Orange County, CA Jail Begins to Check Immigration Status of Inmates
The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday. The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States.
The Los Angeles, San [...]
A Vermont Dairy Farmer Shares His Experience After an Audit of His Hiring Records
The New York Times reported recently that the hiring records of the Gervais Family Farms in Bakersfield, Vermont were inspected as part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (USICE’s) enforcement efforts to inspect the employment records of 1,000 businesses across the United States. The businesses that were inspected were either known or suspected to have hired undocumented immigrants.
The USICE imposes fines [...]
California Man Arrested and Charged with Visa Fraud
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported this week that a man from California was arrested earlier this week and charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
He was the mastermind of an immigration fraud scheme that involved foreign students enrolled at schools in the Southern California area including several junior colleges and, three California State University campuses.
The USICE’s investigation [...]
Owner of English Language School Charged with Immigration Fraud
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported that the owner and employee of the Florida Language Institute (FLI) were arrested and charged with immigration fraud.
Based on the USICE’s investigation, they discovered that the school sponsored non-immigrant foreign students and issued I-20 forms without requiring the students to maintain a full time course of study. Maintaining a full time course of [...]
USICE Inspecting the Hiring Records of 180 Businesses
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported earlier this week that it has just issued about 180 Notices of Inspection (NOI’s) to businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. The NOI’s informed the affected business owners that they have three (3) days to prepare for the USICE to inspect their hiring records to determine whether or not they have hired unauthorized [...]
