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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Fed Rack Up Major Immigration-Related Fines, Settlements Against Employers
Washington Apple Orchard Fined $2.25M - "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reached a multimillion dollar settlement Tuesday with Prescott-based Broetje Orchards, LLC, for its civil violations of the Immigration Reform and Control Act...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ICE I-9 Audit Leads to $2M Fine Against Utah Luxury Hotel
"Salt Lake City-based Grand America Hotels and Resorts will forfeit nearly $2 million for hiring unauthorized workers, including illegal aliens, according to a non-prosecution agreement signed last week between the company, the U.S. Attorney for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS OIG Report: ICE's Worksite Enforcement Administrative Inspection Process
"Generally, ICE’s worksite enforcement administrative inspection process met the requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. However, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations directorate has not adequately monitored or evaluated...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ICE I-9 Raids Net $173K+ in San Diego Area
"As part its enforcement strategy to reduce illegal employment and protect job opportunities for the nation's lawful workforce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that 10 employers in San Diego and Imperial counties...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Why the I-9 Audit Process is More Like Football Than Soccer
" Soccer and football (as well as football’s distant cousin, rugby), are commonly thought to have all descended from the same simple, noble Greek game called Harpastum . However, as each sport evolved, football became reliant on precision and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
I-9 Audits on the Rise
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for [unauthorized] immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
SEC Joins Probe of Chipotle Hiring Practices
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an expanding investigation into its alleged hiring of undocumented workers. The Denver-based company fired about 500 employees more than a year...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Wash. Herb Grower Fined $1M for Knowingly Hiring Unauthorized Workers; Company Hired and Concealed Workers During I-9 Audit
"A Washington-based supplier of fresh organic herbs to nearly 2,700 grocers was sentenced Tuesday to $1 million in criminal fines and probation for hiring [unauthorized] aliens...'In the midst of an I-9 administrative audit, HerbCo hired...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Fresh Round of I-9 'Desktop Raids' Targets Hiring of Unauthorized Workers
"The Department of Homeland Security, continuing its crackdown on employers who hire [unauthorized] immigrants, has ordered hundreds of companies in recent weeks to submit their hiring records for inspection. This year's first "silent...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Companies pay millions for hiring unauthorized workers
"When U.S. immigration agents scoured the hiring paperwork on file at Advanced Containment System Inc. last year, they found identification cards supposedly issued by the "Texas Department of Safety." Words including "identification"...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Steel foundry in Berkeley loses one third of workforce to I-9 'silent raid'
"Over the last few months, an East Bay steel company has been shedding about a third of its work force and it's not because of the economy. Pacific Steel was served with what immigrant advocates call a "silent raid." The company...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
I-9 bust at Mich. dairy farm leads to probation for owners, almost $3M in fines
"The owners of Aquila Farms, LLC, were sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation and ordered to pay fines totaling $234,000 for hiring [unauthorized] aliens and aiding and abetting each other to do so. The convictions were the result of...
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