Tennessee’s new immigration enforcement law mandates that employers verify the legal status of their workers through the E-Verify system, effective January 1, 2025. Companies with more than 6 employees must use this federal tool to ensure employees are legally…
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Immigration Enforcement Underway: Preparing for I-9 Inspections and Site Visits
Employers should prepare for increased immigration enforcement, including I-9 inspections and site visits, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intensifies its focus on unauthorized workers. Employers must ensure I-9 forms are properly completed, maintain…
How Employers Can Navigate the Legal Ramifications of the DOJ’s New Directives for ImmigrationEnforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new immigration enforcement directives impact employers by increasing penalties for hiring unauthorized workers. Employers must carefully navigate these directives, ensuring they comply with updated I-9 requirements, verify work…
Bill Punishing Businesses Knowingly Hiring Illegal Immigrant Passes Indiana House
Indiana House lawmakers passed House Bill 1531, which would penalize businesses with more than 10 employees that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The bill, aimed at enforcing stricter immigration laws, introduces penalties like warnings, suspensions, and potential…
Surge in I.C.E. Immigration Enforcement is Wake-Up Call to U.S. Employers
Here is a wake-up call for employers thinking about shoring up their immigration compliance process as a New Year’s resolution. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is targeting employers and has dramatically increased the number of worksite investigations,…
2018 Worksite Enforcement Investigations Already Double 2017 Total
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly doubled the number of audits that it conducted during the entire 2017 fiscal year. In May, the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit reported opening 3,510 worksite investigations in…
A Double Whammy for California Employers: Heightened Immigration Investigations and New Fines
A new California law imposes new and different obligations on California public and private employers for immigration worksite visits, activities and enforcement by federal government agencies. The California’s Immigrant Worker Protection Act (IWPA), which became…
Response Protocol for I-9 Audit and Immigration Raid
A Form I-9 Audit begins when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) serves a Notice of Inspection to a company representative requesting a review of the company’s I-9 forms for every employee. ICE may not request any personnel file that goes beyond a current and…
ICE Confirms 150-Plus Arrests in California Sweep, Slams Schaaf’s Early Warning
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf recently alerted the city that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents soon would be conducting workplace raids and now she is being investigated to see she broke any laws by issuing the warning. “It is Oakland’s legal right to be a…
ICE to Employers: Expect More Form I9 Audits, Arrests and Outreach
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted workplace raids on 77 businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento and San Jose in February and in early January, nearly 100 7-Eleven stores were targeted in the largest immigration enforcement operation conducted…