Arkansas Business Immigration Laws
Posted by Courtney
Welcome - I will try to give you some idea of the current state of Arkansas Business Immigration Laws, though my first look at this subject uncovered an incident involving allegedly illegal alien workers that was investigated by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This was the procedure even though some of the alleged violations took place in Arkansas.
This particular case involved a Springdale, Arkansas company that supposedly harbored illegal workers and allowed some workers to re-enter the country after they were deported. Another situation involving a major Arkansas company was prosecuted in federal court.
According to many legal scholars, the issue of Business Immigration Laws has become quite complicated. One private organization will hold an October 2006 conference in Little Rock that will focus on legal issues of offering sales and services in the United States, with one session specifically looking at international business immigration and such topics as visas, temporary and permanent residence, and cross-border employment.
The Arkansas government website and its list of categories led me to two categories that could be of help to businesses and foreign-born workers. However, when I looked at the Immigration category I found only links to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Customs and Border Protection, and the United States Department of Labor. It seems that this state, like so many others, leans almost entirely on federal regulations to govern Arkansas Business Immigration Laws and issues. In the Jobs category, there were no listings for Immigrant or Immigration.
Under the heading of Labor, you will see Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), United States Department of Labor, Criminal Background Record Search, and New Hire Reporting Center. Arkansas’ New Hire law requires employers to register all newly hired employees with the state within 20 days of their hire, which specifically includes temporary employees, as defined in the law passed in 1996.
Keep in mind that as with some other states, it seems that the New Hire law is designed to prevent or discover fraud in unemployment insurance and child support. Therefore, you may want to check with the Arkansas Department of Labor and other agencies to get details on state requirements for certifying foreign workers.
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