Due to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 every employer is required to confirm and record the Employment Authorization of their employees and failure to do so, or doing so in a manner not prescribed, can result in substantial monetary fines and possible criminal charges for the officers and owners of the entity.
Our office regularly advises and provides educational training programs to our clients and their employees that are tasked with complying with this law. Additionally, we have represented a number of clients in a broad cross-section of industries in dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) site visits and audits. Lastly, in order to compete for certain government contracts or to take advantage of the 2-year additional Optional Professional Training available for students in a STEM discipline, our clients have been required to join the governments E-Verify program and we have helped them to prepare for enrollment by conducting internal audits and training.