On March 16, 2020, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) sent a letter to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeking guidance regarding employer I-9 Employment
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Employers Beware: ICE Is Ramping Up I-9 Audits to Record Levels

More than 5,200 businesses around the country have been served with I-9 inspection notices since January in a two-phase…
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ICE Levies Largest Settlement Ever: Asplundh Tree Expert Co To Pay $95 Million
Asplundh Tree Expert Co., one of the largest privately owned corporations in the country, with 30,000 employees and 3.5 billion in annual sales, according to Forbes, has been ordered to…
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ICE Imposes $2.25 Million in I-9 Civil Penalties on Employer
Jeremey Foster writes:
In a recent case, a Washington state apple orchard was fined millions of dollars for failing an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) audit. The audit apparently revealed…
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