ICE announces another 30-day extension of flexibility in rules related to...
On March 19 due to precautions implemented by employers and employees associated with COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would exercise prosecutorial discretion to...
View ArticleNorth Texas construction company CFO sentenced for role in scheme to employ...
Robert James, CFO for Speed Fab-Crete in Kennedale, Texas, was sentenced to three months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $69,000 fine for bringing in and harboring illegal aliens.
View ArticleICE announces another extension to I-9 compliance flexibility, no more...
Employers are required to monitor the DHS and ICE websites for additional updates regarding when the extensions will be terminated, and normal operations will resume.
View ArticleManagers, supervisors, human resource personnel indicted for crimes stemming...
This was the largest single-state worksite enforcement operation in our nation’s history, resulting in the detention of 680 illegal aliens and the prosecution of 119 illegal aliens for...
View ArticleICE announces another extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will further extend this policy for an additional 30 days. The expiration date for these accommodations...
View ArticleICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy for an additional 60 days. The expiration date for these accommodations is now...
View ArticleSavantis Solutions to pay $345,000 to resolve allegations concerning...
Savantis Solutions, LLC, (formerly Vedicsoft Solutions, LLC and Vedicsoft Holdings, LLC) an Edison, New Jersey based corporation involved in consulting, technology and staffing, utilizing primarily...
View ArticleICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
ICE today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, DHS will extend...
View ArticleICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
ICE today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, DHS will extend...
View ArticleICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
ICE today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, DHS will extend...
View ArticleChicago staffing company executive sentenced for assisting in hiring noncitizens
Sergio Badani, 51, of St. Charles, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis sentenced to two years’ probation on one count of conspiracy to commit harboring for purposes of...
View ArticleICE announces extension, new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility
ICE today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was initially granted last year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the DHS will...
View ArticleICE announces extension, new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility
The current extension includes guidance for employees hired on or after Jun. 1, 2021, and work exclusively in a remote setting due to COVID-19-related precautions. Those employees are temporarily...
View ArticleICE announces extension to new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility
Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy until Dec. 31, 2021.
View ArticleRestaurant owner sentenced to federal prison for harboring undocumented...
Quanwei Shi, 31, was sentenced for conspiracy to harbor undocumented residents; harboring undocumented residents; money laundering; tax evasion; and employment tax fraud. Shi and restaurant co-owner...
View ArticleHuman trafficking, forced labor charges are first under ICE’s new labor...
To align worksite investigation with ICE’s victim-centered approach to investigations, HSI has shifted to its posture to a new model focused on unscrupulous employers who exploit noncitizens, based on...
View ArticleICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility
This extension will continue to apply the guidance previously issued for employees hired on or after April 1, 2021, and work exclusively in a remote setting due to COVID-19-related precautions.
View ArticleICE HSI investigation leads to conviction for harboring undocumented workers
After four hours of jury deliberation, Yun Zheng, aka Wendy, 50, and Yan Qui Wu, aka Jason, 48, were found guilty of four counts of concealing, harboring, or shielding a person, whom they knew to be...
View ArticleEl Paso businesses partner with ICE HSI to ensure legal hiring practices
Transmountain Corral LLC, DBA Golden Corral, is an American restaurant chain that offers an all-you-can-eat buffet and grill. It is a privately held company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina,...
View ArticleHSI Norfolk investigation results in indictments for 4 in connection with...
According to the investigation, Ana Patricia Landaverde, 47, of Williamsburg, Virginia; Jeffrey Dean Vaughan, 64, of Williamsburg, Virginia; and George William Evans, 68, of Midlothian, Virginia...
View ArticleHSI Norfolk investigation leads to Virginia business owner admitting to money...
According to the HSI Norfolk investigation, George William Evans, 68, participated in a conspiracy to harbor, transport, and benefit from the employment of undocumented noncitizens at the commercial...
View ArticleHSI McAllen investigation results in South Texas couple admitting to...
Eduardo Javier Gomez, 32, and Margarita Alvarez, 40, a former couple from Edinburg, pleaded guilty in federal court to benefiting from forced labor following an HSI investigation.
View ArticleICE updates Form I-9 requirement flexibility to grant employers more time to...
DHS and ICE announced today that employers will have 30 days to reach compliance with Form I-9 requirements after the COVID-19 flexibilities sunset on July 31, 2023.
View ArticleHSI Norfolk labor trafficking investigation leads to historic sentencing for...
According to the HSI-led investigation, Ana Patricia Landaverde, 47, a citizen of El Salvador; Jeffrey Dean Vaughan, 64, of Williamsburg; George William Evans, 68, of Midlothian; and Salvador...
View ArticleHSI Charleston investigation leads to guilty plea for West Virginia man for...
Frederick Sayre Anderson, 63, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty Jan.9 to concealing, harboring and shielding a noncitizen from detection.
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