Immigration Issues Affecting California Employers
Bernard Wolfsdorf & Richard Yemmi - 1 Hour - January 9th, 2018
Bernard P Wolfsdorf is the past national president of the 14,000-member American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is managing partner of the top-rated Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP immigration law firm. Mr. Wolfsdorf was recently recognized as the 2018 Lawyer of the Year in Immigration Law for Los Angeles by U.S. News' Best Lawyers. In 2017, Mr. Wolfsdorf was listed as Who’s Who Legal’ s “Leading and Most Highly Recommended Immigration Lawyer in the United States” for the seventh consecutive year. In 2016, he was named the “Most Highly Regarded Immigration Lawyer in North America”.
Previously, from 2010 to 2015, Mr. Wolfsdorf was listed as the “World’s Leading Corporate Immigration Lawyer” by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. Martindale-Hubbell has consistently given Mr. Wolfsdorf “AV Preeminent” ratings (the highest possible) in ethics and competence. US News’ Best Lawyers in America has selected Mr. Wolfsdorf as its “Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles”. Chambers USA gave him a “star” rating, an honor given to only three attorneys in California for the immigration chapter.
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Richard Yemm is a partner in the Los Angeles office and is admitted to practice law in both California and New York state. He is certified by the California State Bar as an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist. Having graduated with honors from the University of Exeter School of Law in the United Kingdom, he prepares and assists clients with a wide range of diverse cases including entertainment, investor, business, and marriage/family-based non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions, in addition to applications for U.S. citizenship and assisting with corporate I-9 compliance audits.
Mr. Yemm’s practice also focuses on the analysis of immigration consequences of U.S. and foreign criminal convictions and immigrant and non-immigrant waivers of inadmissibility, where he has successfully overturned grounds of inadmissibility at numerous embassies and consulates around the world. He has also authored numerous publications for the American Immigration Lawyers Association's national and Southern California Chapter. He is also currently serving as the CBP Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA.
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Credits
CalBar - MCLE:1.0, HRCI - California:1.0, SHRM - PDC:1.0
Description
President Trump has proposed a radical hard-line immigration stance across the board and has already started being tougher on employers who do not strictly follow immigration laws. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires that employers verify the identity and legal authorization to work in the United States of their newly hired employers through the use of Form I-9. We will discuss the challenges that employers face in the context of the ever-changing landscape of Immigration Law and its intersections with Employment Law (including, among other topics, a related discussion of California Assembly Bill 450 [“Immigrant Worker Protection Act”] and DACA ["Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals"] and other Immigration Issues Affecting Employers). Topics Include: - Increase in fines for non-compliance - Trump's hard-line immigration stance - Current employer verification procedures - Employers tips on compliance when verifying employment eligibility - AB 450 and impact on compliance with federal immigration law
Key Objectives:
2. Be prepared for a site visit/audit
3. Limit civil liability on previously completed Forms I-9
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