Illegal Workers Swept From Jobs in ‘Silent Raids’

[babsbunny]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/us/10enforce.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

BREWSTER, Wash. — The Obama administration has replaced immigration raids at factories and farms with a quieter enforcement strategy: sending federal agents to scour companies’ records for illegal immigrant workers.

While the sweeps of the past commonly led to the deportation of such workers, the “silent raids,” as employers call the audits, usually result in the workers being fired, but in many cases they are not deported.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. Are employers fined when they find illegal workers?

[Doctor_J]

3. Exactly. Put a few of the employers in prison

and you will see a behavioral change

[PADemD]

5. I9 Form

The IRCA includes penalties for I-9 noncompliance. According to the I-9 form, "federal law provides for imprisonment and/or fines for false statements or use of false documents in connection with the completion of this form." An employer who hires an unauthorized worker can be fined between $250 and $5,500 per worker.<1> In addition, such an employer can be barred from federal government contracts for a year.<1> An employee who knowingly accepts fraudulent documentation can also be criminally prosecuted under other immigration laws.<1>

An employer who fails to keep proper records that I-9s are properly filed can be fined $110 per missing item for each form, up to $1100 per form, even if the employee is legally authorized to work in the US.<1>

An individual who knowingly commits or participates in document fraud may be fined between $375 and $3,200 per document for the first offense, and between $3,200 and $6,500 per document for subsequent offenses.<4>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-9_%28form%29

[malaise]

2. Until they lock up the corporation bosses who hire illegal workers

it's all bullshit.

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[The Midway Rebel]

4. Around here...

big pay roll companies (ADP, Paychex etc.) are starting to suddenly pay real close attention to SSN's. In the case they come up with a number they cannot verify as valid and legal, they notify the employer that they will not cut a check to that number. The employer then has to fire the employee or, find another way to pay them.

Somebody I know had to fire a few good workers that had been around for a few years because of this.

[chaska]

6. The problem is, and the reason Obama and co. are doing this on the downlow....

is that business enjoys great benefit ($) from hiring illegals on the cheap. And business is more powerful than our government.

Once the business community decides it's had enough of the raids, it's all over for the American worker.