Immigration Raids on Employers Continue

Immigration raids on employers continue across the country. More than ever, employers should be careful in hiring decisions and should only consider applicants authorized to work in this country. Under the Bush Administration, immigration raids focused on illegal employees. Today, under the Obama administration, there seems be more targeting of employers. Several hundred employers were notified in July alone of the government’s intent to audit their records for proof that they complied with immigration laws.

Employers are required to ask employees within three days of hiring for proof of authorization to work. Employers must have employees fill out an I-9 forms. Employers should pre-empt federal investigations by reviewing all employee records, completing all required I-9 forms (do not back date any legal document) and keeping those forms separate from other personnel files.


Guest Author- Tiffany U. Vivo is an Indianapolis immigration lawyer. She also practices family law. Ms. Vivo appears before the Immigration Court (EOIR), the United States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and state and federal courts in Indiana and Illinois. She is a member of the Indiana State Bar, the Indianapolis Bar Association, and the national and local chapters of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

To learn more on what employers must do to be compliant with immigration law, visit this site.