As of June 23, 2011, all cities, all counties, and private employers with at lest 25 employees in North Carolina are required to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees.

Remember when political opponents attacked California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman over the social security no-match letter she received in the early 2000’s regarding her maid? Many employers may have wondered just what those letters were all about, because for the past three years, the Social Security Administration stopped sending them out. As the saying goes, [...]

On November 19, 2009, at a program titled “2009 Government and Employers: Working Together to Ensure a Legal Workforce,” USCIS‘ Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) office‘s Chief of Staff, Ronald Atkinson, clarified the three types of employer site visits/inspection programs currently being conducted. The following types of employer site visits/inspections programs are funded through [...]

On September 8, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rule mandating E-Verify use by certain federal contractors and subcontractors became effective. The E-Verify program, a partnership of the DHS and the Social Security Administration (SSA), is an internet-based system that allows employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees, regardless of [...]

On August 7, 2009, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) announced that Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company, Inc. (“Shipley”) was sentenced to court supervision, forfeiture of $1.334 million to ICE, and a criminal fine of $250,000 for conspiring to harbor illegal aliens. In addition, three company managers and the company owner were sentenced to [...]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (‘˜ICE’) has launched a new effort to audit the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification records of businesses nationwide. According to the Los Angeles Times, ICE issued audit notices to more than 650 businesses around the nation on July 1, 2009.