The presidential inauguration will be here before we know it, and HR leaders have much to prepare for, including potential immigration changes.
Immigration will likely be one of the Trump administration’s first targets. As such, HR teams should expect increased scrutiny on work authorization requests of foreign-born employees and an increase in immigration enforcement that could lead to deportations, experts told HR Brew.
“[Trump’s team], right now, they’re planning furiously to start taking action immediately in January,” Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an Austin, Texas-based attorney who represents immigrants, told HR Brew. “Similarly, everyone else needs to be planning and preparing and not just waiting to see what they do. We know what they’re going to do. We’ve been through this before.”
What to expect. Experts HR Brew spoke with said HR teams can expect an increase in immigration enforcement, including audits of employment documentation or raids.
They should expect increased scrutiny of work authorization requests, for both new and existing employees. Denials for H-1B visa applications, for example, rose as high as 24% in fiscal year 2018, during Trump’s first administration, before falling to 3.5% in fiscal year 2023, according to the National Foundation for American Policy.
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