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November 11, 2009
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ICE Deal Saves Managers from Doing Hard Time

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Think that maintaining properly vetted I-9 forms on your employees isn't that big a deal? The answer --it is a big deal--has been driven home forcefully to management at Columbia Farms in Columbia, S.C. After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in 2008 discovered hundreds of illegal immigrants working at the poultry plant, most of the workers were deported, dozens of others were t...
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October 9, 2009
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House & Senate Vote to Extend E-Verify

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This week a House-Senate panel reconciling budget measures voted to extend for three years the E-Verify online employment eligibility system. At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally withdrew the "no match" safe harbor rule of the Bush administration. The Bush-era "no match" rule gave employers three months to straighten out mismatched employee So...
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October 6, 2009
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Feds Clarify Rules on Contractor E-Verify Mandate

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The E-Verify online employee status system faced two new hurdles in September. On Sept. 8, the E-Verify Contractor Rule was set to go into effect but faced last-minute court challenges, and on Sept. 31 funding for the system itself was in danger of expiring. On the first issue, the courts sided with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) in allowing the contractor mandate...
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September 5, 2009
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American Apparel Gets Audited, Will Lay Off 1500 Illegal Workers

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Though the Obama administration has dropped the "no match" rule that created a safe harbor for employers who lay off workers whose Social Security numbers don't match their names, the layoff route is still the route of choice for employers who get caught with illegals on their workforce. Such is the case with American Apparel in Los Angeles. A recent audit found 1,600 employees who were illega...
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