by Girish Anand | May 15, 2018 | DHS, ICE, USCIS
BREAKING NEWS: According to legal watchdog group JDSupra, ICE is planning a surge in I-9 audits this summer, to wit: “And the heightened worksite enforcement efforts will increase over the summer, according to ICE’s acting executive associate director for...
by Girish Anand | Apr 30, 2018 | DHS, I-9, ICE
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that it would be increasing the fines for Form I-9 errors and other common violations of federal immigration law. The news of the penalty increases comes as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2017 | ICE
According to The Daily Beast, which claims to have obtained an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo, ICE agents will soon be targeting a “national food service chain.” The chain was unnamed in the report. Statistics indicate that the...
by Girish Anand | Oct 19, 2017 | ICE
In a major shift from the Obama administration and its focus, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now looking to deport workers it discovers who lack legal immigration documents to work in the United States. The vehicle for this will be worksite inspections...
by Girish Anand | Oct 5, 2017 | DHS, E-Verify, ICE, immigration
Asplundh Tree Experts of Philadelphia has agreed to pay a fine of $95 million for hiring illegal workers and openly accepting false documents to do so, even after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had audited the company and ordered the workers terminated,...
by Girish Anand | Jul 12, 2017 | I-9, ICE, USCIS
USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17. Employers will be able to use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through Sept. 17. On Sept. 18, employers must use the...
