The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that a U.S. employer pled guilty to a one-count Bill of Information where the employer was charged with harboring illegal
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Where do Social Security Payments Made by Undocumented Workers Go?
Many employers are familiar with the following scenario: You hire someone, put them on payroll and deduct taxes from their checks automatically – just like you do with all employees. You then find out through an audit by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) or by the employee coming clean that he or she is using a fake social security number. You consequently terminate employment on the grounds that they violated the company’s “honesty policy” or simply because he or she is not authorized to work in the United States. So what does Social Security do with the payments that the employee has made?
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ICE Fines Luxury Hotel $1.9 Million for Undocumented Workers
Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) announced yesterday that a Salt Lake City-based hotel was fined $1.9 million in connection with hiring undocumented workers. This case involved an alleged conspiracy between…
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