Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials report that they conducted 2,200 on-site audits of businesses in FY 2010 to verify employees’ eligibility to work in the United States, resulting in a record $50 million-plus in fines. ICE, the enforcement wing of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), no longer stages round-ups of suspected illegal immigrants [...]
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Declaring it is out "to target the root cause of illegal immigration," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit are scurrying about to inspect companies’ 1-9 employment verification records to make sure no illegal immigrants are on the payroll. ICE hit the jackpot recently when it inspected Houston’s IFCO Systems, [...]
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