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Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Georgia Company to Resolve Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices

The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a Georgia based company, resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division initiated its investigation of the company in 2012, based on a claim by an individual who called a […]

Texas firm, company operations manager plead guilty to harboring and transporting illegal aliens

A Texas company pleaded guilty Tuesday to harboring and transporting illegal aliens. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The seismic surveying company based in Sealy, Texas, pleaded guilty to the charges at a hearing in U.S. District Court, Middle District of […]

USCIS Announces new Form I-9

UCIS Announced on 03/07/2013 the release of the new form I-9 with an effective date of 03/08/2013. Changes to Form I-9  The newly revised Form I-9 makes several improvements designed to minimize errors in form completion. The key revisions to Form I-9 include:  Adding data fields, including the employee’s foreign passport information (if applicable) and […]

ICE fines San Diego-area companies for hiring unlawful employees
 worksite enforcement strategy holds employers accountable for violations

As part its enforcement strategy to reduce illegal employment and protect job opportunities for the nation’s lawful workforce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that 10 employers in San Diego and Imperial counties were fined by ICE during fiscal year 2012 for various employment-related violations. Collectively, the fines totalled more than $173,800, with […]