Forum: Audits, inspections, and sanctions

Ron If a consulting company is raided by ice and found to have fradulent activity, what happens to employees who filed I-485 more than 6 months ago. can they move to other companies and invoke ac21?. (employees are all well qualified as per h1 regulations and its not their mistake) Or if the...

Ron If so, what will happen to his I-485 which is pending,thanks

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Agriprocessors Inc., its former CEO, three company managers and a company human resources employee were all charged here Friday with federal immigration crimes in a 12-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Matt M....

http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0809/080912washington1.htm

New York restaurant owner among 11 charged with harboring in ICE probe 45 illegal alien workers arrested on immigration violations at owner's seven restaurants http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/080416buffalo.htm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy now entails an explicit shift to criminal arrests for workplace immigration law violations. Officers commonly stage raids at the workplace and then move straight to corporate headquarters. http://www.workforce.com/section/06/feature/25/36/79/

Go to this link to see complete employer sanctions decisions posted by the CIS. As with most CIS on-line materials, this is not very up to date.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the criminal sentencing of three corporate officials convicted of harborning illegal alien employes:

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced criminal indictments filed in connection with the knowing employment of illegals. For more information, please read the news release at http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/080228albany.htm

The Department of Justice has announced that one of the new measures being implemented to curtail employment of illegals will be an increase in fines levied against employers. As of March 27, the minimum penalty for hiring an unauthorized worker increase from $275 to $375. The maximum penalty will...