Obama puts employers in immigration crosshairs
June 30, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Legal & Compliance
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced details of its new strategy to fight illegal immigration — and its plan is to focus its energy on going after companies.
In a fact sheet released April 30, the new administration’s DHS announced: “Effective immediately, ICE [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement] will focus its resources … on the criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly hire illegal workers.”
Of the 6,000 arrests made in 2008, 135 were top management officials for employers hiring illegals — a ratio the DHS now feels is much too low.
Does this mean companies need to do anything differently? No — they should just continue rigorously following all hiring laws.
Nothing in the law is changing — just the way the law is enforced. According to the fact sheet, ICE use “all available civil and administrative tools, including fines and debarment, to penalize and deter illegal employment.”
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Tags: DHS, immigration
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
BFD – especially since he’s going to push for total amnesty as soon as he can get away with it.
Change we can believe in – indeed.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
If you’re obeying the law and not hiring undocumented workers, why would you object to this?