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 [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics released a report on the number of illegal immigrants apprehended at the border.  The report shows that apprehensions at the border are at a 36 year low. The number of apprehensions made by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (USCBP) has declined for the third [...]

The Washington Post reported this past Sunday that Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security has delayed proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions to be carried out by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) at U.S. workplaces.  “ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure that [targets] are being taken down when they should be taken [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that hundreds of immigration activists rallied on Saturday at a Family Unity forum calling for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR): They were pastors from dozens of churches of various denominations, activists and local politicians, and a largely Hispanic crowd that easily overshadowed the sole anti-amnesty protester reported to have been escorted off the property. [...]

A Los Angeles woman who was awaiting sentencing for scamming undocumented immigrants in San Diego County was re-arrested last week for the same crime. Gladis Escobar was taken into custody last week by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  She was initially arrested in 2007 by ICE after being charged by the San Diego County District Attorney’s [...]