and future compliance

• Who must use the online system?
• Is mandatory E-Verify coming? If so, to whom and when?
• Section 3 revalidation addition
• Best practices to stay in compliance

New rules on document bias and employment visas

• OSC issues new regulations on discrimination in I-9 document requests
• What documents you can request – and when
• Increased investigations and other Trump administration changes
• New changes to employment-based visa rules kick in & more to come

More worksite audits, raids and penalties

• I-9 audits on the rise – what’s next?
• New risk for immigration raids under Trump
• Increased fine matrix takes effect (fine levels are up by 96%)

Remember, your only defense against serious monetary penalties and criminal arrests is strict compliance with all of these confusing (and constantly changing) immigration rules. Learn all the new developments and how to stay in compliance … and out of court.

Sincerely,

Pat DiDomenico, Editorial Director
HR Specialist

P.S. Your satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed. If Employers & Immigration 2017 fails to meet your needs, we will refund every penny you paid – no hassles, no questions asked.

About Your Speaker:

Kevin Lashus is a Partner in the Austin, Texas, office of FisherBroyles, LLP. He focuses his practice on corporate employment verification compliance and inbound business immigration. Mr. Lashus assists clients in developing employment authorization and immigration compliance systems – including full-scale or localized IMAGE and E-Verify implementation protocols. Kevin previously served as assistant chief counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where he advised special agents on immigration prosecutions and worksite enforcement actions. He is board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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