OCAHO FINES TEXAS RESTAURANT $33,379.50 FOR 32 I-9 VIOLATIONS

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served Jula888, LLC (Para Tacos La Chilanga) on August 4, 2014 with Notice of Inspection (NOI) which required production of the Forms I-9 for its employees, along with other business documents by August 7, 2014. On August 13, 2014, Jula888, through their attorney, notified ICE that no records were available… Continue reading OCAHO FINES TEXAS RESTAURANT $33,379.50 FOR 32 I-9 VIOLATIONS

ICE FINES WASHINGTON APPLE ORCHARD MILLIONS FOR i-9 VIOLATIONS

A $2.5 million dollar settlement was reached between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Broetje Orchards, LLC for violations of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1996 (IRCA). The multimillion dollar settlement was a result of ICE’s findings during an I-9 audit performed by ICE”s Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) last summer. Specifically,… Continue reading ICE FINES WASHINGTON APPLE ORCHARD MILLIONS FOR i-9 VIOLATIONS

PACKAGING COMPANY FINED THOUSANDS FOR BACKDATING I-9s

OCAHO ordered a California-based Liberty Packaging Inc. to pay $12000 for acting in bad faith by backdating 18 I-9 forms following a NOI (Notice of Inspection). The fine was lowered from $17000 by an Administrative Law Judge because they were a small employer with no previous violations. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement became suspicious because markings… Continue reading PACKAGING COMPANY FINED THOUSANDS FOR BACKDATING I-9s