• San Diego-area bakery Sentenced for Employing Illegal Workers

    • December 28, 2011
    • Category: I-9, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, no-match
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      U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan has ordered The French Gourmet, Inc. to forfeit $109,200 in illicit proceeds gained from the illegal hiring practices and pay $277,375 for its felony conviction of employing more than 10 illegal alien workers in a 12-month period.

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  • DHS Secretary Napolitano Testifies on E-Verify

    • October 28, 2011
    • Category: E-Verify, I-9, Napolitano
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      On Wednesday, October 26, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. E-Verify was one of several topics in Secretary Napolitano’s testimony.

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  • ICE CHURNS OUT I-9 AUDITS AND FINES

    • July 21, 2011
    • Category: I-9, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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    Following an investigation and audit of Form I-9 documents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 14 New England employers have been fined this fiscal year for various violations that enabled companies to hire illegal aliens.

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  • USCIS Publishes Final I-9 Rule

    • April 16, 2011
    • Category: Enforcement, US Employers
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    On April 15, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule entitled “Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has definitely increased its I-9 audit efforts in recent times. The rule is an important reminder of an employer’s worksite compliance responsibilities. Office or Human Resources Managers can find

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  • San Diego-Area Bakery, with Owner and Manager, Indicted on Federal Charges for Hiring Undocumented Workers

    • April 26, 2010
    • Category: Enforcement
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    ICE announced that a San Diego-area bakery, along with its owner and a manager, have been charged in a 16-count indictment by a federal grand jury, that resulted from an agency investigation into allegations the business knowingly hired undocumented workers. According to the indictment, the company’s managers certified on the firm’s Employment Verification Forms (I-9)

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