Harvard/MIT Student Visa Case
Take 5 Immigration Podcast Series: Episode 10
ICE Audits and I-9 Compliance with Melissa Azallion
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Polsinelli Podcast - The Climate for I9 Audits in 2015
In the period of 2022 to the present, the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) has issued eight decisions concerning the amount of I-9 penalties. In all cases, the employers underwent Immigration and...more
How to complete forms properly, save time on the review process, and ensure compliance during the hiring process! HR teams worldwide are reaping the benefits of the shift to a remote and hybrid work model; hiring from a...more
Last year, federal immigration authorities decided that summer holiday weekends were the perfect time to spring I-9 audits on unsuspecting employers – and signs point toward this trend repeating this coming July 4 and Labor...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Employers across the country are facing challenges never before dreamed of as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those employers that are continuing to hire, the obligation to complete and retain a Form I-9 as well as...more
Yesterday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raided several poultry and food processing plants in Mississippi, rounding up nearly 700 workers for immigration violations. The early morning raid of the Koch Foods...more
Although the Trump Administration’s policy of conducting raids to round up undocumented individuals has been in the news lately, employers should understand that the Administration has also vigorously enforced immigration...more
Worksite enforcement actions related to unauthorized workers are on the rise. Fulfilling a promise from 2017, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigatory arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),...more
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) recently released statistics on its worksite enforcement activities for the federal fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018. It should surprise no one that worksite...more
Here is a wake-up call for employers thinking about shoring up their immigration compliance process as a New Year’s resolution. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is targeting employers and has dramatically...more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues a record-setting pace in auditing and investigating employers over worksite and I-9/E-Verify compliance concerns. Join Denver shareholder Chris Thomas as he covers the...more
Governmental workplace inspections are on the rise. That means Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inspections (audits) and raids on employers are likely to continue, especially in target industries such as...more
ICE workplace audits are on the rise. And if you didn’t know, the federal government and California are not harmonious in their views on immigration issues. That means that ICE raids on California employers are likely to...more
As the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration proceeds on numerous fronts, employers increasingly find themselves caught in the crosshairs. In fact, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently...more
In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has significantly increased the number of Notices of Inspection issued to employers nationwide, leading to a dramatic spike in I-9 audits. Unlike the enforcement...more
Late last year, Tom Homan, the Acting Director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), stated that he instructed his agency to dramatically increase the number of I-9 audits targeting U.S. employers....more
Federal enforcement officials are amplifying their efforts to crack down on undocumented workers and the businesses that employ them, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have raided over 120 businesses in...more
This past week’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement nationwide I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Audit of 7-Eleven stores reminds us that no one is above the law. In the early morning hours of January 10, 2018,...more
Increased immigration enforcement and a reduction in illegal entry into the United States remain among the Trump administration's highest priorities. Notably, Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan has reportedly ordered Homeland...more
The days of speculation may have ended. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) acting director recently made clear that Form I-9 audits and worksite enforcement actions will surge in the coming year....more
Following a six year investigation, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit issued a statement confirming a guilty plea on September 28, 2017 by Asplundh Tree Experts,...more
Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said his agency has plans to increase workplace immigration enforcement. In a speech to the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Homan...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: With a record $95 million plea deal for I-9 immigration violations following a six year investigation, the outcome for a Pennsylvania company with operations nationwide serves as a reminder of the federal...more
Whatever your political views, undocumented workers and the businesses that knowingly or unknowingly employ them are coming under the microscope. If you compile recent headlines, you’ll know the President has implemented...more
No new hire has ever been accused of enjoying the time spent filling out the myriad forms they must execute at the outset of their employment. Likewise, it would be a curious manager who listed “helping new hires with...more