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, [...]

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported recently that the U.S. Attorney’s Office have reached a non-prosecution agreement with Pilgrim’s Pride, a poultry packing plant in connection with the hiring and employment of undocumented immigrants.   Based on the terms and conditions of the agreement, the company will pay the government $4.5 million and devise an immigration compliance program under the recommendation of USICE officials to ensure that [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) arrested 286 people in California  in a 3 day operation to apprehend suspected immigrants with criminal records and, undocumented immigrants without criminal records in California. This enforcement action was conducted by the USICE’s Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for identifying, apprehending, and deporting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives who have [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that officials from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) have seized a rare Italian sports car valued at over $ 700,000 that is alleged to have violated customs and environmental regulations. USICE officials in their affidavit in support of the seizure warrant, stated that the vehicle owner’s import agent stated on customs documents when the 1994 Cizeta V16 was brought [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (USICE) announced that via their Secure Communities Program, that it has identified and deported over 110,000 criminal aliens who were apprehended by state and local law enforcement. USICE officials estimate that the program will be implemented in every state by 2011 and be available to every law enforcement agency across the country within 2 years from [...]

The New York Times reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) who are responsible for identifying and apprehending immigrants who have ignored deportation orders, have recently been arresting more immigrants with criminal records. Statistics from the USICE has shown that in the past 3 years, over 70% of immigrants arrested by USICE agents had no criminal histories. About 45% of the approximately 35,000 immigrants [...]

The New York Times reported today that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom immigration and anti-immigration supporters have both scorned and praised him for aggressively enforcing federal immigration laws under the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s (USICE’s) § 287(g) program, has now had his level of authority reduced to make immigration arrests on the street. Sheriff Arpaio sought to a renew the agreement [...]

September 11, 2001 was the most tragic day in U.S. history when both the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists. The day hereinafter referred to as “9/11″ was the day that changed the U.S. and the rest of the world forever. Since that date, the U.S. has been in a state of [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) has just launched a new audit initiative beginning this month by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOI’s) to 652 businesses nationwide.  The NOI’s are meant to alert business owners that the USICE will be inspecting their hiring records to determine whether or not they are complying with the immigration laws concerning employment eligibility [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) announced yesterday that a $40,000 fine settlement was agreed between the USICE and the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation for violations of the immigration laws relating to the employment of unauthorized workers. The USICE conducted an audit of the Forms I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) Krispy Kreme had on file after receiving information prompting an investigation [...]