Immigration Crackdown: DHS Launches Thousands of H-1B Inspections, I-9 Audits

November 24, 2009 by wgarnett  
Filed under Wes' Blog

To accomplish the inspections, DHS has established the Fraud Detection and National Security Division (FDNS). With nearly 600 officers and more than $90 million in funding (arising from the $500 fraud-detection fees for each initial H-1B or L-1 petition), the FDNS will conduct the 25,000 inspections, up from just over 5,000 in the previous fiscal year. The FDNS already has begun to dispatch officers to work sites throughout the United States.

You can read the full article linked below.

http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2009/11/20/immigration-crackdown-dhs-launches-thousands-of-h-1b-inspections-i-9-audits/

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