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St. Paul toy store audited by DHS after ICE-related interview aired on television
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview.
Mischief co-owner Dan Marshall said two ICE agents went to the store and hand-delivered the audit notice Friday at 4 p.m. The agents arrived three hours after his daughter, Abigail, told an ABC News reporter that ICE agents were terrorizing immigrants and shared that Mischief gave away hundreds of free whistles to community members wishing to alert neighbors and schools when ICE agents were nearby.
According to the audit notice, the Homeland Security Investigations office gave Mischief three business days to turn over federal I-9 forms, which all employers are required to have to show employees were hired legally.
The federal agency is also demanding the retailer provide payroll records, tax returns, articles of incorporation, and the names of all employees — past and present. The fast nature of the audit required Mischief to contact an attorney for advice. The business is also working with the ACLU.
“In 27 years as retailers in St Paul, we've never been hit with this kind of audit,” Marshall said. “We just have five-part time employees, all Minnesota-born, so it's kind of a waste of their time to be targeting us. We feel very strongly that we were targeted based on the content of Abby's interview that day.”
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
Mischief co-owner Dan Marshall said two ICE agents went to the store and hand-delivered the audit notice Friday at 4 p.m. The agents arrived three hours after his daughter, Abigail, told an ABC News reporter that ICE agents were terrorizing immigrants and shared that Mischief gave away hundreds of free whistles to community members wishing to alert neighbors and schools when ICE agents were nearby.
According to the audit notice, the Homeland Security Investigations office gave Mischief three business days to turn over federal I-9 forms, which all employers are required to have to show employees were hired legally.
The federal agency is also demanding the retailer provide payroll records, tax returns, articles of incorporation, and the names of all employees — past and present. The fast nature of the audit required Mischief to contact an attorney for advice. The business is also working with the ACLU.
“In 27 years as retailers in St Paul, we've never been hit with this kind of audit,” Marshall said. “We just have five-part time employees, all Minnesota-born, so it's kind of a waste of their time to be targeting us. We feel very strongly that we were targeted based on the content of Abby's interview that day.”
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
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