ICE fines San Diego-area companies for hiring unlawful employees
 worksite enforcement strategy holds employers accountable for violations
As part its enforcement strategy to reduce illegal employment and protect job opportunities for the nation’s lawful workforce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that 10 employers in San Diego and Imperial counties were fined by ICE during fiscal year 2012 for various employment-related violations. Collectively, the fines totalled more than $173,800, with […]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Illinois Staffing Agency
The Justice Department today reached an agreement with an Illinois based staffing agency resolving claims that the staffing company violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Justice Department’s investigation was initiated based on a referral from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under a memorandum of agreement between the […]
Users Give E-Verify High Scores
E-Verify has received exceptionally high scores from its customers in the American Customer Satisfaction Survey (ACSI) for each of the four years it has been rated, each year far surpassing the federal average. Further, every year E-Verify’s score has increased – the 2012 score is four points higher than 2010. In 2012, over 1,300 E-Verify […]
More States Sign up for E-Verify
Three more mandatory E-Verify measures will take effect on January 1, 2013 in North Carolina, Tennessee and Pennsylvania respectively. E-Verify is a web-based system employers can use to determine the employment eligibility of newly-hired workers. The North Carolina measure will require all employers with 100 or more employees to use the E-Verify system to check […]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with New York Manufacturer to Resolve Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with a company based in Rome, N.Y., which manufactures custom and prototype cables, wire harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies. Â The agreement resolves allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by limiting its hiring practices to […]
Justice Department Settles Discrimination Claim Against Oregon Homecare Provider
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a home care provider for sick and elderly patients in Tigard, Ore. Â The agreement resolved claims that the provider violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), when it demanded unnecessary documentation from a newly naturalized citizen in response to […]
DHS Issues Updated Guidance on Electronic Form I-9 Compliance
On August 23rd 2010 US Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s electronic signature and storage of electronic Form I-9 went into effect. In summary the rule amended regulations that allow employers to complete and store electronically generated Form I-9. The rule also made modification regarding the requirement of audit trails. Whenever an electronic I-9 is created, completed, […]
Congress Extends E-Verify to 2015
Congress this week approved the extension of the federal E-Verify program for three years, through September 30, 2015. Originally established in the late 1990s and launched nationwide in 2003, E-Verify is a free Internet-based service through which employers can verify their employees’ legal right to work in this country. The program compares each employee’s I9 Employment Eligibility Form […]
North Carolina Makes E-Verify Mandatory from Oct 1st 2012 on a Staggered Basis
North Carolina begins to put its E-Verify legislation into practice beginning October this year. The N.C. General Assembly passed E-Verify legislation that will become effective in three phases as follows: Effective Oct. 1, 2012—employers with 500 or more employees will be required to use E-Verify to check work authorization for all new hires. Effective Jan. […]