Posted on 10/22/2017 3:41:16 PM PDT by markomalley
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is prepared to criminally prosecute illegal immigrants in the workplace, as well as those employers who hire them.
"While we focus on the criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly hire illegal workers, under the current administration's enforcement priorities, workers encountered during these investigations who are unauthorized to remain in the United States are also subject to administrative arrest and removal from the country," ICE spokeswoman Danielle Bennett said in an email to the Washington Examiner.
This week, acting ICE Director Thomas Homan said his agency will increase workplace immigration enforcement effort four to five times the level current.
According to Bennett, that includes pursing more investigations and "conducting more I-9 audits."
An I-9 form is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization for someone to be hired to work in the U.S.
Data provided to the Washington Examiner shows that from Feb. 9, 2016, to June 24, 2017, ICE arrested 42 people in management and 55 people in non-management for criminal immigration violations, and all but 15 were indicted and convicted. The highest amount in the past few years was in fiscal 2011 under former President Barack Obama, when ICE arrested 221 people in management and 492 in non-management, for a total of 713 -- there has been a relative steady decline in the years following.
On ICE's website, it still has policy posted from 2013, which was revised and instituted in 2009 under Obama. That policy aims to target employers that use illegal immigrants as a business model, mistreat their workers, engaged in human smuggling or trafficking, commit identity and benefit fraud, launder money or engage in other criminal activity.
Regardless of the online policy, ICE under the Trump administration said it's ready to go forward with continued crackdowns on illegal immigration — which was a cornerstone of the president's campaign.
ICE officials were not able to describe what industries commit the most violations or what states have more violations than others.
"All businesses, regardless of size, industry or geographic location, are expected to comply with the law," Bennett said.
About Freakin’ Time.
About dang time. Harsh penalties to those that hire illegals over Americans. Zero sympathy for the louses.
D U H !
Well DUH!
It’s about damn time. Employer enforcement was the part of the 1986 amnesty that was supposed to prevent another amnesty by making illegal aliens unemployable.
Thanks, George H W Bush
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About time!
This is the only way to solve this problem.
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How about E-Verify?
Well, I was gonna say it’s about time, but it looks like y’all covered it pretty well....LOL
Earth to DC: what took so long. Put a few CEOs in jail and I bet things change.
Yep, it’s about time.
It’s the best way to dry up their jobs which is the best way to motivate them to voluntarily leave.
The Chamber of Crony Commerce isn’t going to like this!
You mean to tell me they weren’t already doing that?
Listen to the screams of anguish from all flavors of agriculture, hospitality, and other employers of low-end economic activity.
California says, "What??"
I hope so.
Now the FEC needs to monitor bus loads that go from poll to poll. Or progressives who reside in 2 states that travel in early November between two homes. Or dead people who are inexplicably active in November.
Good news.
In addition to fines, hopefully large, the employer should fit the bill for the deportation (transportation, legal fees)
What a novel idea....enforce the law.
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