Monday, November 12, 2007
Updated Form I-9 released for 2007 from USCIS
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) is now available for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States.
The revision seeks to achieve full compliance with the document reduction requirements of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which reduced the number of documents employers may accept from newly hired employees during the employment eligibility verification process. The revised Form I-9 is a further step in USCIS’ ongoing work toward reducing the number of documents used to confirm identity and work eligibility.
Key to the revision is the removal of five documents for proof of both identity and employment eligibility. They include: Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-570); Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570); Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-151); the unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327); and the unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571). The forms were removed because they lack features to help deter counterfeiting, tampering, and fraud.
Additionally, the most recent version of the Employment Authorization Document (Form I-766) was added to List A of the List of Acceptable Documents on the revised form. The revised list now includes: a U.S. passport (unexpired or expired); a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551); an unexpired foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp; an unexpired Employment Authorization Document that contains a photograph (Form I-766, I-688, I-688A, or I-688B); and an unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) for nonimmigrant aliens authorized to work for a specific employer.
Employers are encouraged to start using the revised Form I-9 immediately. The form will become effective once the notice is published in the Federal Register. Both the revised form and the “Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing the Form I-9” are available online at www.uscis.gov.
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Vermont man arrested for employing and harboring illegal aliens
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BURLINGTON, VT - Special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today arrested a Vermont man on charges of employing and harboring illegal aliens and making false statements. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation by ICE and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
"Today's enforcement action is part of ICE's continued efforts to investigate those who hire and facilitate the hiring of illegal workers," said Bruce M. Foucart, special agent-in-charge of ICE's Office of Investigations in Boston. "No employer, regardless of size, industry or geographical location, is immune from complying with our nation's laws."
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Tightening Immigration Hiring Laws
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PBS station KCET recently posted an interesting video on their 'Life and Times' blog covering illegal immigration and workplace enforcement.
You can check out the video here. There are also some comments on the topic and you're free to join the discussion.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
ICE arrests 23 illegal aliens employed by suburban staffing company
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CHICAGO - Twenty-three illegal alien workers were arrested in the Joliet area Wednesday morning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents as part of an ongoing criminal worksite enforcement investigation.
During fiscal year 2007, ICE arrested 863 individuals on criminal charges in worksite investigations, and administratively apprehended another 4,077 illegal workers on immigration violations. These arrests have increased significantly when compared to the 160 criminal arrests and 685 administrative arrests ICE made in fiscal year 2004.
For more on this article click here.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
ICE executes federal criminal search warrants at Koch Foods and arrests more than 160 on immigration charges. Simultaneous criminal search warrant executed at Koch corporate office in Chicago, IL
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CINCINNATI - Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today executed criminal search warrants at Koch Foods in Fairfield, Ohio. ICE identified more than 180 Koch employees working at the Fairfield plant requiring further questioning and administratively arrested more than 160 as of 4PM for immigration violations. ICE agents simultaneously executed criminal search warrants at Koch's corporate office in Chicago.
"Unlawful employment is one of the key magnets drawing illegal aliens across our borders," said Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for ICE. "When illegal aliens use fraudulent documents or engage in identity theft, they not only exploit a vulnerability, they also cause real harm to U.S. citizens. We will pursue egregious violators by seeking criminal charges and continue to deploy tools such as the new social security no match guidelines to help businesses comply with the law."
Click here to read the full story.
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