Archive for the ‘Enforcement’ Category
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is finalizing a plan that would collect fingerprints or eye scans from all foreign travelers at U.S. airports as they leave the country. The plan is to determine who is leaving the country, and possibly to determine who is still in the U.S ...
Posted in DHS, Enforcement, Eye Scan, Fingerprint, Foreign Travellers, Overstay, U.S. Airports, White House | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
According to a report from Minnesota Public Radio, about 1,200 undocumented janitors in the Twin Cities were fired from their jobs last month. The janitors worked for San Francisco-based ABM Corporation that cleans many downtown office towers. The ABM letter revealed that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had problems with ...
Posted in ABM Corporation, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration Raids, Minnesota Public Radio, Tony Mitchell, Undocumented Janitors | No Comments »
Monday, November 9th, 2009
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the State Identification Bureau (SIB) have entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) regarding implementation of the Secure Communities (SC) Initiative related to biometric interoperability, setting forth responsibilities for both the agencies.
SC is a comprehensive ICE initiative that focuses on the identification and ...
Posted in Enforcement, ICE, ICE and SIB Agree on Implementing Securities Communities Biometric Interoperability, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Law Enforcement Agencies, LEAs, Memorandum of Agreement, Secure Communities, SIB, State Identification Bureau | No Comments »
Monday, November 9th, 2009
An operation conducted last November, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Arizona to look for immigrant fugitives and criminals resulted primarily in the arrests of immigrants who were neither criminals nor fugitives, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) has found. The Arizona Republic reports that the operation ...
Posted in ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Arizona, DHS, Enforcement, ICE, ICE Arrests More Incidentals than Criminals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
E-Verify becomes mandatory in Washington’s Pierce County. The County Council on October 6 unanimously authorized the county to participate in E-Verify. As a result, businesses in the county are now required to confirm that they are enrolled in E-Verify if they are seeking road or other county public works contracts ...
Posted in Any Other Contract Worth More Than $25000, Council member Dick Muri, Council Member Shawn Bunney, E-Verify Becomes Mandatory in Washington’s Pierce County, Eligibility to Work, Enforcement, Federal Internet Database, Public Works Contracts Worth More Than $100000 | No Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2009
U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested two men, Anthony Rodriguez and Andy Rodriguez and a woman, Beatriz Manzano Luna accused of smuggling charges. The trio appeared before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Ronald Morgan on Monday morning who set bond for Anthony Rodriguez at $50,000, with a $1,000 deposit, and ordered ...
Posted in Andy Rodriguez, Anthony Rodriguez, Beatriz Manzano Luna, Enforcement, Jet Skis, Judge Ronald Morgan, Rio Grande, Trio Arrested for Smuggling Undocumented Immigrants, US Border Patrol, US Customs and Border Protection | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule regarding the implementation of driver’s licenses and identification cards of the REAL ID Act of 2005. These regulations set standards for states to meet the requirements of the Act including:
Information and security features that must be incorporated into ...
Posted in Department of Homeland Security, Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards, Enforcement, The Real ID Act | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Effective October 1, 2009, Nebraska Legislation Bill 403 requires public employers and contractors to register with and use the federal government’s E-Verify program to determine the employment eligibility of new hires physically performing services within the state of Nebraska. Participants in certain Nebraska tax programs must utilize E-Verify for all ...
Posted in E-Verify, Enforcement, LB 403 implementation, Nebraska Department of Labor, Nebraska E-Verify Legislation, Nebraska Legislation Bill 403 | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) started the third and final national dialogue last week for the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR). This dialogue is the culmination of an extensive stakeholder outreach effort that began in June with Secretary Napolitano’s outreach to homeland security stakeholder associations and two previous national ...
Posted in DHS, Enforcement, Homeland Security National Risk Assessment Study Group, Napolitano, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, Third and Final National Dialogue on the QHSR | No Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Changing the tactics and using payroll audits rather than the guns and dogs as in the Bush era, an immigration crackdown by the Obama administration has led to the firing of about 1,800 workers at American Apparel in Los Angeles, according to an editorial written in the New York Times. ...
Posted in 800 workers at American Apparel in Los Angeles, DHS, Enforcement, ICE, Immigration Crackdown, John Morton, Napolitano, NY Times, Payroll Audits, Termination of 1, Worksite Enforcement | No Comments »
