ESR Background Screening Trend 9 for 2011: E-Verify and I-9 Audits Help...
By Lester Rosen, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) President & Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Editor Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Fourth Annual ‘Top Ten Trends in Pre-Employment Background...
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By Thomas Ahearn, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) News Editor A member of the U.S. House of Representatives responding to an editorial in the Washington Post wrote that the E-Verify electronic...
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ICE to Crack Down on 1000 Businesses Suspected of Hiring Illegal Workers
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is cracking down on employers suspected of hiring illegal workers by...
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Bill Introduced in Congress Would Make Use of E-Verify Permanent and...
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would make the use of E-Verify – a free, web-based, government run electronic employment eligibility verification system –...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Arrests President of Alleged Diploma...
In what may be one of the largest cases of a possible ‘diploma mill’ handled by federal agents, a two-year investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Issues 1,000 I-9 Inspection Notices to...
As reported in the Wall Street Journal article “More ‘Silent Raids’ Over Immigration,” the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the principal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fines Several New England Companies...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – has fined 14 New England employers during this fiscal year for various...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Issues New Round of Notices of...
In a new round of inspections to determine if employers in the United States are violating employment laws by hiring unauthorized workers, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the...
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Company Forfeits 2 Million Dollars to DHS for Hiring Illegal Workers and...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – recently announced in a press release that a Houston, Texas-based tree...
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ICE Cracks Down on Form I-9 Compliance by Handing Notices of Inspection to...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched its latest crackdown on Form I-9 compliance and the hiring illegal workers by handing a Notice of Inspection (NOI) to approximately 1,000...
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Form I-9 Audit Results in Nearly $2 Million Fine for Hotel
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that a hotel chain will forfeit nearly $2 million to the Department of Homeland Security...
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Feds Create Fake Diploma Mill to Stop Alleged Visa Fraud
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Federal agents have arrested twenty-one recruiters and employers from across the United States for allegedly conspiring with more than 1,000 foreign...
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Tree Trimming Company to Pay Record $95 Million Fine for Unlawful Employment...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 28, 2017, Asplundh Tree Experts, Co. – one of the largest privately-held companies in the United States – was sentenced to pay a forfeiture...
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ICE May Quadruple Worksite Enforcement Actions Next Year to Better Enforce...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan has indicated he instructed the investigative unit of ICE, Homeland Security...
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ICE Administrative Arrests and Interior Removals Increased During Trump...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released immigration enforcement statistics for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 that are available at “ICE...
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E-Verify System Will Move Closer to Becoming Mandatory Requirement for All...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Legislation introduced in Congress in 2017 – “Legal Workforce Act” (H.R. 3711) – hopes to make the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification...
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ICE Cracks Down on 7-Eleven Stores in Nationwide Operation Targeting...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 10, 2018, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the agency enforcing federal laws governing immigration – targeted 98 7-Eleven...
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ICE Serves I-9 Audit Notices to 77 Businesses in Northern California
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn From January 29 to 31, 2018, special agents from the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) served notices...
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ICE Operation in Los Angeles Area Results in 212 Arrests
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Deportation officers and special agents from the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested 212 individuals for violating federal...
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White House Budget Invests $23 Million to Expand E-Verify for Mandatory...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The White House has released ‘An American Budget – President’s Budget Fiscal Year (FY) 2019’ that calls for “$23 million to expand the E-Verify Program...
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