Company Agrees to Pay Government $4.5 Million for Illegal Worker Investigation

by Staff Writer December 31, 2009

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Read news release: Justice Department and ICE reach $4.5 million agreement with Pilgrim's Pride According to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal government and Pilgrim's Pride Corporation have reached an agreement to resolve an investigation involving the hiring and employment of unauthorized aliens at some of the company's Texas plants. Under the terms of the agreement, Pilgrim's Pride agreed to pay the government $4.... [More]

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CA City Requires Businesses to Use E-Verify on New Hires

by Staff Writer December 29, 2009

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According to a story on the Los Angeles Times website, businesses in the city of Lancaster, California will be required to use E-Verify to check the employment eligibility of potential workers and ensure that all their new hires are eligible to work in the United States. E-Verify – a free, Internet-based federal program – allows employers to compare information provided by job seekers with millions of records kept in databases by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and th... [More]

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Target Performs Internal I-9 Compliance Check on Store

by Staff Writer December 21, 2009

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According to a report in the Contra Costa (CA) Times, an internal I-9 compliance probe at a downtown Walnut Creek, California Target store led to 50 immigrant workers leaving their jobs. Target sent a team to investigate the store after an allegation that illegal immigrants worked on the night shift attracted the attention of the corporate headquarters of the 1,700-store chain, the Contra Costa Times reported. Target said its probe was an I-9 compliance check, the Contra Costa Times repor... [More]

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E-Verify To Add Self-Check System for Workers?

by Staff Writer December 16, 2009

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As reported by the Washington Times, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) could possibly plan to add a self-check system so workers can pre-screen themselves with E-Verify, the electronic database used on a voluntary basis by some employers to screen the employment eligibility of their prospective employees. E-Verify, which allows employers to check Social Security numbers of prospective employees to see if they were eligible to work, remains a strong tool to he... [More]

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Denver Considers Random Immigration Status Checks for Contractors

by Staff Writer December 8, 2009

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According to an article in the Denver Post, the city of Denver, Colorado may consider performing random checks on the immigration status of contract workers after a review found that a construction company used illegal immigrants to work on city projects. The Post reports that the initial review found that a dozen of the Noraa Concrete Construction Corp.'s 25 employees working on a city project had invalid Social Security numbers, and that the auditor's office found an additional ... [More]

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