Best Compliance Practices and Immigration
Best Compliance Practices and Immigration
The government no longer is issuing small fines to employers who commit serious Form I-9 violations. ICE now is conducting lengthy criminal investigations that result in indictments of company owners, executives, managers and other company personnel involved in these illegal activities. Criminal charges include harboring illegal aliens, money laundering and/or knowingly hiring illegal aliens. These offenses can carry a potential 10-20 year prison sentence, plus forfeiture of all company assets and revenues utilized in this illegal activity.
Immigration reform must be more than a 'Band-Aid'Given that Senate and House conferees are trying for the second time this legislative session to compromise on a bill, we're not very optimistic they will produce a bill that accomplishes what they say they want to accomplish -- getting tough on businesses that hire illegal workers and thus taking away the reason many illegal immigrants are here.
Democrats Decry Immigration Raid at Iowa Processing PlantDemocrats are criticizing a recent government work-site raid targeted at illegal employees, asserting that the action separated parents from their children and devastated the local community. They called for a greater focus on employers who are breaking the law.
On immigration, bluster but little actionTougher penalties for identity theft. A ban on so-called "sanctuary cities." New penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. They were among proposals declared a priority…
Blunt addresses immigration lawGov. Matt Blunt addressed House Bill 1549 during Branson’s “Capital for the Day.” Blunt highlighted the recent action taken by the General Assembly and reported he does not think the E-Verify system will cause significant delay.
Immigration TheaterFederal immigration officials raided an Iowa meatpacking plant this month in what is being called the largest operation of its kind in U.S. history. Nearly 400 of the plant's 900 employees were arrested on immigration charges.
Businesses Learn Requirements of New Immigration LawRecently passed Mississippi Immigration legislation has businesses cramming to learn new hiring requirements. Starting July first, employers are required to verify the immigration status of new workers so companies from across the state participated in a seminar on the federal E-Verify.
Federal database assures a legal work forceOriginally known as the Basic Pilot program and presented as a mandatory method of verifying work eligibility, E-Verify is presently a voluntary system that should be expanded, better funded and mandatory, with the goal of eliminating the magnet that draws illegals to our nation.
Report critical of effect of state's employer sanctions lawFewer than 15 percent of Arizona employers - about 20,000 - have signed up to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check whether a new employee's name matches the employee's Social Security number, according to the Immigration Policy Center.
The government no longer is issuing small fines to employers who commit serious Form I-9 violations. ICE now is conducting lengthy criminal investigations that result in indictments of company owners, executives, managers and other company personnel involved in these illegal activities. Criminal charges include harboring illegal aliens, money laundering and/or knowingly hiring illegal aliens. These offenses can carry a potential 10-20 year prison sentence, plus forfeiture of all company assets and revenues utilized in this illegal activity.
Immigration reform must be more than a 'Band-Aid'Given that Senate and House conferees are trying for the second time this legislative session to compromise on a bill, we're not very optimistic they will produce a bill that accomplishes what they say they want to accomplish -- getting tough on businesses that hire illegal workers and thus taking away the reason many illegal immigrants are here.
Democrats Decry Immigration Raid at Iowa Processing PlantDemocrats are criticizing a recent government work-site raid targeted at illegal employees, asserting that the action separated parents from their children and devastated the local community. They called for a greater focus on employers who are breaking the law.
On immigration, bluster but little actionTougher penalties for identity theft. A ban on so-called "sanctuary cities." New penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. They were among proposals declared a priority…
Blunt addresses immigration lawGov. Matt Blunt addressed House Bill 1549 during Branson’s “Capital for the Day.” Blunt highlighted the recent action taken by the General Assembly and reported he does not think the E-Verify system will cause significant delay.
Immigration TheaterFederal immigration officials raided an Iowa meatpacking plant this month in what is being called the largest operation of its kind in U.S. history. Nearly 400 of the plant's 900 employees were arrested on immigration charges.
Businesses Learn Requirements of New Immigration LawRecently passed Mississippi Immigration legislation has businesses cramming to learn new hiring requirements. Starting July first, employers are required to verify the immigration status of new workers so companies from across the state participated in a seminar on the federal E-Verify.
Federal database assures a legal work forceOriginally known as the Basic Pilot program and presented as a mandatory method of verifying work eligibility, E-Verify is presently a voluntary system that should be expanded, better funded and mandatory, with the goal of eliminating the magnet that draws illegals to our nation.
Report critical of effect of state's employer sanctions lawFewer than 15 percent of Arizona employers - about 20,000 - have signed up to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check whether a new employee's name matches the employee's Social Security number, according to the Immigration Policy Center.
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