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ICE Officials to Audit 1,000 More Companies


by elianaphelps on Nov.20, 2009, under E-Verify, Law and Policy

The New York Times is reporting that the ICE are about to audit 1,000 companies for illegal workers.

“An audit consists of ICE officials checking each worker’s Employee Eligibility Verification Form, known as an I-9, to determine what steps were taken to confirm the person was eligible to be hired. If irregularities are found, the companies may then be fined for lax monitoring.

The strategy is part of the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigration by forcing companies to fire unauthorized workers rather than by conducting raids at the workplace, actions that are often accompanied by great personal trauma, including deportation and the dividing of immigrant families.”

The knock-on effect of this initiative is that employers are firing illegal workers. Already American Apparel in LA fired 1800 workers after inconsistencies were detected in a similar audit in September 2009.

Full Story here

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