Immigration: What to Expect From an Obama Administration

Don't expect the Obama administration to be in a hurry to roll out its plans for comprehensive immigration reform. In fact, blueprints to secure some type of legal status for millions of illegal alien workers may be shelved until 2010. Still, the new administration can and likely will do a lot to adjust worksite enforcement policies that were developed in the past eight years.

Pork industry employers can expect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement efforts to become more tactical under the Obama administration. While immigration will likely remain high on the compliance agenda, it should move away from the business-busting raids of recent years to a more measured focus on I-9 audits, arrest warrants for specific workers being investigated for fraud or criminal law violations, and follow-up on identity-theft cases. Read more…

Republished with permission of Pork Exec.