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Employment Authorization Verification [1] (last updated October 2010)
This Litigation Issue Page highlights lawsuits challenging government initiatives related to employment verification, including the Internet based E-Verify system and "no-match" letters issued by the Social Security Administration.
IJ's Jurisdiction to Apply INA § 204(j) [2] (last updated January 2010)
In Matter of Perez Vargas, 23 I&N Dec. 829 (BIA 2005), the BIA held that immigration judges lack jurisdiction to determine whether an approved I-140 remains valid under INA § 204(j). Section 204(j) provides that, for purposes of an adjustment application that has been pending for more than 180 days, an approved I-140 visa petition remains valid even if the adjustment applicant changes jobs, so long as the new job is in the same or similar occupational classification. Several courts of appeals rejected the BIA’s holding, and in January 2010, the BIA reversed itself in Matter of Neto, 25 I&N Dec. 169 (BIA 2010).
Other Impact Litigation [3] (last updated January 5, 2011)
This Litigation Issue Page summarizes and discusses class action and other multi-party lawsuits that do not fall into categories covered by the Litigation Issue Pages described above.