ICE Sending Chills Down Spines of U.S. Employers as Government Cracks Down on Hiring Illegal Workers

by Tom Ahearn November 16, 2009

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Article posted on KansasCityJobForce.com Employers who usually search for certain qualities such as intelligence, experience, and a strong work ethic when considering a candidate for a job opening should add one more quality to the top of the list – Is the applicant legally eligible to work in the United States? On July 1, 2009 – just before the long hot Fourth of July holiday weekend – the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent chills up the sp... [More]

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Over 1,200 Janitors in MN Fired after I-9 Audit by ICE

by Tom Ahearn November 12, 2009

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According to a story originally posted on the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News website, more than 1,200 undocumented janitors in Minnesota were fired from their jobs in October after an I-9 audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in one of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration. The janitors had been informed by their employer – ABM Janitorial Services – that ICE had found problems with their paperwork and that they had to bring... [More]

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ICE Using I-9 Audits to Crack Down on Illegal Immigration

by Tom Ahearn November 10, 2009

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An article in the Philadelphia Daily News – “Don't blame the workers. Blame the employers.” – reveals that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been cracking down on employers that they believe are fueling illegal immigration through stepped-up usage of I-9 audits. Named for the I-9 form that employees have to fill out to verify that they are eligible to work in the United States, more than 650 I-9 audit “alerts” were issued by IC... [More]

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Poultry Plant Pays $1.5 Million to Government for Hiring Illegal Workers, Must Use E-Verify

by Tom Ahearn November 4, 2009

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A report from WSPA News Channel 7 in Spartanburg, South Carolina reveals that a poultry plant charged with hiring hundreds of undocumented workers has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the government to settle all criminal, civil, or administrative claims as a result of the investigation, and the company must use the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “E-Verify” employment eligibility verification program for all hiring as part of the agreement. More than 300 work... [More]

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Statistics Show E-Verify Accuracy and Efficiency Improving

by Tom Ahearn November 2, 2009

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According to the "E-Verify Statistics" page on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, statistics based on fourth quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 (July 2008 through September 2008) E-Verify program transactional data compiled by Westat, an independent research firm, shows: 96.9 percent of employees were automatically confirmed as work authorized either instantly or within 24 hours, requiring no employee/employer action, representing an improve... [More]

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