Archive for the ‘Violations’ Category

USCIS’ Guidance Memo on TPS Policy

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a guidance memorandum on January 17, 2010 to its field officers on adjudication of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications and administrative appeals in cases involving aliens convicted of certain minor New York traffic infractions or violations. The USCIS Associate Director Donald ...

DHS Files Lawsuit Against Michigan Company for I-9 Violations

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed a lawsuit to recover $41,360 as fine from Detroit based automobile company for I-9 violations discovered during the audit conducted on March 17, 2009. The company is alleged to have failed to complete 94 Form I-9s. The latest action comes as ...

Prevailing Wage Violation, DOL Recovers Over $1.4 Million From a Company

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered more than $1.4 million in back wages for 237 employees of Computer Sciences Corp., a contractor for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Vermont Service Center (VSC) at various locations in St. Albans and Essex Junction, Vt. The DOL’s Wage and Hour ...

Moldovan National Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Trafficking

Friday, October 9th, 2009

A Moldovan national pleaded guilty on Wednesday to forced labor trafficking in a federal court in Kansas City. Alexandru Frumusache, 24, admitted that he worked for and aided Giant Labor Solutions, in a human trafficking scheme that victimized workers in 14 states.  According to the court documents, between September 2008 ...

Houston Businessman Guilty In Cop Killer’s Case

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Employing and harboring a Mexican man who had killed a Houston Police Officer has proved too costly for a landscape business owner. Robert Lane Camp finally pleaded guilty on Monday to helping the offender. Camp employed Leonardo Quintero, the Mexican national convicted of shooting Rodney Johnson four times in the ...