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Committee forwards Clark Hill immigration counsel contract to formal amid tax-clearance hold and recruitment questions
Summary
The committee sent an amendment to continue Clark Hill’s immigration legal services to the full council without recommendation after staff described the city’s use of visa sponsorship for hard-to-fill technical roles and LPD reported the contractor’s tax clearance had not been received.
The Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole voted to send a requested amendment for continued legal counsel on immigration and employee sponsorship (Clark Hill PC) to the full council without recommendation, citing a pending tax-clearance matter and broader questions about staffing and local hiring.
Dan Hughes, an HR consultant for the city, told the committee the city has used visa sponsorship to fill chronically understaffed technical roles and to retain specialized talent. Hughes said, “the city of Detroit…began as a result of chronic shortages in certain key technical…
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