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.
Start in California they are the Amazon of illegal immigrants.
“the employer should fit the bill for the deportation (transportation, legal fees)”
I like that!!!
Agreed
Everify must be mandatory and fines for employers mandatory if they knowingly hire illegals.
I agree.
Reagan signed that legislation about thirty years ago.
What’s the hurry? /s
Should have happened on day one. Not impressed.
“ICE officials were not able to describe what industries commit the most violations or what states have more violations than others.”
Perhaps this foreshadows some targeted operations.
May I suggest the SEIU and their biggest shops?
In California, the ROOFING business—because the workmen’s comp insurance premium for that job is MORE THEN the gross labor wages.
I did bookkeeping for a roofing company in the early 90’s. He had over 1/2 of his workers getting cash (which I didn’t discover for quite some months) because the premium THEN was $1.05 for every single dollar of gross wages that were paid out.
So... wait... We’re winning AGAIN?
Not to mention judges ordering polls in RAT controlled districts to stay open for extra hours because of the walking zombies who lined up right at closing time.
Quick! Lock the barn door...
Better late than never.
About time we have law and order once again.
Barack Hussein is no longer in office. Hallelujah!!!!!!
Damn straight..
The voter rolls need sorting out ASAP too
Gonna take a lot of ICE agents to cover every Home Depot parking lot every morning.
“ICE to target”
IOW, they haven’t been. Don’t hold your breath. They can’t find an illegal in a Mexican protest parade. They can’t pick up those who brag about their status on the front page of the newspaper. But, they’ll be johnny on the spot if it’s a business the DNC wants taken down.
Law and order, long overdue.
Yep. The real cost of a tomato. Or an orange. I’ll pay it. Vs. the boatload of cash we’re paying as a direct result of relying & depending on illegal labor.
Secede!
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