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The Obama administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the leadership of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano implemented a bold new worksite enforcement strategy and shifted the focus onto employers in 2009. The result was immediately noticeable, and a new era of stricter corporate compliance means the business community should now be on guard and expect an increase in I-9 audits, employer recordkeeping audits, unannounced site visits, and a big push for E-Verify for use by employers in 2010.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a nationwide I-9 audit initiative on July 1, issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 652 employers (see the ICE press release). This action confirms the new enforcement strategy promised by representatives of the Obama Administration. In April 2009, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano indicated that ICE would focus its resources in the worksite enforcement program on the criminal prosecution of employers that knowingly hire illegal workers and that ICE would use all available civil and administrative tools (including civil fines and ...

In April 2009, Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced new guidelines for worksite enforcement directing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to shift its focus and resources to investigating and prosecuting employers who knowingly employ undocumented workers in violation of U.S. immigration laws. This shift in strategy is based on the belief that employment is the driving force behind illegal immigration and that the only way to stem the tide is to eliminate that temptation. ICE Assistant security,” but these “limitations” appear to be very broadly drawn.

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