Think that maintaining properly vetted I-9 forms on your employees isn’t that big a deal?
The answer –it is a big deal–has been driven home forcefully to management at Columbia Farms in Columbia, S.C.
After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in 2008 discovered hundreds of illegal immigrants working at the poultry plant, most of the [...]
Declaring it is out "to target the root cause of illegal immigration," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit are scurrying about to inspect companies’ 1-9 employment verification records to make sure no illegal immigrants are on the payroll.
ICE hit the jackpot recently when it inspected Houston’s IFCO Systems, the [...]
Though the Obama administration has dropped the “no match” rule that created a safe harbor for employers who lay off workers whose Social Security numbers don’t match their names, the layoff route is still the route of choice for employers who get caught with illegals on their workforce.
Such is the case with American Apparel in [...]
The United States Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS), formerly INS until becoming part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has issued a new form I-9, which is used by employers to verify that potential employees have the legal right to work in the United States.
The form has been revised to comply with new USCIS [...]
