STATUS OF SECOND TRAVEL BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER
President Trump issued a second, more tailored, executive order
instituting a travel ban on nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was removed from the list of countries
from the first travel ban. This second travel ban was quickly
blocked by a Hawaiian federal judge and remains suspended.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO I-9 HANDBOOK (M-274) FOR EMPLOYERS
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently
issued an updated M-274 Handbook for Employers (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9). In addition to I-9
Central (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central), the
Handbook is one of the key Form I-9, Employment Eligibility
Verification, resources available to employers. The new version of
the Handbook incorporates many significant changes including
changes in immigration law and policy and the new version of the
Form I-9 that was effective January 2017.
