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Urgent Immigration Issues in Agriculture

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Leonard (LJ) D
With Leonard (LJ) D'Arrigo from Harris Beach Murtha Cullina, PLLC
Recorded January 14, 2025
Product ID 100348

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Overview

Employer Compliance and Migrant Worker Protections Amid Changing Laws and Border Policies

Labor shortages in the farm industry have recently intensified with changing immigration policies and increased border enforcement efforts. What can employers do to withstand the new pressures? This legal briefing zeroes in on current immigration law challenges and offers guidance on securing workers while preventing penalties. Offer up-to-the-minute legal solutions and help protect the nation's food supply - register today!

  • Adapt to the changing policy and prepare for new laws and ICE tactics.
  • Help agribusinesses tailor their I-9 practices to the changing workforce.
  • Improve H-2A petition processes and help more applicants qualify.
  • Help farmers protect their workers from erroneous detention and removal.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. The “Modernized” H-2A Program
  2. Employer Compliance for Seasonal Workforce: Avoiding Penalties
  3. DOL and USCIS Final Rules and Litigation
  4. New Administration's Immigration Policies/Enforcement: What we Know and What we Don’t Know
  5. Florida's Recent Immigration Law (Senate Bill 1718)
  6. Protecting Migrant Workers' Rights (With a Focus on Working Conditions, Harassment, and Detention)
  7. Families of Immigrant Farm Workers
  8. Unique Immigration Problems Food Processing Businesses Face

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 1 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
California CLE Approved 1 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1 Total
Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 1 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 1 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
New York CLE Approved 1 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
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  1. Urgent Immigration Issues in Agriculture

    1. The “Modernized” H-2A Program
    2. Employer Compliance for Seasonal Workforce: Avoiding Penalties
    3. DOL and USCIS Final Rules and Litigation
    4. New Administration's Immigration Policies/Enforcement: What we Know and What we Don’t Know
    5. Florida's Recent Immigration Law (Senate Bill 1718)
    6. Protecting Migrant Workers' Rights (With a Focus on Working Conditions, Harassment, and Detention)
    7. Families of Immigrant Farm Workers
    8. Unique Immigration Problems Food Processing Businesses Face

Who Should Attend

This critical legal update is designed for attorneys. Paralegals and farm directors will also benefit.

Speakers

Leonard (LJ) D'Arrigo
Leonard (LJ)
D'Arrigo
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina, PLLC
Speaker bio
Leonard (LJ) D'Arrigo

Leonard (LJ) D'Arrigo

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina, PLLC
Leonard (LJ) D'Arrigo

is partner and leader of the immigration practice at Harris Beach Murtha Cullina, PLLC where he specializes in corporate and professional immigration involving the full suite of employment-based immigrant (NIW, Outstanding Researcher, Extraordinary Ability, Multi-National Manager, PERM) and non-immigrant petitions (H-1B, H-2, O-1, L-1, E, TN, J-1), as well as all family-based immigration processes. Mr. D'Arrigo is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association where he serves on the national Department of Labor Liaison Committee and is a frequent speaker at the local and national levels on business immigration matters. The AILA DOL Liaison Committee is a highly select group of AILA member attorneys across the country that has a seat at the table with the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification, DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA), and other stakeholder groups to discuss policy issues and trends related to temporary (H-2A, H-2B) and permanent labor certification (H-1B) applications, labor condition applications (LCAs), prevailing wage, and other issues. The committee prepares practice pointers, tracks trends based on AILA member experiences, provides comments to proposed regulations, and tracks issues in the PERM and FLAG systems, and the DOL Help Desk. Mr. D'Arrigo assists a diverse group of U.S. and foreign employers, such as multi-national corporations, healthcare organizations and large hospital systems, religious institutions, and universities to obtain temporary and permanent visas for skilled or professional foreign national employees, including international executives and managers, engineers, researchers, skilled craft workers, physicians and medical personnel, scientists and university professors, understanding the impact of immigration issues on corporate operations. Specifically, he has developed an expertise in assisting hospitals, technology companies and research institutions in importing highly-skilled labor to fuel growth in the healthcare, education, technology and semiconductor industries. He assists clients comply with the employment verification and record-keeping requirements of the Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986. Mr. D'Arrigo performs I-9 and other audits of required employment records, advises on document retention and correction requirements, and offers training on completion and maintenance of I-9 records. He also assists clients with immigration law compliance issues that arise following corporate mergers and acquisitions. Mr. D'Arrigo is also a recognized national leader in the processing of H-2B and H-2A visas for agricultural and seasonal employers, including farms, landscape companies, hospitality, construction and the thoroughbred racing industries. He maintains the largest attorney-managed H-2A and H-2B practice in the country based on DOL statistics. He provides guidance to these employers on DOL and USCIS compliance issues, and counsels other attorneys, congressional leaders, and organizations on H-2 legislation and compliance issues throughout the country. He is a frequent speaker at Immigration/Employment related conferences and seminars including, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Farm Bureau, Human Resource Associations, and Continuing Legal Education programs throughout the country. He is also widely cited and quoted in the media on immigration issues affecting employers across the country. Mr. D'Arrigo was appointed by the Justices of the Appellate Division of the Third Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court in 2023 as a member of their Attorney Grievance Committee, which hears complaints of professional misconduct made against attorneys licensed in New York, including those practicing in other states.

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