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.

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 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.

The Department of Homeland Security announced on June 3, 2009 that the effective date of the new rule mandating E-Verify use by certain federal contractors and subcontractors has been delayed again.

On April 22, 2009, House Bill 2028 was introduced by U.S. Representatives Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). H.R. 2028, the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA), would replace the government’s current E-Verify program with the Electronic Employment Verification System (EEVS). The E-Verify program, a partnership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the [...]