Immigration Officials Increase Audits of Companies

This is a blog post that I wrote for my current company Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, ltd. The reason that I am posting it here on my personal blog is because I find this news to be of high importance with everything happening in the news today.

On Monday, May 14, 2018, The Seattle Times reported on a surge of companies audited by immigration officials to verify that employees are authorized to work in the U.S. Under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, companies must verify that employees have valid work authorization. Otherwise, they may subject to fines or even criminal prosecution. There was a nearly 60% increase in workplace audits by immigration enforcement authorities between October 2016 and September 2017. The head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations unit has indicated that another nationwide wave of audits is expected this summer.

If you have questions about best practices in preparing your company for government audits, please contact HSPRD immigration team today.

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