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Are Your Hiring Practices Compliant With Employment Eligibility Verification Laws?

Business Owners Under the Radar
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announces 1,000 new workplace audits
to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is Aggressively Auditing Business Owners:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently sent Notices of Inspections (NOIs) to 1,000 employers to audit their hiring records and compliance with employment eligibility verification laws. The Audits involve a comprehensive review of Form I-9s, which require employers to review and record each individual’s identity, work eligibility documents; determine whether the documents seem to be genuine and related to that specific individual.

Audits may result in civil penalties and criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly violate the law.


Statistics since the new ICE worksite enforcement implementation April 30th 2009:
  • BEFORE April 30th 2009
  • AFTER April 30th 2009
  • ICE issued 32 NIFs totaling $2,355,330 in all of 2008.
  • 142 Notices of Intent to Fine (NIF) totaling $15,865,181;
  • ICE issued eight Final Orders totaling $196,523 during the same period in 2008.
  • 45 Final Orders totaling $798,179;
  • ICE initiated 605 cases during the same period in 2008.
  • 1,897 cases were initiated;

  • ICE initiated 503 Form I-9 Inspections in all of 2008.
  • 1,069 Form I-9 Inspections;
Statstics resulting from the 654 audits announced in July 2009:
  • ICE agents reviewed more than 85,000 Form I-9s and identified more than 14,000 suspect documents, approximately 16 percent of the total number reviewed.
  • To date, 61 NIFs have been sent, resulting in $2,310,255 in fines. In addition, 267 cases are currently being considered for Notices of Intent to Fine (NIFs).
  • ICE closed 326 cases after businesses were found to be in compliance with employment laws or after businesses were served with a Warning Notice in expectation of future compliance.

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