Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) employers are often placed between a rock and a hard place when confronted with an employee who may be unauthorized to work in the United States. This article will explain what employers should do in situations where they suspect their employees may not be authorized to work in this country.

SITUATION 1: THE ROCK
In cases with suspicious circumstances or employee fraud, an employer is not liable for making further investigations of an employee's status. However, employers risk liability if they unreasonably investigate an employee's authorization status by requesting documents and verification without reason. To illustrate, the most common actions which may result in liability under IRCA are...

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There are two ways to enforce a foreign judgment (i.e. a judgment from another U.S. state or foreign country) in Texas:

1. under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA); and
2. following common law procedures.

Under the UEFJA, enforcing a foreign judgment can be as simple as filing an authenticated copy of the judgment along with an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and judgment creditor...

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