Heat Gets Turned up on Immigration Firm
Posted by Nathan Koppel



We’ve written here and here about the battle between the Department of Labor and prominent immigration firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. The dispute involves whether the firm improperly advised some clients seeking permanent resident status for foreign workers. And now, thanks to a filing made by the DOL last week, we know a little bit more about the alleged Fragomen conduct that the DOL claims possibly stepped over the line.

But first, a quick recap. At issue are federal rules that require a company, as a condition for sponsoring a foreign worker for a green card, to certify to the Labor Department that the company has not been able to find a “minimally qualifiedâ€