Punishing Employers: ICE has a Renewed Commitment
The strategy is a 2-pronged approach. It includes aggressive criminal and civil penalties against employers who knowingly violate immigration laws, and continues to implement programs such as E-Verify (verifies employment eligibility to work in the United States) and IMAGE.
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What Businesses Are Targets For Ice Inspections?
ICE selects the businesses that will be targeted for inspection. Certain industries may be under closer watch, such as construction, manufacturing, hotels and restaurants. However, all employers are subject to inspection. It doesn’t mean just because your business is not in one of these categories that ICE won’t visit you next.
Many, many times, ICE acts on the basis of a tip from a “concerned citizen”. Some ICE raids are the result of a tip form a disgruntled employee, unhappy customer, or mean-spirited competitor.
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What Should Employers Know Right Now
Under the Bush administration, the focus of worksite enforcement actions was arresting illegal aliens. Under the Obama administration, however, the focus of the Department of Homeland Security (”DHS”) has shifted to criminal prosecution of employers. DHS made this clear in an April 30, 2009, memorandum setting out its worksite enforcement strategy and in a corresponding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (”ICE”) Worksite Enforcement Fact Sheet.
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When Hiring Employees – Complying With Immigration Law
Last July, the federal government issued over 500 notices to businesses, informing them that they would be audited by the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) for compliance with immigration law. In one month, ICE performed more audits than it did all last year. In November, the Department of Homeland Security announced that another 1000 companies would be sent audit notices by ICE that month.
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http://www.youradvocate.net/articles/032410.pdf
Avoid Immigration Disaster For Your Business
Develop an easy to follow written immigration policy including the basics of Form I-9 preparation, the I-9 storage and retention rules and a summary of both the federal and state immigration rules.
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5 Tips to Help I-9 Compliance
By now, you know that the U.S. government has been performing widespread investigations and audits of employers to crack down on employment of undocumented noncitizens. You should also be aware that you must maintain Form I-9, an employment authorization verification form issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), for all your workers.
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State Laws and Employer I-9 Employment Verification Responsibilities
Colorado HB 1343 (signed 6/6/2006) prohibits state agencies from entering into contract agreements with contractors who knowingly employ illegal immigrants and requires prospective contractors to verify legal work status of all employees. The contractor must confirm that the Basic Pilot Program has been used to verify the status of all employees. If the contractor discovers that an illegal alien is employed, the contractor must alert the state agency within 3 days.
Link to the full article below
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Immigration Compliance Enforcement Is On The Move With Illegals
The numbers speak for themselves. In fiscal 2009, ICE removed a record number of aliens – 387,000 – more than any other administration in the nation’s history. ICE also removed a record number of criminal aliens – 136,000. In just the first year of our new Secure Communities initiative, ICE identified more than 111,000 aliens charged or convicted of crimes, and more than 11,000 of them were charged with or convicted of Level 1 crimes like murder and rape. This is a smart way to use resources and protect our communities.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/23/the-new-ice-age/
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Employer Should Be Aware Because The Immigrant Bill Is Back On The Table
Employers should be aware of the immigration bill. Ms. Napolitano said the immigration landscape has changed sharply since 2007, when attempts at a comprehensive overhaul failed because many members of Congress lacked confidence in the government’s ability to enforce existing laws, she said. Immigration overhauls backed by the Bush administration and some congressional leaders from both parties foundered in part because critics portrayed them as rewarding illegal immigrants with “amnesty” for violating U.S. law.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125816110639347917.html
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The Turner Construction Company Responds To Illegal Immigrants Arrests
Companies are not sure from Notice of Inspections without regular audits. As a result of the procedures established for this project, we have been informed that two subcontractors working on the courthouse project employed workers who provided information that did not match Federal records. Our understanding at this time indicates that individual employees of a subcontractor under contract with Turner may have submitted falsified employment documentation, which in turn led to the employment of those individuals. The fact that the documentation was falsified was identifiable to the ICE officials but was not known to Turner or, to our knowledge, to Turner’s subcontractor.
Read the full article linked below.
http://wokv.com/localnews/2009/11/update-construction-company-re.html
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