An immigration alert has been issued by our colleagues at Epstein Becker Green: Robert S. Groban Jr., Pierre Georges Bonnefil, Patrick G. Brady, Jang Hyuk Im, and Greta Ravitsky.

Topics include the following:

• H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year 2014
• Report Finds Immigration Laws Frustrate the Admission of Critical Health Care Professionals
• Senators Offer “Bipartisan” Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• HHS Issues Proposed Regulation Implementing ACA
• DOJ Settles Worksite Enforcement Claim Against Oregon Homecare Provider
• Immigration Legislation Expands in Georgia and Tennessee in 2013
• OSC Settles Discrimination Claims Against Holliswood Hospital
• OSC Settles Discrimination Charge Against Centerplate Inc.
• OSC Advises Employers on Employees Presenting Fraudulent Documents
• Labor Department Settles Claim Against Employer of J-1 Foreign Interns
• DOS Issues February 2013 Visa Bulletin